We had an extremely positive experience at the ymca this spring. My son played baseball and flag football, the y structure and logistics allowing for two sports at once, a first for us. Special thanks to Lotfi, Roderick, the officials and staff who supported us throughout the season at practice and games. Looking forward to more. -Andy

We loved Coach Pedro Gonzalez

Very poor umpiring which left the children feeling defeated. Bathrooms were not clean and dangerous due to water leakage.

We love thr YMCA & the opportunities it has given our kids to play sports in a safe, fun, and friendly environment

The sports fees are very expensive to only include the cost of playing on the fields & nothing else. The jersey was very expensive & for baseball only included the shirt. The jersey pilled & threads pulled in the very first wash. There was no hat included in the jersey purchase. For the price we paid for tball with the Y we could have paid the same to play with a little league but would have had the extras included. We chose the Y for the learning environment & we greatly enjoyed the season with our team. Very rarely did I see the YMCA staff around the property. One individual was sitting in a golf cart on game day watching his phone screen and his entire belly was hanging out of the bottom of his shirt.

Lack of restrooms within reasonable walking distance from soccer fields.

Before registering, I went by the YMCA location near my home and asked if doing both baseball and football at the same time was possible or if the schedules would be an issue. The girl at the desk called the sports director for San Antonio and was told that it wouldn't be a problem, all baseball games are in the morning and football in the afternoon. So I registered and PAID for both sports for my son.
I was also told the games / practices could be either in Stone Oak or Schertz. I was fine with that.

We started practice, I was shocked at his flag football practices were at OP Schnabel off of Bandera on Tuesday at 5:30 pm. It took us an hour to get there from Schertz, and missed our first practice. I changed his schedule to accommodate the flag football practice.

We received the game schedule at the end of the 2nd week. I noticed many of the games conflicted. I emailed, called, etc and was told that they would fix it, but not then, they were busy. I followed up with no response, nothing done.
So nothing done to fix, my child was not a reliable player for either team, trying to make both games... Hard to teach the importance of showing up for your team, when the schedule prohibits it. The YMCA just cared about the money, I guess.
The coaches were great, but they are volunteers. So while I would give the coaches 5 stars, If I could, I would give the Y 0. They did not care at all about anything but collecting the fee.

We have had a wonderful experience with the 5 year old tball! The only recommendation we have is to have every kid bat each inning, still practice getting the outs but let everyone bat! It’s their favorite part! But we’ve loved the experience!

Anderson loves playing soccer and working with Coach Pedro Gonzalez!

Good facilities. Clean & well kept. Good communication.

A little bit disorganized

Girls softball player pitch is not aged correctly. The girls are not skilled enough to be pitching yet. They end up being walked the entire game and the girls don’t get to play any defense or get to hit. It should be coach pitch or coach assisted. After ball 3 coach steps in and gives 2 pitches

Adding a 30 mins coaching session as well as ensuring all referees have the same training would help, although I do understand the coaches are only on a volunteer basis.

The facilities

Its our 1st time with baseball & ymca- we are enjoying everything!

Bathrooms in poor condition, issues with fairness among umpires, and no traffic management.

The jersey situation is AWFUL-Teams should be able to purchase their own jerseys. It looks like baseball under communism out there with the same awful colored-inside out jersey's with linebacker numbers for these poor babies. It's embarassing compared to other local leagues....

YMCA has terrible fields and management

Great coach and community for adults ans children 👏

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That's they're inclusive and always fun!

No practice gym for YMCA youth basketball - 7 and 8 year old girls. Very poor communication from the people running the basketball league. Very confusing websites - player place, coaches portals, and place where you pay. Free jerseys from the Spurs were nice but they should have some bigger sizes available (e.g. Adult small).

I needed a program for an 8 year-old beginner. This one was great. The coach was conscious of teaching every child and my son got to play a lot in the games which helped him learn. He loved it so much we are signing him and his little sister up for the next season. The short seasons were also a draw. It gave us a chance to try something new and finish it (even if he had decided not to continue).

There was no coach for the soccer team. A parent had to volunteer at the first practice. I feel like it was putting too much pressure on them.

We're able to suggest our coach or player. All coaches have been great with the kids.