Member Testimonials
My son absolutely love the YMCA! Great place for all children
My girls love the team and the activities!
The Grady Elementary After Care Y program is great. It’s super convenient, well run and an overall positive experience for my children.
Great counselors, organized pick up. Ms. Danielle is amazing.
My daughter loves YMCA after care. Great staff members and Ms. Danielle is awesome!
She knows all her students and care very much about them. Highly recommend
Friendly & helpful staff, great instructors for the Silver Sneakers program and a facility that allows for a lot of different activities.
Our concern will be on available parking space. We started this summer and understand the winter months attendance increases. Hopefully a solution is in the works!
Great instructors
Staff always friendly. A lot of equipment and good variety of classes
Great experience! My son had fun and learned!!
Great casual environment for kids to play!
We really enjoyed volleyball season, and the group of kids and coaches was great. It was a low key setting for kids to learn and I saw some kids (including my own) grow tremendously grown in both volleyball skills and confidence.
My only suggestion would be to have practice earlier in the week vs having practices on Friday evenings and games Saturday mornings. Even my son (the volleyball player) commented that he wished his volleyball time was spread out more during the week, vs consolidated within a 12 hour period.
Great camaraderie amongst the team players, coaches and families.
We are so glad to have Ms. Danielle, along with her team, as they are doing a great job.
Nice people. Fun activities. Organized.
It has allowed me to continue a healthy lifestyle. My hope is that goes on for many years.
Just enjoy the place and the staff and how convenient it is for everything. I also enjoy my grandkids activities there and also for myself as well.
Ir is the best YMCA in Tampa
Clean, well maintained gym
Miss Claire and the entire after school Y staff is amazing. We’re on our second year here and couldn’t imagine going anywhere else.
Wonderful organization with a top tier staff
My child loved it. I like the smaller time commitment. I’d recommend raising the basketball goals during volleyball games. They did interfere with several plays for our team this. I also realized that our team consistently only had 7 players show up to games/practices. We had 10 or 11 on our roster and never saw 3 of the after the first week. This was somewhat unfair when playing teams that consistently have all 10 show up. Our team didn’t get that needed rest or ability to rotate out. If people quit the first week or 2, redistribute the teams if there is a big discrepancy.
Coach Armani is absolutely wonderful
We’ve had such a positive experience with the South Tampa YMCA basketball program. Over the past year, our child’s confidence, teamwork, and skills have grown tremendously. The coaches create an environment that is supportive, energetic, and focused on developing each player — not just as an athlete, but as a person.
It’s clear that the program is thoughtfully led, with a strong commitment to helping kids thrive both on and off the court. The structure, communication, and positive team culture have all made a lasting impact on our family.
We’re very grateful for the dedication and passion the coaches and director bring to this program. It’s truly one of the best examples of what the Y stands for — community, growth, and encouragement.
Great season! Coach Eddie is such a valuable adult in the life of my son! The last game of the season was a drastic improvement to last season. Good work on stepping up the quality of the experience.
Great coaches and teambuilding!
The kids are improving so much since the coaches from Camp Cristina have been working with them. I'm so glad I signed them up.
We have had an amazing experience. If I could change anything it would be that there was some more basic training. Explanation of the rules : what constitutes double dribbling, what is traveling, what makes a foul a foul, etc.
Great coach!!! Always very energized and keeps the kids engaged and feeling challenged.
The volunteer coaches are great! Once a week practice is plenty and Saturday games move very smoothly. The atmosphere is great for families.
There is safety, acceptance, diversity, commitment to a learning safe space--and independence for my child to explore in a self-directed way she never gets at home.