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Asphalt Green has wonderful programs for kids (and their parents!), and a great community spirit. The pool and aquatics programs have been named "Best of..." year after year, and with good reason.

Swim Programs begin at four months, and include beginner through advanced classes. Lifeguard training classes are available for youth ages 15 and up. Private swim lessons are also available, as are Youth with Disabilities classes. Class prices vary depending on age and expertise. Asphalt Green's Swim School is now also on the West Side at 75 West End Avenue, with swim classes and private lessons for kids ages four months to 14 years. Visit the website or call for more information.

Youth Sports Programs, coached by experts and modeled on the Positive Coaching Alliance method, include soccer, basketball, flag football, baseball, softball, gymnastics, karate, pre-K classes, as well as sport-specific training.

Private lessons and small group lessons are available for kids starting a new sport or looking to take their sport to the next level. Sessions are available with certified Master Coaches.

Asphalt Green also takes some of the panic out of impending school vacations with holiday camps, AG Elite Sports Camps, and their very popular Summer Day Camp. Call to register.

Party options at Asphalt Green include swim parties (for kids ages five and up, with a maximum of 20 children ages five to six, or 25 children over seven), gymnastics parties (for kids ages three to 12), sports parties (for kids ages five and up), and karate parties. Customized parties for your birthday boy or girl are also available.

Membership to Asphalt Green's newly-renovated duplex Fitness Center and Olympic pool include a Family Membership that offers access for the whole family and discounts and priority registration for kids' programs. Other options are Gold (access to both pool and fitness center), Gym-only, Swim-only, and Day Membership (access to both pool and fitness center during day hours) for adults. Over 80 free group exercise and water exercise classes plus extensive personal training and small group training options include new Super Spin and AntiGravity Aerial Yoga classes. One-month trial memberships are also available.

Please don't send your children to camp there. I sent my son for the swimming instruction, but there is not enough supervision in the water from what I observed the one time I had to come get him, because he had hit his head on the side of the pool. His lessons must have consisted of splashing around, because he never improved in all of those weeks. I suggest private lessons somewhere else. He came home missing underwear a few times. Other times he was missing his towel or once his socks. And a five and a half year old needs more help putting on sunblock. How those counselors can let the poor kids fry out there in the heat is just amazing to me. Maybe the counselors are just too young to really be responsible for small children. A 1:6 ratio I was told, but perhaps that is the ratio of times that they stop talking to each other and see the kids that are entrusted to them.

BigLawMom

added: 01/13/2011

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Dismal staff, especially the football coach. This reflects very badly on the management of Asphalt Green in my opinion. Based on what I observed, do not trust your kids with this coach. He is verbally abusive, and teaches bad sportsmanship.

Joanne2000

added: 07/21/2010

I am furious with Asphalt Green. I have just returned from one of the two 'public' parks at Asphalt Green with my son, who was hitting a baseball off a T (into a net). Â I was told by the security people that he was not to hit there because the sound of the baseball frightens people. Â Yet, there are two batting cages for hire in this park that are off limits to all in the 'public park' unless you rent them.Â Because the nets are for hire, he was not hitting inside the cage, but against the netting so that he could contain the ball and that he would utilize the least amount of space possible. Â Does the sound of a baseball hitting a bat within the confines of the 'pay to play' batting cage somehow sound better on the ears than a 'public' sound of a ball against a bat? Â Â Â Â Here is what I would like to know: Â what am I missing about the definition of the word 'public'? Â Â Is this 'no pay, no play' policy the stated policy of Asphalt Green or the misguided interpretations of the security staff?Â

wellsroad

added: 05/04/2010

I have a four year old boy whom I sent to camp in Asphalt Green. I must say that the standard of care is dismal.
The staff do not know or have not had training in looking after small kids.
Sun cream is very rarely applied prior to taking the children out in the baking hot sun. Children are let to fend for themselves. My son repeatedly comes home with no underwear or socks. since he finds it difficult to dress himself.
Despite the fact that you are assured that the children will be looked after by trained staff and the ratio is 1:6, the staff are completely over worked and it looks like the ratio is more like 1:9!!! Unfortunately it is the children who suffer.

anonymous

I enrolled my son in swim lessons and was very disappointed with the lack of supervision the children had in the water. Make sure you supervise your child! The instructors are young and not very professional.

While Asphalt Green is among the best in offering sports and fitness to all people, I find it impossible to reach a live person in order to sign up for a class. I only and always get an answering machine and simply cannot wait all days for a return call. There must be a better way. I have not registered for coarses because of this.

My older children took classes and went to camps offered as part of the Youth Sports department and loved the classes. As a parent I loved the enviornment and teachers. This past year I had enrolled my two younger children in classes and was extremely disappointed. The teachers were lacking and there was no organization what so ever.

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