Played probably 20 seasons with this league for 6 of my kids. They each played just about every sport and it was a fantastic experience! I like that they have so many teams that they divide up the tournaments by skill level so that every team has a legit chance to win a championship! You can tell that a lot of thought went into how they do things and our family really appreciates it.

Very unorganized. Last year at one game the referees showed up 15 minutes after the game was supposed to start. When asked if we will be having a game I was told to chill, well get it set up as fast as we can.Then they put up only four cones, one at the end of end zones and one in the middle of the field. During the game the refs only blew their whistles for half time and to end the game. We all could tell they didnt care to be there.If you want to pay less and have less organization feel free to use Gilbert Youth Sports, if you want more organization and much more professionalism go to GFL or i9 Sports. They may be more expensive, but the organization, professionalism and jerseys make it worth it.

We have played several different sports with Gilbert Youth Sports over the last 4 years and have had a great experience. Specifically the summer 2020 season showed how many improvements they’ve made. The schedule was organized and clear, they were helpful and receptive to concerns, and the kids had a great time and improved immensely. We will definitely be playing with them again!

In short, policy enforcement should never supercede civility.My writing this public review is not done impulsively. We do not subscribe to or support organizations whose leadership accost and publicly humiliate members of its community who have expressed agreeable intent to comply with policy.The week following my negative experience we spoke with one of the board of directors in an effort to give Gilbert Youth Sports leadership the opportunity to bridge the gap their staff created. While on the phone I read my written history of the experience to the board member, which I intended on sharing here but Google review only allows 3000 characters, and my detailed summary was 20k characters.After I finished reading my letter, there was a cold apology that was quickly followed by justification for their staffs unprofessionalism, which left me to assume they deemed the unprofessionalism necessary.As this board member continued to talk, it was disclosed they have been fighting with their patrons on this issue for THREE years and despite already losing contracts with a property as a result of the patrons violating this particular policy, it was expressed that they have NEVER, up until after my experience, put into practice proactive measures such as simply showcasing a sign at the fields entrance to give all who enter instruction on policy, that if violated would jeopardizes field use.I couldnt believe what I was hearing; THREE years before employing proactive measures, yet public humiliation and character defamation are perfectly acceptable? THREE years of this issue and yet their staff at the booth when we first entered the field didnt think to inform us of this when we asked for further instruction of field numbers while holding all our gear and our small dog on a leash. We would have happily taken the dog home upon our arrival, had we been asked. Being informed as we were walking in would have been more convenient rather than being approached after being on the field for two hours, right at the time wherein my husband was gone getting lunch. I had no car, our gear set up on the field, my children and dog, which could not be removed quickly by myself.We were not aware of this policy otherwise we would have simply kept our 6 lb dog home. It is not in our nature to knowingly break policy and then refuse to comply when approached.In short, a Gilbert Youth Sports staff member cunningly leveraged his position of control to create a public atmosphere of hostility, divisiveness, contention, and animosity rather than approach the situation with a problem solving service oriented accommodation, active listening to avoid misunderstanding, and compassion.He orchestrated a very public spurious characterization of me. His intent was to intimidate me into quick rigid conformity despite my limitations, which was confusing and infuriating to me because I had just clearly expressed my apologetic respectful intention of complying with the policy as quickly and safely as I could (within minutes upon my husbands return with our car).The right thing would have been to facilitate a quiet transition, but no, he chose the route of public humiliation by label lynching me as a provocateur when I was not. The games stopped were not my childrens.Just before my husbands return (5min) I was speaking with a staff member who expressed that Gilbert Youth Sports should have created unmistakable signs and should have placed them in the path of entrance for the patrons to review. Ironically as she said this, in walks another patron with their dog on a leash not wearing a prescribed service vest. She pointed out, see theres another person. I said, yep, is he going to be intimidated, publicly humiliated and vilified too?We will take our business elsewhere from now on. As explained in the beginning, we gave Gilbert Youth Sports leadership a chance to make it right before this public review and they missed the opportunity.The response to my review is indicative of the disposition we encountered.

My kids have had a blast playing all different types of sports with this league, soccer, football, baseball and basketball! Love the quick seasons so they can try something new again! Huge league with that small family feel!

Since moving to Arizona, weve enjoyed playing in this league. I have been able to coach several of my kids in flag football. The league is affordable and casual.

I have both coached and had my children play for this organization. This is a league that is meant for fun, learning and respectful competition. With parent coaches and a good group of staff you get a good overall experience at both MYS and GYS.

I don’t enjoy leaving less than favorable reviews, but I know I would’ve appreciated knowing this before signing up. My two boys played summer baseball. First, we signed up with Mesa Youth Sports, but at the last minute, our selected location became unavailable. We were told we could get a refund or join one of the other organizations under this league (Chandler, Gilbert, or East Mesa). By this point my boys were excited for their first foray into organized sports, so I couldn’t just get my money back.Rather than go into all the details, I will say that there were a number of miscommunications (some were not the league’s fault) or lack of communication to the coaches, the league was not well-organized, games consistently ran over causing the next team to be delayed in starting their games (older teams should not be playing before young teams on the same field—our very last game started a full 20 minutes late), the season was shorter than originally understood with two games per week (making it up to four games for us with two kids on two different teams), there was a shortage of coaches, and the games were so spread out in distance, with traveling every other game instead of “most games” being at our “home” location as promised.The best part was that my boys had fun and learned a little about teamwork and baseball. We realized a lot of the experience depends on the coaches too, some of whom are more involved than others (we had no problems with our coaches, they were just busy parents like the rest of us).We went with this league because they were less expensive, but in the end, you kind of get what you pay for. I have friends whose kids have played with this league or a sister league in the past, so perhaps my experience is isolated to the summer season.

League umpires are the worst, especially the league presidents son. Makes terrible calls then will change his mind. Currently sitting at a game and home team tied it up and the umpire (presidents son) called the game during a play even though it was under time limit. Visitor team catcher walked away bc he called game then proceeded to say never mind and let 2 more runs score. Said he messed up but wouldn’t change the play. President watched and didn’t do anything. That umpire has also taunted parents and told them to meet him in the parking lot after the game. Very unprofessional. Have overheard other teams have issues with the umps too and complaints fall on deaf ears since it’s the presidents son.

Sadly, I would not recommend this league. It has been fine the last few years we have participated (my husband coached most seasons we were involved in), but this year has been such a disappointment. I don’t expect a ton from a more cost effective league but I do expect courtesy and care from referees and staff. They need to be reminded that, in addition to cost, parents and children spend time out of their week to participate and be involved in this program. At the very least referees should understand the rules of their own league. Their lack of care caused nothing but contention, poor behavior, frustration and disappointment from both teams playing in the games. Completely opposite of what children should be learning in athletic leagues. I have never witnessed so much confusion during games with any other league. It is worth spending a little more on a league that cares about the games these kids play in. Otherwise everyone’s time is just wasted. I hope GYS fixes this as I believe more affordable sporting leagues is such a positive thing for the community. This season was just an incredible disappointment and we will no longer participate in GYS.