So thankful we came across BR Elite. My daughter enjoys the programs from both individual and group…read moretrainings. It's been amazing watching her grow over the months!

Coach Danny and all the coaches at BR Elite have been amazing! My daughter has grown so much with…read moreher fundamentals and skills since she started training with BR Elite. The coaches have very thoughtful and intentional drills/trainings to improve players skills. The coaches are also very positive and encouraging and make the trainings fun. My daughter really enjoys the trainings and coaches. I highly recommend BR Elite.

I have been coming here since 2014. If you are a student, you get access to so much here at the…read moreAnteater Rec Center (ARC): rock climbing wall, three full basketball courts, two fitness areas with free weights and machines, a dance studio, indoor running platform, mat space with punching bags (for wrestlers, grapplers, martial artists, etc.), and a perfectly warm outdoor pool. The great thing is that the ARC opens up at 6 am during normal hours, so you can get your work out in super early. It also closes pretty late, for those who like a work out at night. If you are a student at the ARC, I highly recommend trying the group fitness classes or the martial arts classes. Exercise regimen are just easier to maintain with a group, especially if you are just starting. Traditional Jiujitsu is taught by Ray, who is super chill and teaches you the fundamentals of self-defense. The Brazilian Jiujitsu class is taught by Harrison and Cheri, who are both upper belts under blackbelts Coach AJ / Coach Alex who teach at Valhalla Jiujitsu. They are extremely knowledgable, friendly, and know how to motivate a class and keep it fun.

The 4 stars are for the great staff! The staff is always kind and respectful. Also the student…read moreworkers that are there are very knowledgeable about the gym itself. Briana was so kind in taking the time to explain how certain equipment and machines work. She was very patient and helpful to me. The front desk staff are always kind and helpful. It can get busy here at times. Pool is pretty busy on weekends that are sunny. My only complaint is that the lockers are a bit outdated and main lockers can use a bit more tLC.

Arroyo Park is a local city park located in Newport Beach. When you arrive you'll come across a…read moresign to the right pointing to residences and to the left pointing toward the park. There is a private parking lot next to the park with more parking further up. The park has basketball courts, a kids playground, soccer fields, a baseball field, some grassy areas, benches, and tables. The walking paths throughout the park connect to nearby residential neighborhoods. The park was quiet and peaceful. There are public restrooms on-site.

I really appreciate the City for cleaning up right after I posted…read more That said, even though there are three small signs, many people seem to ignore them. A larger, more visible NO SMOKING sign would really help.

I purchased a Chargers football from this store and the stitching started unraveling on the…read morefootball shortly after purchasing it. The store manager, Richard, was very accommodating and worked to resolve the issue quickly and efficiently.

I came in yesterday when I was at Fashion Island and looked for an elliptical that is reasonably…read morepriced and easy to have delivered. No one was around to offer assistance so I got on one and tried it out. It was very basic but I still got a few steps in then looked around at their cute workout clothes. It's a huge store with everything from balls to treadmills!

Large private parking lot. Staff was very welcoming. Very…read morehelpful. Huge stock of uniforms. Service was quick and easy.

I had a pretty large order from them. Only half of it arrived. Nobody over there could tell me…read moreabout the rest of the order. I had over 60 emails over a period of months before I gave up and cancelled the rest of the order. Two weeks after I cancelled the order it arrived. Totally disorganized. Switched to another supplier and haven't looked back.

San Miguel Park is a small neighborhood park along the side of a road in Newport Beach…read more Interestingly it is Newport Beach's first universally accessible playground and has ADA features designed for children of all abilities. There's a private parking lot on-site. The park has multiple kids playgrounds, grassy areas, basketball courts, handball courts, a baseball field, a soccer field, and picnic tables. There are also convenient public restrooms.

