Everyone is very nice.

The coach Emily, for the 9u soccer team is the eorst I've ever dealt with. It's not necessarily ymca potranco that I have a problem with, but her. And unfortunately she ruins it for the facility. She has her son on the team and only lets him be the main player so that we can win games. She's only interested in having her son win games instead of giving each child a fair shot at playing and participating. I didn't pay money for my child to just sit on a bench and watch the coaches son play every game.

We don’t even go to this location and I don’t know why we are on this list. I’ve unsubscribed multiple times.

My son was put in a team with no coach and staff were practically forcing us to be a coach. A parent finally stepped up on the 3rd week. I think this should've been sorted out before the season. I see other teams and they are better structured than ours and I don't understand why the team was not broken up and added to established teams prior to the start of the season if there was no coach available. I will probably try one more season to see if this was a one time thing but it's hard for me to recommend you guys at the moment.

I’m a fan of everything but field conditions. As a coach it’s aggravating having to shift what I can do and where due to ever-increasing sand areas on the football and soccer fields. Kids love the dirt… and play in it constantly, creating dust clouds and it’s a legitimate distractor to the kids.

you allow kids to pick the teams they play on, which aĺlows coaches to essentially stack their team. My son's team lost to such a team last weekend 11-0 - how can you call this fair and equitable? You need to stop allowing kids to pick their team so all teams are randomly chosen for fairness.

My son started 5-6 year old basketball. The balls are flat. They don’t have a designated game ball and last week they used one clock for 2 teams. Also water was spilled on the court and the staff showed no sense of urgency with regard to cleaning it to avoid Injury to the children. Bystanders cleaned up the spill.

The overall program is great. The only gripe is there are a few potholes need filled or fixing on the fields like in between field 1. Other than that...I believe you guys are doing a great job. Thank you.

The lack of accountability to make up multiple games due to the weather conditions which we can’t control by the way. The audacity to only say here’s a 10 dollar discount for future enrollment on other sports. Why would I invest more time and money on an organization that’s not gonna commit to fulfilling the full season that’s not free and that there was a fee paid.
It’s very pitiful to still recruit

Refered 3 other families to join team, 1 early game was cancelled due to rain and rescheduled, when rescheduled it rained again so the game was cancelled and we’re told no make up game..
I think that should be a reconsidered rule or some money back as we pay for a full season

Intro to flag football was extremely unorganized

This will be our last year with the YMCA. We’ve been with the YMCA for three years now, and every season has progressively gotten worse to the point where her current team only has eight players when they need nine to field a full team. There have been multiple games where we’ve had to borrow players from the other team just to fill out the roster.

The disproportion in talent, kids pitching who shouldn’t be pitching, and the overall lack of competitiveness has made the experience unfun, unwelcoming, and unenjoyable.

The Soccer fields at Potranco are not as nice as the fields at OP Schnabel, they are made up of mostly dirt (not a lot of grass) and boundary lines are not marked well compared to the Soccer fields at OP Schnabel. I was also not aware, until after the season started, that almost every team has been playing together for multiple years and they recruit players from “new” teams if they see good players that they want. Players are signed-up to their requested Coach/Team and all other 1st season-sign ups are all left to make-up one or two teams that are new to the sport or do not know anyone to request. So, a lot of the teams mirror Club Soccer teams (played together for consecutive years and have sponsored jerseys) while all of the “leftover” players are placed on one or two teams together - instead of mixing up ALL players together when building the team rosters. The system has basically been manipulated to mirror Club Soccer without the Club Soccer price tag which can work in the favor of the parents but it will discourage new players that are interested in trying the sport for the first time or trying to learn the fundamentals of the sport. YMCA referees range from calling the games very differently, some let players re-do throw-ins then the next referee you get will call the game like it is the World Cup they are officiating. It seems it would be more beneficial to give players redirection/re-dos at the start of the season then as it progresses expecting them to know more as they go, instead of the referee calls being so “0 to 100” each game, for a lack of better terminology.

Our kids were in two different sports and the coaches were VERY different. One kid wanted to continue (great coach) and the other didn't (not great coach).

Scheduling of practice and coach contact

Sign-up easy, coach was great. Referees were great. Games were easy to get to.

We love the youth sports program and swimming lessons.

The SS & AOA classes and Senior Activities help keep me active and there is a good variety. It would be GREAT if classes with size limits offer a "wait list". So many people sign up for a class then cancel. Sorry but I'm not constantly checking the app to see if a spot opens up. It would be great if the ac vents AND fans be cleaned on a regular basis. We all struggle with allergies, then to have fan and vent dust flying or falling on us while in class is just yucky 🤮 🤧.

Better communication l.

I like the that you offer a variety of sports. My son really enjoyed winter soccer.

I didn't like practicing 30mins before a game. I felt like my son needed more practice. Similar to volleyball. A one hour practice during the week and a game on Saturdays. This gives the players and coaches time to get familiar with each other. I don't think my son could name 4 players on his team. Additionally, this was my son's first time playing. He was behind on skills compared to other players and instead of getting him up to speed, his coaches avoided giving him the ball. When he had the ball, the coach would tell him to pass it to a player with more skills. Not sure how anyone can learn the game when he's not able to have the ball.

Soccer for my son 5-6 years old

This is in regards to the 8yo girls bball program at the YMCA specifically. -I was a coach and received poor information about initial coaches meetings. We were notified the day before it would happen. Not realistic for working parents. -Not informed about what would happen at meet and greet. During volleyball meet and greets, the ymca director held the meeting and gave instructions. I assumed this would be the same for basketball. But I was told I was running my teams meet and greet and that we could have an hour practice. A heads up on this would have been quite appropriate. -Really unsure why Potranco makes members pay ~$80 or so for basketball when Westside pays $40. Same program... -The Westside 8 year old teams NEVER came to Potranco to play games. We always had to travel there. -WORST OF ALL- Westside basketball teams got an hour of basketball practice each week over at Davis YMCA. We wondered all season why they were so much better, using their 30 minutes before the game to just shoot around. It was really frustrating to find out it wasn't a fair playing field. Parents and coaches of Potranco YMCA were very frustrated by this. To make this right, have planned out communication. Cut off registration sooner so schedules can be made. Make it a fair playing field...either everyone gets a practice time...or nobody does! Equal travel for all teams.

I love all of the activities for my kids. My kids are enjoying their homeschool classes.

Good overall