Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA Youth Programs

The Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA Youth Programs offers basketball, cheerleading and dance, flag football, golf through First Tee Tampa Bay, gymnastics, martial arts, soccer, volleyball, swim lessons, swim teams, and Junior Guard. Basketball, cheerleading and dance, and soccer are listed for preschool through high school, martial arts is listed for beginners through advanced skill levels, swim lessons are listed for people of all ages, swim teams are listed for beginner children, teens, and adults, and Junior Guard is listed for teens ages 13 and 14.

Programs

• Basketball — preschool through high school · weekly practices and games
• Cheerleading & Dance — preschool through high school
• Flag Football — weekly practices and games
• Golf: First Tee Tampa Bay
• Gymnastics
• Martial Arts — beginners through advanced skill levels
• Soccer — weekly practices and games
• Volleyball — weekly practices and games throughout the season
• Swim Lessons — people of all ages
• Swim Teams — beginner children, teens and adults
• Junior Guard — teens ages 13 and 14

At a glance

• Ages: 4–18 years old
• General schedule: Youth sports: each location offers a different variety of sports each season.

About the provider

The Tampa Metropolitan Area YMCA says it was founded in 1889, and that the first YMCA facility was built in Tampa in 1889. Its mission is to put Judeo-Christian principles into practice through programs that build healthy spirit, mind and body for all. The Tampa Metro YMCA says safety in sports is a top priority and that it has concussion and head-injury protocols in place for youth programs.

Safety in sports is a top priority for the Tampa Metro YMCA, which says it has concussion and head-injury protocols in place to protect the health and well-being of youth in its programs.

Last updated September 17, 2026.