San Miguel Park played an oversize role in a remarkably important part of my late childhood…read more In 1990, my childhood friend Michael's family moved from Whittier to Newport Beach. I'm three years older than he is, but he was a handful as a kid, so his mom liked to have me over to occupy him, and we always got along famously because he was the adventurous little guy while I was the rule-following older guy. If our ages had been reversed, our friendship never would have worked. We were used to running around his inverted cul-de-sac in Whittier and using different shrubs and bushes as bases. They all had numbers, and I believe some of them had code names in case other kids in the neighborhood had gotten wind of the numbers when we were playing hide-and-seek. But his family moved to a gated community, and while we could generally run around the neighborhood there just as easily as we could in Whittier, there were suddenly annoying rich people telling us to get out of the street/off their lawns/out of the sewer (!), so it wasn't as much fun. Michael's mom trusted me implicitly, so she probably didn't know that I followed Michael in his schemes. Once we got sick of playing Bump 'n' Jump in the downstairs activity room with the spectacular view (Michael liked video games less than any kid I knew), he would suggest we go to the park to play. Michael's mom wasn't used to driving us around, and it took way too long to walk all the way around the gated community to get out of it and to the park, so we did what most pairs of thirteen- and ten-year-olds did and hopped fences and climbed down the hill. We didn't call it San Miguel Park. It was just this thin strip of green space alongside fancy houses. It had a baseball diamond, a field, a basketball court, and four handball courts. When I came recently to do research for this Yelp review, it seemed way more manicured and set off from the neighborhood than it used to be, which makes me think a lot of the amenities might not have existed in 1990. What did Michael and I do at the park? Our usual little-kid stuff, although I was just about to outgrow most of it. We would often take his dad's racquetball rackets and a racquetball and try to play racquetball in the handball courts, specifically the northwest court. As you can imagine, that never worked really well, so we eventually modified Mojo Risin', the game that Michael played with his brothers that normally involved throwing stuffed animals, into its Mick Jagger version, in which Michael would strut around imitating Mick Jagger in front of the handball wall, and I would pelt him with the racquetball. It sounds stupid, but it was really fun, and Michael was spectacular at being a realistically annoying Mick Jagger, even at the age of ten. The park itself is pretty neat, although it's sad that there's no actual baseball diamond. There's a huge backstop and space for a diamond, but there's no dirt, and they've even removed the small benches and bleachers that used to be there. Also, the local soccer leagues use the backstop area to store all their goal equipment, so baseball plays second fiddle to soccer, which was the opposite in 1990. There's a parking lot that is only accessibly from the northbound side of San Miguel Drive. I don't think you can park on San Miguel, but you might be able to park on Spyglass Hill Road. In any case, there are plenty of spaces in the lot. The basketball court is in good shape, but unfortunately, there are permanent, dangerously sited benches and trashcans right next to the court. The handball courts get a lot of use, but they're not in awful shape. For some reason, they close earlier than the park itself does. There's also a green area near the handball courts that feels underutilized. There are one or two picnic tables down there, but they're not shaded, so it might not be pleasant to eat at them. It looks like something was planned but never built in this part of the park. It definitely wasn't landscaped and maintained as nicely when I was a kid. I think it was all dirt then. If you're coming with little kids, be sure they don't wander by themselves over to the northern edge of the park. I believe the speed limit on Spyglass Hill Road is something absurd like 40, and cars come careening down that hill around the bend faster than that. Ridiculously, there are no painted crosswalks at the northeast corner of the park, at the intersection with Port Harwick Place. I don't understand how that is even possible in such a residential neighborhood. I know the local Richie Riches probably never walk or ride their bikes anywhere and have their parents or their nannies drive them everywhere, but I can tell you from personal 1990 experience that when Michael and I were crossing that street to get to the park, it was a little bit nerve-racking. In the 32 years that have passed since that time, the traffic has only grown worse and faster. Be careful when you're crossing that street!

This review is for OC Softball Camp run by Angelita White. She operates/operated three summer…read moresoftball camps in 2022 (one in Irvine, two in Lake Forest). My child attended one-day, then wanted to quit. She became discouraged after Mrs. White yelled at her while she waited in line for a drill. My child was hot and tired. Her face was flush. White thought it would be productive to embarrass my kid in front of the others and point out her expression and attitude. No doubt caused by running around for two-and-half hours in 80-degree weather. White showed no concern for my child's well-being nor any compassion or patience -- two attributes crucial in youth sports. The camp uses college aged players to coach the kids through fundamental drills, but Mrs. White is very hands on and steps in to direct the kids and coaches. Each camp lasts four days from 9 am to noon, and costs between $125 and $175, depending on when you pay.

From the owner: Baller Soccer offers training for players of all skill levels, from beginners to elite athletes…read more Each session is designed to improve the players overall technical, tactical and Athletic ability in a fun and safe environment. Baller Soccer coaches instruct using age-appropriate technical and tactical exercises designed by Founder Julian Gaitan. Players are put in an exciting soccer environment consisting of modern Ball Mastery, 1 touch technique, tactical awareness and small sided games. Baller Soccer is a leader in teaching players positive training habits. Baller Soccer strives to identify and develop key players in the community that could advance to play at the highest levels.

Beautiful small park. Tree lined quiet street. Great basketball ball courts too!Play area for kids…read moreand families. Doggie bags available for picking up after.

Nice family park on the north end of the Balboa Peninsula Newport Beach, CA. Public bathrooms and…read morebasketball courts. Beautiful trees and green space.