Poor communication, hard to get in touch with the company and receive responses. They also canceled our season 48 hours before it started, without giving a reason. My 4 year old has been looking forward to this since we signed up two months ago. It's his first time playing. We will absolutely be going with another company next time. read more

Tried out the soccer program for one season. It's OK if you are looking for a safe-space psychology self-esteem boost for a child who just wants to kick the ball around very casually. I wouldn't call it real soccer, as most the time they don't even keep score or care about who won. Every kid gets a participation medal, which can be good sometimes, but this can also reinforce bad behavior when the kid gets a medal even though they were misbehaving and putting zero effort into teamwork. If you are looking for normal youth soccer, sign up with one of our local longstanding non-profit youth soccer organizations such as Fullerton Rangers, AYSO La Habra, AC Brea, etc. Those are programs that have a better blend of competitiveness while being very positive to develop kids confidence. If on the other hand you have a child who is severely lacking in confidence, i9 soccer can be ok as therapy. read more

It sounds like you're really frustrated with your experience. Based on what you've said, here's a review you might write: Terrible Experience - Would Not Recommend I'm extremely disappointed with this soccer league. For $300, I expected a lot more, but it's been nothing short of frustrating. The organization is a joke--there's no structure, no communication, and no real effort to develop the kids. My son plays, but there's no jersey rotation, no real training, and absolutely no skills development. The volunteers are apathetic and seem like they'd rather be anywhere else. The kids just run around aimlessly with no guidance, and it's clear there's zero team building or fundamental learning happening. For the amount of money we paid, you'd expect at least some sort of meaningful experience. Unfortunately, this league feels more like a daycare program than a sports development league. Save your money and look elsewhere--this is definitely not worth it. read more

First, I have to say that never write bad reviews but this one is a must... DONT DO IT - This is a scam organization. They claim they are nationwide but when you have a problem with the local program they showed no responsibility and direct you to the local program director (franchise owner) and with my experience, MeShelle Sterling, the local Mission Viejo CA program director went ghosted on me soon after she got the money for the season. We signed up our 13 years old boy for the basketball program with MeShelle Sterling at the Mission Viejo location (Aliso Viejo) and before I sign him up I reached out to MeShelle to asks if the program was suitable for a kid with no pervious basketball experience. Of course she hypes up the program and we went ahead and signed up. Fire class we noticed there was not set coaches, not organized and there was only four kids in the program. No set drills or any kind of teachings. No program or plan at all. It felt like parents from the neighborhood gathered in the local elementary school for a picnic. Either way I was hoping that our boy will catch interest in basketball but was not happy about the program as MeShelle told me that there are coaches, and each class has one hour of drills and play/position teaching follow by 30 mints of scrimmage play. That was not the case at all. Very disorganized and unprofessional. I must add that she was very professional and responsive to get me to sign up for the 190$ fee for only 6 Saturday classes. HERE COMES THE KICKER.... Due to some personal emergency matters, which is totally understandable, MeShelle was forced to cancel 3rd and 4th class. and noted TBD for the 6th class. Again, things happen in life and it's understandable. She never followed up with any kind of email or communication regarding the 5th class. I had to reach out and did not receive a respond in time and we apparently missed the 5th class. And last class was a joke too. Coming to the end of the program and asking about the missed classes, Meshelle noted that a refund will be processed for the missed classes. Guess what... we never received a refund... and reached out to her 3 times without getting a response. After calling the corporate office maybe 3 times and a 4th email directly to Mishelle I received a short reply from her noting that a credit was added to our i9sport account... Why is it a credit and not a refund??? This program sucks and we have no intention of rejoining this program again and I would like a refund and not a credit to my i9sport account... No repose of course. Since that it's been 2 months of emailing Meshelle and calling the corporate office just to be passed back to Meshelle as "she is the program director and its up to her to process a refund or a credit." And She is nowhere to be found. Not surprised... This program is a joke and not professional at all... I would not recommend it and its best to seek another program that is actually useful for your young children. read more

