OIL CITY, Pa. — The Oil City YMCA is announcing two outdoor youth programs open for registration.  Both programs begin this week.

Registration is open and will be ongoing until the program is full or begins.

The YMCA is taking every precaution to keep youth athletes healthy. Precautions include temperature checks for youth sports staff, use of hand sanitizer by all youth sports staff, and cleaning and disinfecting of all youth sports equipment.  For more information, contact Max Krepps, YMCA Youth Director at 814-677-3000.

YMCA OUTDOOR SOCCER

The YMCA Outdoor Soccer program will begin on Saturday, June 20th, for ages three to grade 5.  The program teaches dribbling, shooting, passing, team offense and defense and individual offense and defense.  The program teaches fundamentals and skills for a strong foundation of the game.

For the first three weeks, youth will practice.  The remaining three weeks will consist of games.

Age groups include:

• 3 AND 4 YEAR OLDS (9:30 A.M. START)
• 5 AND 6 YEAR OLDS (10:45 A.M. START)
• -1ST AND 2ND GRADERS (NOON START)
• 3RD THROUGH 5TH GRADERS (1:15 P.M. START

Teams will be made by the youth director.  All participants receive a t-shirt.  The cost of the program is $27 for YMCA members and $42 for non-members.  Registration is available online at www.oilcityymca.org.

YMCA OUTDOOR T-BALL

YMCA Outdoor T-Ball teaches the fundamentals of the game of baseball/softball. Skills will be taught through drills, objective based games, and live gameplay.

YMCA T-ball will begin on Tuesday, June 16th, and last for six weeks. The first three weeks of the program will consist of practices that will cover the fundamentals of the game. The final three weeks will consist of games! Teams will be assigned by the Oil City YMCA Youth Director.

The program does have a possibility of being of split into two days depending on the number of registrations. So your child could be playing on either Tuesdays or Wednesdays.

T-Ball is available for youth ages three to six, with two separate age groups.

•  three and four year olds (5:30 start time with each session lasting about 50 minutes)
•  five and six year olds (6:45 start time with each session lasting one hour)

Teams will be made by the youth director.  All participants receive a t-shirt.  The cost of the program is $27 for YMCA members and $42 for non-members.  Registration is available online at www.oilcityymca.org.

For more information, contact Max Krepps at ocyyouth@oilcityymca.net or call 814-677-3000.