At Kid-Friendly Triad we have taken a lot of the play calling out of the equation for you by perfecting your gameplan to find the right sport and program for your children. Below you will find a list of the available sports programs and organizations in the Greensboro, Oak Ridge, Summerfield, and surrounding area. As the seasons and classes are rapidly changing, please follow the links to the desired program to get you on the right track.
Athletic Training
Proehlific Park (Athletic Training) – Ages 5 and up
SuperTots Sports (Athletic Training) – Ages Vary
Baseball / Softball / T-Ball
Youth baseball and softball help improve your child’s coordination, health, and ability to work with others. The sport allows your child a safer experience than other sports due to injuries and is a great place to start learning respect and make friends.
Aircavs Sports Club – Ages Vary
Alamance County Little League – Ages 4 – 12
Bryan Family YMCA – Ages Vary
Burlington Little League – Ages Vary
Burlington Recreation & Parks Athletics – Ages 4 and up
City of Graham – Ages Vary
Phoenix Elite Performance – Ages Vary
Greensboro Eagles – Ages Vary
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages 4 and up
Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA – Ages 3 and up
Oak Ridge Youth Association – Ages 4 -14
Proehlific Park – Ages 5 and up
Spears Family YMCA – Ages Vary
Summerfield Recreation Association – Ages Vary
Basketball
Youth basketball is a great opportunity for your child to learn to be a part of a team, improve hand-eye coordination, learn respect and make friends. The ability to play indoors allows for all-year participation and play as well. Greensboro is also a hub for basketball talent, great sports teams, the ACC Tournament, and even NBA players hometowns.
Bryan Family YMCA Ages 3 and up
Carolina Cowboys – Ages 5 and up
City of Graham – Ages Vary
Greensboro Eagles – Ages Vary
Greensboro Hawks Basketball – Ages Vary
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages 4 and up
Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA – Ages 3 and up
NC Basketball Academy – Ages Vary
Oak Ridge Youth Association – Ages Vary
Proehlific Park – Ages 5 and up
Pro Skills Basketball – Ages Vary
Spears Family YMCA – Ages Vary
Summerfield Recreation Association – Ages Vary
Triad Basketball Academy – Ages 7 – 10
Cheerleading / Tumbling
Performing and practicing as part of a team is vital for cheerleading in order to complete sequences in unison and support stunts and tumbles. It can also improve leadership skills by building confidence to speak up for the good of the team. Cheer and tumbling also help build strength, coordination, flexibility, and endurance.
Bryan Family YMCA Ages 3 and up
Carolina Athletix – Ages 2 – 18
Carolina Cheer Center – Ages 2 and up
Carolina Cowboys – Ages 5 and up
Carolina Reign All Starts – Ages Vary
Cheer Elite All-Stars – Ages Vary
Cheer Zone Allstars – Ages 4 – 14
Greensboro Eagles – Ages Vary
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages 4 and up
Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA – Ages 3 and up
Kidsport Gymnastics and Cheer Academy – Ages 18 months to 18 years
Oak Ridge Youth Association – Ages Vary
Southwest Guilford Jets Cheer Program – Ages 5 – 12
Summerfield Recreation Association – Ages Vary
Ultimate Kids – Home of Tumblebees – Ages Vary
Field Hockey
Field hockey is the third most popular sport in the world. It will help your child learn and grow by improving their health, stamina, and ability to work as a team. There is no professional field hockey league so most athletes choose to play for the love of the sport and team.
Greensboro Youth Field Hockey League – Ages 12 and up
Proehlific Park (Athletic Training, Field Hockey) – Ages 5 and up
Football
Children play football because it is fun, challenging and exciting. Most kids love being part of a team. Football teaches cooperation and teamwork, helps develop positive social skills and teaches respect for others. It helps build self-confidence, a positive self-image, and self-worth. Safety is growing more important in the sport and do your own research to discover which program will have your child’s best interest at heart and what age to start your child in football.
Aircavs Sports Club – Ages Vary
Bryan Family YMCA Ages 3 and up
Carolina Cowboys – Ages 5 and up
City of Graham – Ages Vary
Greensboro Eagles – Ages Vary
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages 4 and up
Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA – Ages 3 and up
National Flag Football – Ages Vary
Oak Ridge Youth Association – Ages Vary
Proehlific Park – Ages 5 and up
Southwest Guilford Jets – Ages 5 – 12
Spears Family YMCA – Ages Vary
Golf
Playing golf is wonderful for kids to help encourage friendships, establish a career in business as they are interacting with professional adults while playing, and establishing health and wellness. It also helps children understand how to deal with stress and loss while also having chances at earning scholarships. Not to mention, the amount of quality public and private courses around Greensboro are perfect to get in a round and even host a professional tournament. The Wyndham Championship is a professional golf tournament in North Carolina on the PGA Tour.
Precision Golf School & Tennis Academy – Ages Vary
Rick Murphy Golf Academy – Ages Vary
The First Tee of the Triad (Golf) – Ages 7 – 18
Gymnastics
Gymnastics instruction helps develop better coordination and body awareness. For young children, interacting with their surroundings is mostly physical in their early years. Gymnastics provides them with the skills to interact with their environment in ways that other children cannot.
