Youth Sports

Summer Sports

Micro (3-5): Soccer
Youth: Soccer, Track
Adult: Soccer
Cost: Youth sports are included with a family membership! Community member rate is $40/$85. Financial assistance available to those who qualify.
Some programs may not be available at all locations. Please contact the Sports department to inquire further.

7 Pillars of YMCA Youth Sports

Everyone Plays

The Y does not conduct tryouts to select the best players, nor do we cut kids from YMCA Youth Sports. Everyone who registers is assigned to a team. During the season everyone receives equal practice time and plays at least half of every game.

Safety First

Although children may get hurt playing sports, we do everything we can to prevent injuries. We’ve modified each sport to make it safer and more enjoyable to play. We make sure the equipment and facilities are safe and teach the sport so the skills are appropriate for children’s developmental level. We gradually develop your player’s fitness levels so they are conditioned for the sport. We constantly supervise our young players and stop any unsafe activities.

Character Development

Caring, Honesty, Respect, and Responsibility are about playing by the rules and more. It’s about you and your players showing respect for all that are involved in YMCA Youth Sports. It’s about you being a role model of sporting behavior and guiding your players to do the same. Remember, we’re more interested in developing children’s character through sports than in developing a few highly skilled players.

Positive Competition

We believe competition is a positive process when we put the best interests of the children first. Learning to compete is important for children, and learning to cooperate in a competitive world is an essential lesson of life.

Family Involvement

We encourage parents or guardians to support their child’s participation in YMCA Youth Sports. We invite you to help as a volunteer coach, official, or timekeeper and encourage you to attend practices and games. YMCA Youth Sports offers orientation programs, a code of conduct to support fair and inclusive sports practices and games, and a set of guidelines to help encourage positive skills development and increase your child’s self-image and self-confidence.

Sport for All

YMCA Youth Sports is an inclusive sports program. We offer sports programs for children who differ in physical abilities by matching them with children of similar abilities and modifying the sport. We ask our adult leaders to encourage and appreciate the diversity of children in our society and to encourage the children and their parents to do the same.

Sport for Fun

Children love the challenge of mastering skills, playing with their friends, and competing with their peers. Sometimes when adults become involved in children’s sports, they focus on the outcome rather than the process. If we take the fun out of sports for our children, we are in danger of the kids taking themselves out of sports. Remember the sports are for the kids; let them have fun.

Fall Sports

Micro (3-5): Soccer
Youth: Soccer, Volleyball, Flag Football, Basketball, Cross Country*, Competitive Basketball*
Cost: Youth sports are included with a family membership! Community member rate is $40/$85. Financial assistance available to those who qualify.
Some programs may not be available at all locations. Please contact the Sports department to inquire further.

*Available in Silver Falls only

Winter Sports

Micro (3-5): Basketball
Youth: Basketball
Cost: Youth sports are included with a family membership! Community member rate is $40/$85. Financial assistance available to those who qualify.
Some programs may not be available at all locations. Please contact the Sports department to inquire further.

Spring Sports

Micro (3-5): Soccer
Youth: Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, T-Ball*, Middle School Track* *
Adult: Kickball, Basketball
Cost: Youth sports are included with a family membership! Community member rate is $40/$85. Financial assistance available to those who qualify.
Some programs may not be available at all locations. Please contact the Sports department to inquire further.

*Available in Woodburn only

**Available in Silver Falls only

Year-Round Sports

Gymnastics at the YMCA

Our progressive lessons help children develop their talents and love of the sport. Experienced instructors lead the way, and students are excited and motivated to learn new skills each week. We offer monthly sessions from November through May. All Gymnatsics programs are based out of our Monmouth-Independence branch.

Micro Gymnastics Ages 3 to 5 (Co-ed) and Youth Gymnastics Grades K through 8 (Co-ed)

Cost: Micro Gymnastics $45 for community members/$35 for YMCA members

Youth Gymnastics $65 a month for community members/$45 a month for YMCA members

To learn more about this program, please contact Andrea VanHeeswyk

Cheerleading at the YMCA

Our cheerleading clinics, camps, and classes offer a fun, yet structured way for kids in grades K to 8 to learn cheerleading at the basic to competitive levels. All Cheer programs are based out of our Monmouth-Independence branch.

Summer Cheer Camps Grades K to 8 (Co-Ed)
- Multiple one-week sessions with weekly registrations to fit your summer schedule. Camps focus on skill-building, teamwork, dance routines, stunts, tumbling, and more!
Competition Cheer Grades K to 8 (Co-Ed), Year-Round
- No previous experience is needed; teams are formed by age group. Each team holds one team practice and one tumbling practice each week.
- This program emphasizes fun, skill acquisition, and teamwork while students learn a competitive cheer routine with tumbling, jumping, stunting, and dance.
Middle School Sideline Cheer Grades 6th-8th, Fall
- No previous experience is needed. Teams practice for gameday cheers, dance routines, and halftime shows. Cheerleaders will practice once to twice a week and will perform and cheer at Talmage Middle School home games.

*Payment plans and financial assistance is available. To learn more about this program, please contact Andrea VanHeeswyk