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True Grit Sports Academy's Mission

The True Grit Sports Academy is committed to the development of citizenship, character, community service, scholarship, sportsmanship and physical fitness. This is accomplished in a safe and secure environment.

We will provide organized and structured programs, designed to educate and prepare the student athlete for both sports and academic endeavors. The True Grit Sports Academy will maintain a high standard for participation while promoting a fun and positive experience as our student athletes achieve their goals.     


About the Academy
The True Grit Sports Academy is a community based organization with community concerns. We find the issues of poor education, obesity, poor physical fitness, failed economics, undervalued family responsibility, and poor citizenship to be unacceptable. The True Grit Sports Academy has a plan to assist in addressing these community issues and concerns.

Many of the issues and concerns are historical and well known within our community. The True Grit Sports Academy will use sports training and preparation, and the undervalued resources ready and available in the community to correct and redirect these known concerns.

The True Grit Sports Academy will provide academic services that are presently being removed or cut as budget casualties. Through the use of retired professionals, college and high school students, we will offer mentors, mentorships, tutoring (all subjects), interns, internships, and sports and academic scholarships.  By contacting the local schools, professional unions and churches, we can properly address the academic and social concerns with the qualified and committed, paid or volunteer personal.

We will provide a valuable education and an immeasurable experience that is currently unidentified and under used. The student/athlete, the retired professional and the high school/college volunteers are rewarded with a sense of community, self-worth and respect, as they are valued as community resources. 

As a result, positive relationships are developed and cultivated. These relationships will foster a degree of family responsibility, a sense of giving, and a community respect. This will result in good citizenship and economic wisdom.

Further, the True Grit Sports Academy will use sports training, sports conditioning and sports skill development to teach the values of nutrition, injury prevention, and self esteem/confidence. For the student/athlete who has a goal of participating in college sports, we will provide professional sports training, sports skills development, and college scholarship counseling/preparation. This will be provided to both male and female athletes involved in any sport. This is the True Grit Sports Academy’s plan.
As a result, True Grit Sports and the Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Sacramento area have joined to together to present the TRUE GRIT SPORTS ACADEMY.

The True Grit Sports Academy is a program that emphasizes sports with education. The use of organized sports to teach the principles of self-worth, respect of others, teamwork, integrity, community pride, and personal, family and community responsibility, our youth will greatly benefit both in the classroom and in sports. These lessons established through sport participation will lead to establishing the social values and morals that many of our seeking.  

The Boys and Girls Club has a long and honored history as a community force and an advocate for today’s youth.  The Boys and Girls Clubs of America, nationally, have provided a safe and healthily environment for many youth who otherwise would not have such an environment.  As partners with the same community concerns, TGSA and the Boys and Girls Club of the Greater Sacramento area, together will address the overwhelming issues and concerns involving our youth today.  We believe if we can learn to PLAY GREAT, together we can BE GREAT!


TGSA Boys Basketball
This is 9 month program consisting of basketball training, conditioning and YOUTH basketball tournament participation. The TGSA BB  team - the Trailblazers- are a highly
competitive 13-14 years - youth boys - basketball team. The team competes throughout the spring/summer months in various tournaments
leading to the AAU championships. This is a traveling team. The team will travel throughout California, Arizona and  Nevada competing in youth basketball tournaments. See the TGSA BB section for schedule and details contact Coach M. Owens.

TGSA Track and Field
This is a 6 month program consisting of track and field training, conditioning and YOUTH track and field
competition participation. The TGSA T/F team  Goldrush T/C - are a highly competitive boys and girls youth track club. The team competes throughout the spring/summer months in various youth track and field meets leading to the USATF/AAU national track and field competitions.
This is a traveling team. The team will travel throughout California and Nevada competing in youth track and field meets. See TGSA T/F section for more details, contact Coach D Stone.

TGSA Girls Volleyball
This is summer ONLY volleyball conditioning. The conditioning is offered to boys and girls interested in improving their volleyball potential and volleyball scholarship opportunities.
See TGSA Volleyball section for more details, contact Coach M Goburn.

TGSA Tutoring, Mentors and Internships
This is a year round program. The True Grit Sports Academy Inc. has an academic commitment
to provide qualified tutors (k - 12), mentors (youth and adult), and high school and college internships. These service will be made available to all TGSA athletes. The positions are all volunteer. The duties, responsibilities and location are TBD.  See the TGSA-Academics section of TGSA for more details, contact Coach E. Thompson.