This past summer, I played in a weekly kickball league that took place at Mama Johnson field. The…read morefacility is large and spacious, and there was enough room for a couple of kickball games to take place at the same time. Although the field was well-kept and ideal for kickball conditions, it's the location that really knocks off a few stars. This field is in the middle of a not-so-hot section of Hoboken. Without getting into too much detail, one of our games was cancelled last summer because a knife was thrown on to the field. Because of that experience I probably wouldn't come back to play kickball again!

The Absolute Best Girls Volleyball Club in Westchester NY. The club travels to the largest…read moretournaments in the mid to north east, from MD. to MA and brings home First Place Gold Medals! Since my daughter has been playing RJS VBC her skills and level of play has improved so much more than just doing school volleyball. Now finishing up her second year the team took the First Place Gold Medal at the Northern Atlanta Championships! The coaching staff is great with most playing at college level and or head coaches in the local school districts. If your daughter is really serious about playing volleyball and aspires to be a top player at highschool and continue to college volleyball, join the club you and your daughter will not be disappointed! The club practices at Ardsley Middle School in Ardsley NY, starting at 7pm, day of the week depending on the age group. Good Luck RJS VBC!

My 8 yrs old twin grandsons belong to this academy. I love the discipline. I love the respect they…read moreget from the coaches. I love the respect the players get from each other. It is not just basketball, they learn how to respect each other.

I just registered at Hoops Academy NYC for my kid and let me tell you, it has been THE BEST…read moreexperience. The primary focus of the youth basketball academy is not limited to the game; bringing life skills, discipline, and teamwork is where the fun and love for the game evolve. The coaches are truly dedicated to the profession and they know perfectly well how to work with kids of all ages and skill levels. The basketball training given to kids is structured and designed to develop the basics of the game, formulating strategies and ensuring physical fitness. My child has not only honed in basketball skills but also boost in confidence and sportsmanship. The culture of the academy is enriching and motivating, which makes it the right place for a young athlete to come of age and rise.If you are in need of a high-quality basketball academy in NYC, I will advise you to choose Hoops Academy NYC. That is exactly what they realize; that as much as kids need to be excelling in the game, they also need to succeed life outside the court.

Very nice and spacious courts, friendly staff and great way to demo multiple different paddles…read more Only downside is anyone can sign up for any level open play which mixed beginners and intermediate players into the high intermediate open play making games unevenly matched.

Very nice PB courts and they added some noice absorbing foam on the walls. The staff are super nice…read moreand helpful.

The art classes are amazing!! The instructor is very patient, knowledgeable and has taught my…read moredaughter so much which has helped fuel her passion for drawing and painting. I would 100% recommend!

Loved the coaches but it's run militantly to a degree inappropriate for 5 year olds in my opinion.read more

I've played in these leagues for over a year now, so it kind of hurts to leave a bad review since…read moremy time hasn't been completely awful. However, as some reviews have pointed out, the refs can be very bad and make very biased calls. I've been ran into full speed in the back on breakaways, challenges that could've seriously injured me, only for the ref to call it a fair challenge. Meanwhile, if I challenge someone shoulder to shoulder in a fair play, it's called a foul if my opponent flails enough and looks at the ref. If I were you, I'd avoid Bedford Armory and Lower East Side, where I had experiences with those bad refs. The Brooklyn Bridge one was ok maybe 30% of the time (literally gave me a yellow card for defending his call while ignoring the entire opposing team hollering at him for it). The officials tend to ref the same fields every week. You risk getting injured due to the random nature of their officiating and inability to control games. I'm not sure if it's due to improper training or bias towards certain groups of players and favor towards others as some have pointed out. Whatever it is, it is completely unacceptable for me personally. My dad tore his ACL playing in his adulthood -- I don't want that to happen to me. I may try one more season if a good discount ever rolls around again, but I think I'll see how the refs and players are like around the other NYC leagues afterwards before deciding to come back ever again. It is what it is. I don't expect this review will be received by ownership well, but idrc at this point. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Please remember that before you crash out on this, Tarek.

