i9 Sports

i9 Sports is a youth sports company founded in 2003 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida. It operates a nationwide franchise network that provides recreational leagues, camps and clinics for children, with programmes running in hundreds of communities across the United States, from New York to Hawaii.

Its core offering is recreational team sports leagues for children aged roughly 3 to 17, covering flag football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball and tennis. Alongside these leagues, the company runs camps and clinics centred on age-appropriate instruction and fundamental skill development, and supplies coaches with practice plans, drills, rulebooks and other educational material.

Local programmes are run by independent franchise owners and their local teams, supported by central training and coaching resources. The company states that its programmes emphasise fun, safety, convenience and good sportsmanship, and are designed to provide families with organised, instructional activities.