Balcones Youth Sports

Review from my son who participated in the league - I would love to give this place a infinity on 5, great coaches, amazing people, they are the kindest people on earth and great place to practice, it only costs a couple of hundred dollars for the entire season

The best Little League in Austin. Travel teams and softball as well. Maintained for and by members. Every kid in America deserves to play Tball!!

We found Balcones by doing a Little League search based on zip code. We also had a neighbor highly praise their coaching. The fields and stands are nothing fancy but if you want your son or daughter to learn the fundamentals and be challenged this is the league for you. I will agree we have seen mismatched team skills at times but we really love how much our sons have grown in the sport since moving here. My youngest has done three seasons of tball and I praise his coach for patiently letting him grow to love the sport. Most coaches would have probably written him off due to a lack of interest or drive at 4-5 yrs old. Not Coach Stilley. Thank you BYS!

This summer our two sons (two years apart) were each able to land a spot on Balcones Thunderbirds teams for their age range. My wife and I cannot say enough good things about our experience in the past four months. With both teams the head coach and assistant coaches are excellent in terms of modeling character, teaching baseball, calling for excellence, and treating the players in an encouraging manner. The parents of both teams have been a welcoming community for us newbies. The culture we've witnessed involves Thunderbirds parents calling out encouragement when players on *other* teams make good plays, not only cheering for our own kids. The umpires are respected and not scolded by the parents, even when, in their humanity, the umpires make calls that Tbirds parents see differently. Our sons have loved their experience, their teammates, and their coaches at Balcones. We are grateful!

Very disappointed in this league. Had high expectations coming from Canada to play in Texas. Coach Dalton did his very best with some problem kids who were more interested in fooling around then playing ball. Gave it very many tries to stick with it. The final straw was our son being bullied by a boy against his dad. The league is unorganized, the teams were unfair in make-up, leaving all the ''misfits' to be placed on one team. Sent an email to Jay (VP) a few days ago expressing concern. Not a reply, phone call, nothing. I suspect they just want to keep our money now that our son refuses to go. Money that could be used for him in a real little league. Be warned.