Ok I didn't think I needed to actually say this but apparently I do. Tarek, I am not Yelp poster…read moreJohn D - that is not a fake account made by me and I'm not sure what lead you to believe I'd go through the lengths to do something like that. Please stop these assumptions and attempts to tarnish my reputation. I think you've already done enough. While it's unnecessary & futile to defend my character, I'll do it once more anyway. I decided to NOT leave an online review until now because I was still planning to play in the league. Yes we've had disagreements but I wasn't going to let that keep me from playing soccer. I enjoyed the location / day of week & didn't need to be a sore loser about you clearly not being a huge fan of me. But it seems you had another idea in mind and it appears you attempted to ban the team from joining again (as we planned) based off of some pretty unfair reasoning and false accusation. It seems you have tried to punish them for continuing their relationship with me. It appears you were successful in forcing them to choose - me or continue playing soccer at that location on Sundays. I have decide to speak up now after learning of what happened and hearing what you've been telling people that I've done - I feel others have the right to know how players like me are being treated behind the scenes. I'm going to go ahead and attach the email that Tarek has referenced & some screenshots for full transparency, along with the following clarifications to his claims for anyone still reading all of this nonsense: - Our team did show up for our last game during the downpour. I was there. I walked to the field with a sub for your team actually, a blonde woman, from Russia or Switzerland I believe? We laughed at the waterfall of water coming from the bridge underpass - it broke my umbrella. She asked if I was on [YOUR TEAM NAME] and I said no. She said someone from your team, a coworker of hers, had reached out the night before and asked if she could help because the team didn't have enough players. I met my captains at the sidelines and they let me know they had just forfeited - we were only able to get 4 of our roster there with the crazy weather, that much of what you said is true. The field was already flooding at that point. The rest of the team assumed the game would be rescheduled and didn't want to make the walk from the train in the downpour. It never was. - I did not demand field support in an email to you, the ball comment was an off hand comment. A small part in a larger email that was addressing the increasingly shorter & shorter game times we were experiencing. (Context: If D1 & D2 games before us ran long - our D3 games would be shortened on the fly to make up for the time.) I get that my emails must have been very annoying to you but you have misrepresented how I acted & how you had actually replied. Throughout our emails you had always implied that sharing my feedback was helpful to the league as it was growing. I had thought that I would be allowed to voice these concerns field side as well but I learned the hard way that I should NOT have talked to you right after you had just finished playing. So Let's wrap this up & move to that. - I feel your recall is incorrect regarding our field side interaction. I wasn't angry that we lost (we lost 90% of our games, we got used to it fast). I was angry that several times during the game, you made calls and stopped play on behalf of the ref. At one point in the heat of competition, you threw the ball off the field so our team had to chase the ball down. I felt you abused your powers as an owner to advantage yourself & your team. After the game - I asked if I could speak to you and you said yes. I tried to talk but you realized I was voicing a complaint and cut me off right away. I tried to continue so you repeated "just find another league" over and over, louder and louder, until teammates of yours surrounded me and told me to walk away. I apologized, admitted it was stupid to try to talk to you then and walked away.

As soon as I saw that the Queens of Pain had a mascot dressed up like the gimp from Pulp Fiction, I…read moreknew I was going to have a good time at roller derby. Well, that's not completely correct. I actually knew it when my friend first mentioned it. How could Roller Derby not be an amazing night? Our tickets said the doors opened at 6:30 but no show until 8. We showed up about 7:20, mistake #1. Note to all potential roller derby attendees, GET THERE EARLY. It was already packed by the time we showed up, and we kind of had to squeeze in to get seats. If we had been more than two people, we probably would have had to split up. Now to the action, Gotham Girls Roller Derby is no f*cking joke. These girls are out to bust some asses. And, of course, my former borough of Queens showed the Bronx who is boss. Great win, great time, count me in again. And, yeah, I totally have a crush on Suzy Hotrod.

What can i say about the roller derby? I really didn't know what to expect since it was my first…read moretime. I know that i will be able to tell you that it will not be my last. My experience was a blast. it was a very fun atmosphere, exciting competition (once i figured out the rules) and very casual. The crowd was casual, inclusive and actively involved. Like any other event they had souvenirs, concessions with beer and snacks. Oh yeah did i mention free beads! But they didn't ask me to show any body parts :-( , not sure who got the better of that one... lol definitely something that everyone should do.

I played in ZogSports for about 5 years while living in NYC, and had a fantastic experience. As an…read moreex-college athlete, there was a wide selection of sports and league levels to choose from, some competitive and others more in the beer league vibe. I only stopped participating when I moved cities. Either way, its a very efficiently run organization, good fields / participation, and the leadership (Danielle) is great. I highly recommend!

I heard good things about zogsports but was pretty disappointed with my Sunday kickball league in…read moreCentral Park. The first part i was disappointed was the lack of communication. We were supposed to start the game on Sunday and we didn't receive a confirmation email about our roster and start times until Thursday night around 8 pm. In addition , the league did a terrible job of balancing the rosters. There were 3 teams in our coed league and one other team consisted of free agents. We had 4 girls on our team and the other team had 8 girls on theirs. Usually this is fine but league rules has it that you need at least 3 girls to play on defense and a girl has to kick once every 4 turns. Also one of our games the ref was late over an hour. Finally , they schedule double headers so the games run late. We had to call two of our games since they were running late. One we couldn't see anything in the pitch dark so we called it for a safety issue. The other game we had to end our playoff game early. We had a chance to kick since we were bottom of the inning but zogsports referee said since the Game was running late whoever scores first wins the game. Felt like we got cheated. It doesn't help that they take 30 minutes plus to explain the rules each game. They also have happy hour deals after the game but the bars are so far away it's not feasible.