Settling in Atlanta: Youth Competitive Sports

"if you think its hard meeting new people...try picking up the wrong golf ball" Jack Lemmon

Sports for our family is huge.... so naturally an essential part of getting our kids settled was getting them on the right teams. Our Daughter is 14 and plays competitive volleyball.. Our son is 10 and plays travel baseball. I look back now and laugh about the first house hunting trip when I asked my husband to drop me off at the local baseball park... I asked any parent I could about what teams there were and what they knew. I am forever thankful for the coach who recommended that I log onto nwgabaseball.org and register and post that we are a player looking for a team I received calls from several coaches within hours...Thanks Coach!!!

I have found that most of the city parks and recreation departments have both recreational and competitive sports programs for both youth and adults. They also have summer camps and programs that are great if you move in the summer and are looking for something to do.

Parks and Recreation links:

Feeder Teams

Many area high schools also have feeder teams for many sports. Rising 6th-8th graders can tryout for the feeder team for the highschool they will be attending. Ask at your middle or high school for information regarding the feeder teams in your area.

Competitive or Travel sports

Travel Baseball

**TIP**Tryouts are typically July / August for spring teams however all the coaches I spoke with were fantastic about making special arrangements to meet and tryout our son so don't be afraid to ask.

(by the way have fun getting that Georgia clay out of your baseball pants!!! its like nothing I've ever seen before)
***TIP*** try ESPRO Sports Cleaner I got mine at Titan Team Sports or check their website
ESPRO sports Cleaner

Baseball

**Tip** Tryouts are typically late June/August

If you are looking for a travel baseball team, I strongly suggest you log onto Northwest Georgia Baseball , you can create an account and post if you are a player looking for a team or you can see what teams are looking for players . It is a great resource for finding out any information on travel ball in the area. Once I posted that we were moving to the area I literrally received calls from coaches within hours.

Volleyball

**TIP** tryouts for competitive volleyball are typically in October please be sure to check with the clubs website for specific times. Beach Volleyball has a different season and I know that A5 Beach tryouts are in May.

A5 Volleyball Club

Tsunami Volleyball

Volleyone Volleyball Club

North Atlanta Volleyball

Atlanta Boom

Prolink Volleyball

Ace Atlanta Volleyball

Atlanta TCA

Hockey

**TIP**There are four major hockey arenas in Atlanta typically tryouts are the May/June for travel teams. Be sure to check each website for specific tryout dates.

Each arena has its own recreational hockey leagues for kids and adults and each arena has its own travel hockey teams

Atlanta Fire They play out of the Cooler in Alpharetta
The Cooler

Ice Forum Thrashers play out of this arena

The Ice in Cumming GA

MIC The Knights play out of here.