Hi-Five Sports - Naperville, IL

Hi-Five Sports - Naperville, IL offers School Break Camps, an eight-week Summer Camp, Hi-Five Flag Football, a Hi-Five Hoops Clinic, the Hi-Five Team Sports Skill Academy, sports leagues, and birthday parties. The program includes multi-sport options across leagues, camps, and parties, with an emphasis on inclusive training, games, teamwork, and entertainment. Activities feature field sizes and hoop heights tailored for children, and the program includes a loveable mascot named Hi-Five Murphy.

• Ages: 5–13 years old
• Schedule: Eight-week summer camp sessions

Hi-Five Sports - Naperville, IL runs programs at HI-FIVE SPORTS ZONES and at local schools, parks, and community centers, including unique SPORT ZONES created specifically for children from preschool to 8th grade in a safe, well-equipped environment. School Break Camps are described as a mini-version of the Summer Camp. The program offers high quality youth sports experiences in a positive environment and focuses on keeping kids active, moving, involved, and engaged.

The organization’s mission states that it uses sports as a tool to promote positive character in youth through coaching, with coaches focusing on behavior first and setting clear expectations for how children should act in all programs. Coaches create a safe and fun environment, use positive reinforcement, and explain the “why” when playing sports. The program is described as a low pressure sports environment without yelling and screaming, and it aims to turn kids onto sports and not off. The program also states a belief in giving kids a break from technology and social media and highlights personal growth principles that include teamwork, respect, leadership, sportsmanship, friendship, loyalty, and family. It focuses on building confidence and inspiring personal growth, and on helping kids develop into confident teens and young adults through affirmative coaching, player encouragement, and a sense of humor.

Hi-Five Sports was founded in 1990 as Hi-Five Sports Camp in Northfield, Illinois, launched a second location in Chicago in 2000, added year-round sports programming in 2006, and expanded to Scottsdale, Arizona, and Menlo Park, California, in 2011. The first Hi-Five Sports Zone brick-and-mortar location opened in San Francisco in 2014, the franchise system launched in 2015, the organization marked its 30th anniversary in 2020, and by 2022 it had 15 locations in 7 states. Camps and all programs are led by experienced professionals who love working with kids, and the director mentioned in parent feedback is Ian Thomas.

Hi-Five Sports has been named “The Nation’s #1 Your Sports Entertainment Franchise.” One parent testimonial describes Hi-Five as “an integral part of the community.” Other parent comments state that staff members are extremely friendly, organized, and energetic, that children love attending camps, and that the director Ian Thomas goes out of his way to make sure kids are happy, safe, and having fun.

Last updated May 27, 2026.