Sports activities for children in Santa Cruz, CA

Private Junior Golf Lessons offers a Private Junior Lesson as the core activity. Each lesson is taught one-on-one with a golf professional and is scheduled individually with the golf professional of the parent’s choice. Pasatiempo Golf Club...

HDMD AAU Basketball is a competitive travel basketball program that focuses on AAU basketball. The program is described as “More than a Team... We are Family.” • Schedule: 2026 Season March-August HDMD AAU Basketball is a small 501c3 non-profit AAU...

Kinnect Volleyball Club offers boys club volleyball tryouts, including Boys Club Tryouts Summer 2026 and Boys Club Tryouts Fall 2025. The program focuses on player development, character growth, and community support, with core values of grit,...

Sand Santa Cruz Volleyball focuses on volleyball through structured practices that include Skills and Drills sessions. The program also includes team bonding and building events, as well as weekly volleyball-specific strength and conditioning that...

Santa Cruz Little League includes activities such as Hit-A-Thon, Opening Day, Field Work Day, and participation in the Downtown Holiday Parade. The program also runs District 39 All Stars Championship weekend, a Majors All-Stars Tournament, and...

Live Oak Little League organizes baseball play on several dedicated fields. The program uses a Majors field for the AAA and Majors divisions, a Minors field for the Farm, AA, and Tee Ball divisions, and a track that is sometimes used for the Tee...

Santa Cruz Waves Baseball Club is a travel ball team focused on baseball. The program offers 2026 tryout registration for players who want to join the club. The team operates as a 9U to 18U travel ball program. • Ages: 9–18 years old Santa Cruz...

Santa Cruz United FC offers competitive soccer for boys and girls, with a pathway that includes grassroots development, elite NorCal competition, National Premier League (NPL) competition, NorCal Regional play, and NPL, ECNL-RL, and State Premier...

Santa Cruz Mid-County Youth Soccer Club offers youth recreational soccer, youth competitive soccer, and player training and workshops. The program also runs coaching training and workshops and referee development training and workshops. • Ages: 4–18...

Sand Youth Beach Training offers focused beach volleyball training. Participants spend each session on structured volleyball drills and play on the sand courts. • Ages: 11–14 years old • Schedule: Meets Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM...

SC Parkour offers movement-arts training that includes parkour, capoeira, strength and agility training, and creative movement. Kids take part in beach adventures, movement games, games, and exploration-based learning, including an outdoor parkour...

Aikido of Santa Cruz Youth Programs offers training in Aikido, which is considered “The Art of Peace,” a dynamic martial art practice based on harmony. Aikido in this program is envisioned as a multifaceted training of body, mind, and spirit in the...

Adventure Sports Unlimited Swim and Scuba Programs offers activities that include SCUBA diving, skin diving, kayaking, swimming, and open swim. The program also offers group swim lessons, private lessons, lobster diving, and seafood foraging, using...

Parkour Generations Santa Cruz offers parkour, freerunning, functional fitness, and acro, with both kids classes and adult classes. The program runs outdoor trainings, indoor and outdoor camps, workshops, and ADAPT instructor certification courses....

Santa Cruz County Parks Recreation Day Camps offers activities that include games, arts and crafts, sports, cooking, local field trips, and swimming. Campers take part in running, calisthenics, and team-building games, and may join athletic options...

Surf School Santa Cruz offers surf lessons that include private surf lessons, private two-person surf lessons, private party group surf lessons, Next Level private surf coaching, and surf lessons with Bud Freitas. All surf lessons are 2 hours from...

Garth Taylor Jiu-Jitsu & Martial Arts offers a range of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu classes, including All Levels, Fundamentals, Intermediate/Advanced, and No Gi Jiu-Jitsu, as well as Kickboxing and Kid's Kickboxing. The program includes Mini Groms...

The Hardwood University offers structured skill training, competitive gameplay, a player development class, and a shooting class. The program uses intentional drills and provides take-home training plans that athletes can work on outside of class....

Santa Cruz Gymnastics Center offers toddler classes, preschool classes, recreational classes, Rising Stars classes, and competitive teams, along with summer camps, holiday camps, and School’s Out Camp. The program also hosts birthday parties, an...

Seahorse Swim School offers swim lessons, a swim team, parent tot classes, Jr. Guard Programs, private swim lessons, and group lessons in levels 1–4. The program also offers Parent Toddler Swim Classes, PODs for three or more swimmers made up with...