This is a TERRIFIC flag football and soccer youth leagues. It's wonderfully organized and well run, with tons of emphasis for the kids to have FUN. The Director is at every game, early Saturday morning to ensure that everything is running smoothly and is on time. The refs are knowledgeable and do a great job of controlling the pace of the game & interacting with the coaches and especially the kids. Once you are registered as a parent, coach or player, the i9sports.com website provides Dates/times of games, rules of the game, coach training video, etc are well communicated. For the most part, your practice/games are at the same time every week (with the exception of their playoff tournament, which is fast paced and a blast). Coaches are volunteers (parents, uncles/aunties, etc.). With that said, the coaches we had for the Spring season were awesome. The Director makes sure that they have the tools they need to run their teams efficiently & effectively. A knowledgeable trainer specific to the sport played (flag football and soccer) were also at every game to help development and technical training prior to the games. I was a newly appointed coach, but felt very confident in coaching the kids with the plethora of knowledge provided by the i9sports coaches and trainers. Our coaches made true effort to help each other and taught our kids basic fundamentals of football and soccer, as well as plays, and sportsmanship. i9sports has a huge emphasis to reward the little athletes every single week and ensure every player receives a medal of excellence that is focused for that specific week. These coming seasons they have returning players and new ones. The coaches do a great job of rotating the kids in and out of the games, and making sure that #1: each child feels successful, and #2: the team feels successful. All players new and returning are improving AND having fun. As a parent/coach, I've enjoyed watching these young kids grow in the sport & in character. Parents in the league can be both laid back and/or super competitive. The Director and the league in general, do a great job of enforcing their ZERO TOLERANCE rule. We've only been in the league for one season now, but have seen the Director take swift and immediate action to escort parents or spectators who act inappropriately or display poor sportsmanship. It only happened once, but it does happen (Hey, it's football/soccer!). Immediate enforcement of this rule creates a fun & friendly, competitive atmosphere for the kids and parents. Registration includes a reversible jersey, shorts, flags & team/individual photo (paid separately). I have two young athletes who look forward to enjoying another season with i9sports. Special Note: We have looked everywhere for a competitive and fun program brought to youths (boys and girls) at a young age. Thank you i9sports.com (facebook.com/i9sports)!! read more

Is funny to see five star reviews. I would read more into them to find out who they come from. Do your research before wasting your money and bringing unnecessary headaches to yourself and your children. Let me start by saying the director Robert Hammond is the most greedy person I have met. He runs the Orange i9 and its surrounding areas. He cares zero about parents concerns, all he is interested in is your money. They blow up your inbox with e-mails inviting you to enroll pretending to wanting to save you money, and by the way once they have your money No way you're getting it back. No matter what your reason is, Robert will not show sympathy. They have no policies other than using force to kick out parents who complain of unfair treatment to the kids. Same Robert has lied in the past making a mother feel like a psycho for defending her team without her insulting or hurting anyone. Disrespecting her in front of everyone in Century High School gym one Sunday morning. He wanted her child out of the team for claiming just rules which by the way i9 people change anytime they please. Robert and his crew have No moral values, they take things personal and act against anyone who brings an issue to their attention. So bias and unprofessional. Also the quite large lady with curly hair sitting at the table at the century high school location only cares about selling snacks and giving parents attitude. I honestly doubt that profit from selling such snacks is being reported. Doubt as well It's being used to benefit kids in the program. She has no knowledge in the minimum about the game but feels entitled to say what goes. Her intimidating demeanor and Robert's arrogance have pushed a number of people to move to different programs. Stop by before enrolling. Less and less people every passing season. The prices of enrollment keep going up even when they don't even pay for coaching services. They are already experiencing their monetary loss. They try to compensate by increasing prices instead of improving their program.Is very pathetic. Some teams have the maximum of three players, other teams play against same team half the season. They used to compliment the volunteer coaches with a team picture, not anymore. They have lessen the number of weeks they play. I could go on and on. My review is not to retaliate but to help people avoid making a mistake that could cause their children to lose interest in sports. There are good programs out there. Sadly This is not one of them. read more

The premise is fundamentally genuine, but the snowflake mentality of everyone winning a medal for participating, even when kids don't even participate, is flawed. Kids win medals for being the worst non-participant of a team. Not encouraging for life lessons read more

This league is so nice and convenient. The people are friendly and helpful. It seems well organized compared to other leagues we have been involved in. I love that we don't have a bunch of practices during the week; practice and game are all on Saturday. Most of all, the instructors seem to really enjoy the kids and teach them fundamentals and techniques of the game (soccer in my son's case). read more

Highly disorganized. The potential was there but I our coach was not. We will be switching organizations as soon as the season is over. Very disappointed. read more