Youth Sports

Youth Sports

Our Youth Sports programs promote healthy kids, strong families and a better community by placing a priority on family involvement, healthy competition, the value of participation over winning, building social and interpersonal skills and team building. Parents are encouraged to be more than mere spectators by contributing their time as volunteer coaches and team parents as well as being their kid’s number one fan.


Summer Sports Camps Now Taking Registration
Contact your local branch to register or for more details.


Learn more about the foundations or our Youth Sports programs by reading the Seven Pillars of Y Youth Sports.

The YMCA offers a variety of programs that teach the fundamentals of the sport in a fun and entertaining environment.

  • Basketball
  • Volleyball
  • Summer Sports Camps
  • Flag Football
  • Soccer Clinics
  • Martial Arts
  • T-Ball
  • Swim/Diving Teams
  • Lacrosse

Check with your local YMCA branch for specific offerings and schedules in your community.

Branch Contact Phone Programs  
Ankeny Holly Vickers (515) 965-8800 More Information 
 
 
Boone County Makala Brinkly (515) 432-5925
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Grubb / Riverfront Ryan Westerkamp (515) 868-0527 More Information
 
 
South Suburban Ryan Amundson (515) 285-0444 More Information
 
 
Walnut Creek Derek Hannah (515) 224-9901 ext. 242
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Waukee Joel Goetsch (515) 987-9996
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