I have been asking some other parents what sports their kids do here in Durham. Our kids are 2 and 4 so I have been looking at the 2-5 age activities.
Sports for Kids in Durham
- YMCA: Swim lessons, basketball, soccer, flag football and many more activities. People have told me soccer and basketball are great. There is always open family swimming. There is childcare so the adults can work out. Often the gym is open and you can bring some balls and play there too.
- Hillandale Soccer League: soccer in north Durham
- Triangle United at Woodcroft: soccer
- The Little Gym: classes, tumbling, gymnastics and more.
- Hillandale Baseball: baseball.
- North Durham Little League: baseball
- South Durham Little League: baseball
- Durham Parks and Recreation Department: all kinds of activities and classes from swim lessons to learning about animals to art classes.
- Lacrosse
- Fencing
- Durham Bulls Baseball Camp (ages 7-14)
See also my post: Advice about moving to Durham, North Carolina
Update February 12, 2011:
See the excellent directory of SPORTS LEAGUES & CLUBS in the Triangle area at Carolina Parent magazine
We have ended up doing Hillandale Soccer in the fall (starting at age 3) and YMCA basketball (starting at age 3) in the winter, and Hillandale Baseball in the spring (starting at age 4). We have chosen Hillandale sports for proximity to where we live. We do basketball at the Y because as parents we like going to work out at the Y with childcare provided and we like to swim in the pool before or after basketball.