If I could give this organization less than one star I would. Payton Vaughn, the program director did not do her job. We signed up for this league thinking it would be a great way for our kids to learn basketball in a fun setting. It was not fun. The league is unorganized. The refs are unqualified. And the staff can't do basic math. Don't waste your money. It's not worth it. Go to your local YMCA. It's less expensive and a lot more fun. read more

I GIVE -0 stars btw: Horrible organization as of 5/23/24. No communication at all even when you reach out via email and the customer service line is useless and knows nothing. Staff seem all Confused and know nothing, a quick buck isn't worth it in my eyes as it seems to be for those running i9/teams. Do better for the kids sake and experiences. read more

My son's coach did not show up to half of the practices/games. Parents with no training had to step in and coach. i9 did not care when it was reported to them. read more

Worst youth sports league in San Diego. You're better off finding a better league or just staying home and taking the kids to the park to play. We will NEVER do i9 sports (or lack there of) again! Unorganized program. Unorganized and unprofessional staff. (Worst part of the league is the staff). Including the Refs that are absolutely nowhere to be found 90% of the time! ZERO STARS, WE DO NOT RECOMMEND AND WILL MAKE IT A POINT TO RECOMMEND AGAINST SIGNING YOUR CHILD UP TO ALL FRIENDS, FAMILY, NEIGHBORS (Basically anyone I know with children)!!!! read more

The league is pretty expensive and is staffed by parent volunteers (with no discount for the kid of the coach). We spent most of the season with no coach and zero support from the league. The league asked for feedback and then was just defensive and said that's how it is. YMCA gives much better support for volunteer coaches. I would not recommend i9 for anyone - especially the Mueller location. read more

Review based on soccer on Slaughter: Plenty of reviews already covered the volunteer parent coaching with little to no instruction. The skills your kid learns varied dramatically depending on the parent. If you care about skill building this isn't for you. But the far bigger issue is safety. The "referees" are high school kids with apparently no guidelines as to what rules to enforce. Specifically, many of them let the kids play out of bounds and into the seated parents. It's an easy way to get hurt that is completely avoidable. I get that these are little kids, but some of the refs are so barely present that it's insulting. There are other, better casual sports experiences for little kids. read more

Concord Location E Harold Wrinkler The husband and wife of this location are the Director of Program, Husband is a coach of Son's Team in addition husband is a Staff Member, This Program's Leadership demonstrates team biase and has no integrity. A Terrible way to advocate for youth athletes and families. Director's husband should not be coaching his child nor being staff due to the influence he projected and compromises the officiating of the game. This program needs restructuring in an effort to provide value, integrity, and A overall positive place for kids to learn fundamental sports etiquette. Currently for 2 sign-ups for basketball I rate this program below standards for 5 and 6 in all levels one can imagine. read more

We signed up for a basketball for my 9-year-old. we did 2 seasons. The first season didn't go well. They are not given a chance to play with kids. The kids who are playing well can play games. That got impacted my kid's confidence level. We faced the same in 2 seasons. We realized this place is a totally waste of time. No more sign up. Consider my star as 0. read more

very bad experience for the price you pay. volunteer parent coaches. staff members who are just trying to pass time. no referees. no make up games scheduled. my 12 year old son plays games on a pee wee field and goals. scheduling is a joke. signed up to be in one spot (lccc) for my kids and ended up having to be in 2 different places (lccc and victory sports park) at the same. so couldn't watch both my youngest and oldest play. had to take two cars and choose what game to watch all season. only two or three teams in each league it seems so you just play the same team over and over. I volunteered and coached and have the leagues several tries with multiple sports for all three of my boys and it's just not what I expect and or what it could be. seems like just money grab. read more

Please understand that i9 sports does not offer coaches or coaching to the children in any given sport that they are registered. After you register and pay, you find out that 2 parents have to volunteer to become a coach and learn how to lead a practice, teach the game and field questions from other parents over email. i9 only provides referees to the games. Nowhere on the main page of the i9 sports website does it clearly state that parents have to volunteer to coach the kids during practice, during games and essentially teach the game. In many cases, parents enroll their elementary school age child to learn the sport but find out later that i9 is not providing coaches. The verbiage on their website leads you to believe that they are instructing or teaching the sport. read more

We've had positive experiences with i9 in the past and my son is currently having a good experience with bball, but my daughter's soccer experience with the director has been disappointing. I was having trouble logging into my account during open registration, so I emailed and Wes (the director) responded quickly and asked me to call the office to register over the phone. I did, and they credited my card (sons bball payment) with a sibling discount but didn't run the charge for soccer (which I confess I didn't notice.) FF to January and I realize season is starting, but haven't heard anything - come to find out, she wasn't registered! Wes said all teams are full and he is not able to accommodate her despite their admin mistake. We asked to speak on the phone and from there, haven't heard anything in a week. I understand rules, but as a business owner, I also understand righting my wrongs and hope to encourage doing better in the future. With covid, teams are never fully present anyway. My daughter has been begging to do this so we've moved her to Lonestar, where my son plays and will continue there. The Lonestar director has demonstrated a better set of ethics in our 3 years with them. read more

The ages for a division change yearly based on the number of kids who sign up. This is my third year and they split a school grade in half instead adjusting by birthday like EVERY OTHER league. My child wanted to play with her classmates, but we were told she had to play with older kids. Conveniently, we weren't notified of this until after the refund deadline. I've coached for i9 twice already, and I've had it. Go play NASA instead. read more

