Rivals Athletics Basketball

Rivals Athletics is a youth basketball and lacrosse program founded by two coaches from Massapequa and Farmingdale. Co-founder Tim Byrnes captained Syracuse to a national lacrosse championship and played 8 years of pro lacrosse, and coach Tom Terzulli was a three time NCAA All American at RPI. The lacrosse clinic, for PreK to 2nd grade, meets Saturday mornings in Farmingdale and rotates players through stations on stick skills, passing, catching, shooting and ground balls, whether they are new to lacrosse or looking to improve. The Rivals club team runs from September through July, with winter training at the Conklin Bubble in Farmingdale, local games against other club teams, and a fall and a spring tournament. Private training with Rivals coaches is available too.

The Town of Islip Youth Bureau's therapeutic modern dance program is free for young people with developmental disabilities, ages 6 through 21. Classes meet every Friday starting in September at David Sanders Dance Dynamics, 4110 Sunrise Highway in Oakdale, with sessions from 5 to 6 pm and 6 to 7 pm, and participants take part in recital performances. The program focuses on creative expression through dance and movement, self-awareness and a positive social experience. It is funded by the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities, and an application with supporting documents is required.

Lev-IT Baseball and Softball is the volunteer-run, nonprofit Little League for kids in the Levittown and Island Trees school districts. Its spring intramural season runs from April into June, with divisions by grade from T-ball for Pre-K and kindergarten up to a high school Senior Division, plus girls softball divisions. Teams usually practice Monday and Wednesday evenings and play one weekday game and one Saturday game. The Shining Stars Division is open to children with learning or physical disabilities. Players who want more can try out for the Patriots travel baseball and Force travel softball teams, and players 9U to 12U can try out for the Little League tournament teams that play toward Williamsport. The league offers financial assistance, and its field list includes Fred Neist Field, Redwing Field, Azalea Road Park and MacLaren Stadium in Levittown.

UST FC Academy is the youth soccer club run by Ultimate Soccer Training of Kings Park. Players start in Cozy Feet, an intramural program for boys and girls ages 3 to 8 with a training day and a game day. From there they move up to the Pre-Academy, which builds core technical skills and game understanding, and then to the Full Academy, whose boys teams train three times a week and compete in the NYCS EDP League and the USYS National League, with tournaments through the year. The club also runs specialized clinics. It has no single home field. Training and games use school fields, town parks and indoor gyms and turf in Kings Park, Smithtown, Commack, East Northport, Elwood and Huntington Station, so check with the club for where each program meets.