Core Gymnastics – Ages 2 – 12
Kidsport Gymnastics and Cheer Academy – Ages 18 months to 18 years
The Little Gym of Greensboro – Ages 4 months to 12
Ultimate Kids – Home of Tumblebees – Ages Vary
Hockey & Skating
Hockey is a team sport. Children who play learn the value of working with others. Experiencing the wins and losses that come with hockey helps a child deal with the wins and losses in real life. Hockey also promotes a strong sense of self, positive self-esteem and pride. Greensboro also was the birthplace of a lot of the state’s hockey tradition with the Greensboro Generals & Monarchs semi-pro teams.
The Greensboro Ice House Figure Skating – Ages Vary
The Greensboro Ice House Hockey – Ages 6 and up
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages 4 and up
Greensboro Youth Hockey Association – Ages 3 – 17
Summit Figure Skating Club – Ages Vary
Triad Hockey Alliance – Ages 9 and up
Horse Back Riding
Horseback riding allows kids to connect to nature, get plenty of fresh air, create healthy habits, and make new friends. Also, the love for horses and horse riding is enduring and often leads to a lifelong hobby that your children will treasure.
Equine Kingdom – Any Age
Highclere Farms – Any Age
Fellowship Farm – Ages 5 and up
Landon Farm – Any Age
Rosewood Farm – Any Age
Shooting Star Horse Farm – Any Age
Woodlawn Stables – Any Age
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is an exciting sport for kids that takes the physicality of rugby/football and combines them with the skill of soccer. It will help your child learn and grow by improving their health, stamina, and ability to work as a team. There is no professional lacrosse league so most athletes choose to play for the love of the sport and team.
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages 4 and up
Oak Ridge Youth Association – Ages Vary
Triad Elite Lacrosse – Ages 5 and up
Triad Youth Lacrosse Association – Grades 3 to 8
Martial Arts
For children with low self-esteem issues, martial arts teaches confidence and self-discipline while providing fun physical activity. The stamina and endurance children develop during martial arts training in a youth program, results in natural weight loss and an improvement in overall physical and mental health.
Core Fitness and Martial Arts – Ages 4 and up
Essential Martial Arts of Greensboro – Ages 4 and up
Greensboro Karate Institute – Ages Vary
Greensboro Martial Arts Academy – Ages Vary
Greensboro Taekwondo Academy – Ages Vary
Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA – Ages 3 and up
Isaac’s Martial Arts – Ages Vary
Kim’s White Tiger – Ages Vary
Konquer Martial Arts Academy – Ages Vary
Lee Brothers – Ages 3 and up
Mike Carr Karate & Fitness – Ages 3 and up
Skillz 4 Kidz – Ages 2 and up
Spears Family YMCA – Ages Vary
The Little Gym of Greensboro – Ages 4 mos to 12
Tiger Kim’s Tae Kwon Do – Ages 4 and up
Vic Coffin Karate – Ages Vary
Running & Track
Like so many individual sports that rely on self-motivation and hard work to achieve success, running teaches kids self-respect, commitment, and self-esteem, which are important values for kids to learn and grow into successful and healthy adults.
Crazy Running – Ages 5 – 14
Greensboro Eagles – Ages Vary
Healthy Kids Running Series – Ages Vary
Soccer
Soccer teams provide not only the opportunity for kids to make friends but also find a place where they can belong, build self-esteem and confidence. Playing soccer helps kids build valuable life skills, such as hard work, decision-making, problem-solving, and communication. Gender equality is core to effective and sustainable development, and participating in sports like soccer can help break down gender stereotypes.
ASYO Soccer League – Ages Vary
Bryan Family YMCA – Ages Vary
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages 4 and up
Greensboro United Soccer Association – Ages 4 and up
Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA – Ages 3 and up
Oak Ridge Youth Association – Ages Vary
Proehlific Park – Ages 5 and up
SoccerOp – Ages Vary
Soccer Shots – Ages 2 – 8
Spears Family YMCA – Ages Vary
SuperTots Sports – Ages Vary
Swimming
Swimming is lots of fun for people of all ages and children especially love getting in the water and enjoying themselves. Swimming keeps your child’s heart and lungs healthy, improves strength and flexibility, increases stamina and even improves balance and posture. Greensboro also hosts National events at its own aquatic center near the coliseum!
Bryan Family YMCA – Infant to adult
Greensboro Aquatics Center – Ages Vary
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages 3 and up
Hayes-Taylor Memorial YMCA – Infant to adult
Infant Swimming Resource – Ages 6 months to 6 years
Kids Aquatics at The Clubs of Greensboro – Ages 6 months and up
Spears Family YMCA – Infant to adult
Swim Fanatics Swim Club – Infant to adult
Swim GSA – Ages Vary
Tennis
Playing tennis regularly strengthens the bones of young players and has been proven to help prevent osteoporosis later on in life. Tennis helps kids get their dose of aerobic and cardiovascular exercise and improves hand-eye coordination.
Greensboro Tennis Program – Ages Vary
GRETA (Greensboro Regional Tennis Association) – Ages 5 -18
Hamilton Lakes Tennis – Ages 4 and up
NC Tennis Association – Ages Vary
Precision Golf School & Tennis Academy – Ages Vary
Starmount Forest Junior Clinic – Ages Vary
Volleyball
Unlike individual sports including tennis, gymnastics, and martial arts, volleyball is a team sport, where cooperation and teamwork are paramount. Volleyball has the benefit of being played indoors (year-round potential) and is a non-contact sport with parents concerned about safety.
Greensboro Parks and Rec – Ages Vary
Piedmont Volleyball Club – Ages Vary
Proehlific Park – Ages Vary
Spears Family YMCA (Volleyball) – Ages Vary
Wrestling
Hurricanes Wrestling Family – Ages Vary
