Youth Sports

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VRD offers several youth sports programs for all ages and abilities throughout the year. Please click below for more information on specific programs.

Tennis

SUMMER | ALL AGES The Bill Wright Tennis Center offers a slice of heaven, eight Har-Tru clay courts with the Gore Range as a stunning backdrop. Open daily in the summer, the tennis center includes a full-service pro shop that rents rackets and courts, offers private lessons and provides clinics for all ages.

High County Hoops

The program emphasizes skill development and team play through drills and controlled scrimmages.

People playing tennis on outdoor courts with mountains in the background.

Pickleball

YEAR ROUND | ALL AGES The Vail Recreation District pickleball program is a year-round program with summer outdoor play at the Golden Peak Pickleball Center, and winter indoor play at Red Sandstone Elementary School. Lessons, drop-in play and summer camps are offered.

Two people cross-country skiing with snow-covered mountains in the background.

Vail Nordic Center

WINTER | ALL AGES When the snow falls, the Vail Nordic Center operates on the Vail Golf Course and has programs for all ages and abilities. During the winter, the Nordic Center offers classic and skate skiing, snowshoeing and fat biking.

A boy in an orange jersey holding a soccer ball, with players in the background.

Youth Futsal

WINTER | GRADES 1-5 Futsal is a Brazilian indoor soccer game that is used as a teaching tool. It develops players' technical and tactical ability by forcing them to maneuver and make decisions in a confined space.

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Youth Golf Lessons & Camps

JUNE-AUGUST | AGES 6 AND UP Vail Golf Club offers a variety of golf camps where kids will learn fundamentals and etiquette of the game. Private lessons are also available for youth golfers.

A well-equipped gymnastics gym with balance beams, gymnastic rings, foam pit, and other training gear.

Youth Gymnastics Classes

YEAR ROUND The Vail Gymnastics Center offers Youth Gymnastics programs for toddlers and kids of all ages.

Children playing ice hockey on a rink, wearing helmets and protective gear.

Youth Hockey

FALL AND WINTER | AGES 5 AND OLDER VRD offers Mile High Mites, Mini Mites, Mites and a Girls Only program where youth will learn the fundamentals of ice hockey through fun and educational instruction and enjoy an introduction to competition.

A child learns to ice skate with the help of an instructor on an indoor rink, both wearing safety gear.

Youth Ice Skating

FALL AND WINTER VRD offers Learn to Skate classes various other skating class through the Skating Club of Vail at Dobson Arena throughout the school year.

Two children playing soccer on a grassy field.

Youth Soccer Programs

FALL AND SPRING Recreational soccer is a two-season sport in both the Fall (generally starts right after Labor Day through Mid-October) and Spring (late April thru early June).

A child playing tee-ball, hitting a ball off a tee with a bat, wearing a helmet, with people and hills in the background.

Youth T-Ball Program

SPRING 2025 | AGES 5-6

Young people playing with a volleyball indoors, smiling and energetic.

Youth Volleyball

WINTER | GRADES 3-6 Kids in grades 3-6 will learn to play volleyball like a pro! Participants will work on FUNdamentals with a lower net and smaller court and focus on footwork and agility.

A group of people with skateboards at a skatepark, including a male instructor and children wearing helmets.

Zeke M. Pierce Skatepark

SUMMER | ALL AGES The Zeke M. Pierce Skatepark is open every day in the summer, dawn to 11 p.m, weather permitting.

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