I had to take a few weeks in order to get my thoughts and frustration into words. If you want to waste your time and money, by all means please secure your spot here. This basketball league is by far one of the worst ones I have ever enrolled my children in- from "coaching" and how staff handled it overall. At first glance, staff was friendly and appeared knowledgeable about the game. But when it came to practice and the actual game, it was lacking. Understandably most kids have never played basketball, but it shouldn't stop you, the coach/staff, from calling a blatant travel all game OR addressing it during practice! Not addressing it just builds bad habits especially for young players. Cool story. There were younger players who finished their championship game before ours. All trophies were on a table outside for presentation. When the winning team went outside, the 2nd place team had taken the 1st place trophies and the champion team had to settle for 2nd place medals due to a lack of coordination by staff. Again, I'm sure the winning players felt wonderful afterwards. Another amazing story. During my son's championship game the staff realized the team were lopsided and decided to swap my son and another player to the losing team after the first quarter. First off, shouldn't the staff know their players by season's end to divide teams evenly? Apparently not cause no one was paying attention all season. In the end, the losing team lost and the staff gave my son a participation medal which went into the trash before we even left the gym. Save your money folks and go somewhere else. read more

If you are reading this DO NOT ENROLL YOUR KIDS IN THIS PROGRAM. DO NOT ENROLL YOUR KIDS IN THIS PROGRAM DO NOT ENROLL YOUR KIDS IN THIS PROGRAM We signed our son up for football and basketball... It is without a doubt the most disorganized league we have ever seen. So Disorganized to the detriment of the experience for the kids. Some teams didn't have a coach and the leagues though advertised to be a certain age group were in fact not. We registered for the 7-9 year olds and they made it 6-10.... How in the heck is a 6 year old supposed to play with a 10 year old. Bill Sixsmith is a coward who won't respond to emails. read more

What an atrocious program. This is legitimately a scam operation run by next levels of incompetence. They did not respond to multiple emails inquiries leading up to the start of summer baseball, and the. 2 days prior to the start of the league, reached out saying they had to push it a week. O well, stuff happens. We show up the next week on time, and the staff is just pulling up scrambling to set up and unable to provide any direction to the dozens of parents standing around. They slowly get thins stood up for football and soccer and the baseball families are left standing there, still with no direction. They do not have the jerseys or hats available we purchased, and then 15 minutes after scheduled practice start, someone walks over to say the coach cancelled and they need to push start 2 hours. All parents are just furious at this point and they say sorry and literally walk away. Kids are upset, parents angry, and just no direction whatsoever. What a disgrace of an organization read more

This organization is a joke, don't waste your money. It clearly states on the website and opening day email that practice is one hour before the game that leads into an hour long game. They have never once practiced or played from 2 hours. Each week the time is cut down and now there is no practice before and games are 30 mins. No practice, fundamentals or coaching is involved. 2 weeks were cancelled due to the weather and were supposed to be added on to the end of the season. Today the announced the season is over without the 2 weeks added on to it. So essentially we were duped out of 2 games. We will not be returning and will make sure to tell everyone what a waste of money this program is. $170 for 5 weeks of less then 1 hour a week. Ridiculous. read more

Awesome stuff, very organized and great games for small and big kids ! Would recommend it to everybody .

i9 Sports Basketball El Cajon, CA - Not worth a nickle...kid did not learn drills, no coaches, foul teaching, and entire system unorganized, one weekend the keys were forgotten and had to be cancelled. Basketball was a bust for 2 seasons. read more

Still one star, as I have an email from Janet saying she will mail them out on the 15th at the latest. However she mailed them out the day I posted the review as stated on the package and I received one of them today. read more

My children played for i9 for 5 seasons. Throughout the seasons, coaches regularly used offensive language, encouraged foul play, and threatened parents with physical violence if they said a word. Myself, along with four other parents attempted to address the behavior of one particular coach with the franchise owner, Janet, however we were only given a laundry list of excuses and justifications for her staffs actions. Coaches and referees allegedly undergo extensive training and background check before being allowed to coach. My husband was a coach for i9 and the "extensive training" he went through was a 20 minute slide show online. I highly encourage everyone to look elsewhere for a flag football league. If your child is not an amazing player, I can guarantee they will not touch the ball and will sit out half the game. My family, along with 6 others will not be returning. This review is based upon my personal experience solely with i9 Sports- El Cajon Santee Poway. read more

Let's see. What can I say about this "sports" program that is positive? I guesss... it's a reason to get up early on Saturday? They teach these kids zero fundamentals. In T Ball, they don't even have positions. They don't teach the kids that it isn't necessary to have the entire team dogpile on a ground ball. It would be comical how ridiculous this program was, if it wasn't dangerous. read more

I coach at the Steele Canyon and Allied Gardens Locations. The Allied Garden is a grass field and is well organized. The guy that runs it (Travis Johnson) does a very good job there. I would recommend that location. The Steele Canyon location is a great turf field. The field director that is there (Ericka) makes the experience horrible. She doesn't focus on the games when she is officiating. She lets the coaches tell her how to call the game. She constantly tries to use her power as the field director to bully people around. There have been many instances where she argued with coaches about the rules even though the coach has the rules printed out and showed her them. She just didn't care. She was gonna run the game how she wanted instead of following the rules that were set. If she gets replaced with someone who is more down to earth and open to playing the game the way it is suppose to be that location would be amazing. I hope to see some changes in the future. read more

My son wanted to play football for the first time but pop warner was expensive and requires 3 practices a week. I9 sports is the perfect alternative. Practice and games on Saturdays. 2 hours and 1/3 the cost. Great way to get some exposure without the huge commitment. read more

My son played for 2 seasons with i9 Sports east county. The first season was so horrible the entire tball team was given a $20 credit to use towards another season. Never had a coach, poor communication. In good faith I tried for another season in a different sport and while we did get a coach (and he was great) the picture lady got sick and instead of rescheduling for a different time they were cancelled all together and my son finished his soccer season in NOVEMBER and STILL HAS NOT gotten his trophy. After MULTIPLE attempts via email Janet said she'd bring them to the start of the spring season, but she forgot them at home and told my brother in law that she would mail them out. Here we are a months and a half later and STILL NO TORPHYS!!!! Janet has been contacted again since she said they would be mailed and she hasn't responded. You get what you pay for and I wouldn't recommend anyone to i9 Sports east county. read more