This was a complete waste of money beware of this company yes they do go based on volunteers but in my opinion if you're paying a company to set it up for your child to win awards get encouragement and to learn the basics of basketball soccer or what not they should have coaches readily available if they're running this kind of business disappointed will not return beware do not sign your kid up for this organization not one Saturday did my son get a coach nobody ever showed up for it! read more

Thought the i9 T-ball team would be so fun for my almost-4-year-old. And it was, the very first of seven practices/games. There was a coach who seemed to know what he was doing, and the kids got their jerseys and hats, and all seemed well. Then, the second week, that coach couldn't continue (due to valid personal reasons)...and no new coach was assigned. No communication came from i9 Sports. We parents just cobbled together the practice/game each Saturday morning ourselves, which made for a confusing mess at best. Of course, we'd already paid ($145 for 7 weekly, hour-long sessions); too bad, because what it ended up being, we could've done ourselves, for FREE, at a park that was closer to home. I emailed Robert at i9 Sports after the third or fourth session to ask if a new coach would be assigned. He never responded. I never got a response, in fact, until I gave them a low rating and negative feedback on the form survey they sent out to everyone around week 5. Robert called me then, and claimed he wanted "to make this right." I said we deserved a refund, but he assured me there would be a coach for the rest of the sessions. Yeah, there wasn't. Well, to be fair, there was a coach at the very last game. (A parent? Someone from i9? I have no idea.) Aside from that game and the very first one, we had to do all the rest of it ourselves. In the weeks when our team was down to just 4 players due to illnesses and whatever else kept other kids home, we played against teams with 8 or 9 kids, and there was no effort (due to no leadership or coordination) to even things up. There was no instruction. No tips for us DIY parents on what and how to teach the kids about baseball techniques. So, to sum up: A pretty stunning lack of communication and organization all around. It was pretty ridiculous in the end, and a waste of money. I do not recommend this to anyone. If you have a good experience with i9, I'd say you just happened to get lucky. read more

Beware this organization fully runs on parent volunteer coaching. There may or may not be a coach at each game. It was completely unorganized there was no actual teaching of the sport just a wing it kind of thing. I watched as coaches stood around and talked amongst each other while the players stood around confused. They allow anyone to coach, so there were no set drills to teach the players any aspect of the game. Too expensive to not have your child actually learn anything about the sport. I would definitely NOT recommend. We will not be returning. read more

I9 Sports- I enrolled my son (6) in the baseball program. It wasn't what I was look for. It is good for 3-4 yr olds that are just starting out. However, I was looking for my son to learn the fundamentals of baseball and it was far from that. Waste of money. read more

While the wife and I poo-poo'd the idea of our 9-year-old son playing tackle football, we weren't entirely against flag football, hoping it wouldn't be a "gateway" sport. Enter the father of one of our child's friends, who happened to be coaching an i9 flag football team over the winter break. We signed our kid up, and have been enjoying flag football games over two winter breaks now. The i9 model is nice: practice for one hour, then play a game, all on the same weekend day. No showing up on multiple days, for the lazy parent in you. We have had nothing but pleasant interactions with the Director, Wes, and any of the referees calling the games; they all seem to really enjoy being out there and interacting with the kids and families. They've got a great winter break program that falls between soccer seasons for my family; other wise, we would not be able to enjoy the league. I believe they've got regular spring and fall seasons for both soccer and flag football as well. read more

I decided to give i9 sports at Mueller for soccer a try after using the YMCA for the last 5 years. Big mistake! The website says they have teams and play games which is a BIG lie. Basically there are only 8 players TOTAL in the 3rd-5th grade division and they dont even have games it's just scrimmages which is a big waste of time as most of these kids have been playing in actual leagues for years. They dont play on a field but yet in a park setting with goals that are used for 4 year old games. Do NOT waste your money on this place!!! read more

Love the I9 sports programs. Both my boys played soccer for several years and my youngest played basketball one season. Soccer was coached by parent volunteers, but they all did a great job. Both my kids loved the heck out of it. The refs (provided by i9) were always great. My youngest tried basketball one year and although he only played one season, it wasn't because we had a bad experience, he just didn't really like it all that much. Just not his sport. For basketball, I9 actually provided a coach instead of parent volunteers. Coaches were all fantastic. Sadly, both my boys have aged out of I9 sports (they can only play through age 11) but we had great experiences with them!! read more

I agree with the other parents. I feel it was a waste of money to place my child in this league. I understand there are parents coaching the kids but there should be some standards given. Basically the kids will be able to toss the ball to each other in practice and swing at the tball one maybe twice a "game". They practice right before their "game" which is basically one teams players hitting the tball then switching to outfield. Again it's not a real game and I second people that say this is something a community could do in the park for free if they really wanted to. Sometimes parents of the kids have to instruct the coach on where to place the child to bat. I wouldn't recommend this unless your looking at way to give your child something to do. Waste of money for me I'll look for another league next time. Thing to keep in mind I only went with this league originally as my son just turned 4 and it was only league that was open for him at the time. I did the round rock location. read more

My little girl is not even 4 so I was worried about introducing her to the wrong element this early: coaches who make the game only about winning, take it too serious, and not letting the kids have fun as they are learning about the sport. All the coaches were great, just wanting the kids to get out there and have a great time. Competitveness will come later, but the emphasis now is about having fun, keeping the kids excited about soccer. Great league, great coaches, very happy. read more