Looking for ways to stay active or improve your skills this winter? See below for some local and accessible opportunities:

• IYS Winter Pickup
  • Pickup Soccer hosted by Ipswich Youth Soccer at Pingree Fieldhouse Turf Sundays 1/10/2027 to 2/28/2027. Great way to keep legs strong and maintain touch through winter. Will run 1-hour time-blocks by age group, 8AM-1PM, for boys and girls 2nd grade and older.  This will be free of charge to all players enrolled in fall or spring soccer with IYS. Register interest via this link(https://forms.gle/faC3bKKieGouvCdp8) so we get an idea of number of interested players.
• Winter Futsal Leagues*
  • Essex County Youth Futsal offers league play at Pingree Gym on Sundays and Tuesdays for G4-HS teams. League play is organized into 2 sessions, 5 weeks November-December and 8 weeks January-March. ECYF offers a “Free Agent” program for individual players to register that do not have a team for league play.
  • North Shore Hounds offers league play at Gordon College Bennet Center for grade K-4 starting in early December.
• Winter Indoor Soccer Leagues*
  • Danvers Indoor Sports offers Girls and Boys Winter Leagues, for Grades 1 to 8, from November 2025 through early winter.
  • Seacoast United offers 6v6/7v7 Winter Leagues available for all age groups at their indoor facility in Hampton. They offer three sessions, running fall through spring, each running eight weeks plus playoffs for some brackets.
• Winter Skills
  • Essex County Youth Futsal “Academy” program and winter footskills for K-8. Located at Pingree Gym.
  • Lil’ Kickers / Skills Institute program at Danvers Indoor Sports offers soccer training for ages 5-12. Sessions run weekdays and weekends, with each session “open enrollment”.
  • HGR offers “Soccer Footskills”, for U8 to U18 age groups Mondays or Tuesdays, at their new indoor turf facility in North Andover. They offer three sessions (starting early, mid, and late winter), seven weeks each.
  • Skillz Check offers “Goalie Training” and “Skills Clinics” at Danvers Indoor Sports on Thursday evenings for all ages. Sessions start early November, early January, and then again late February.
• Sick of Soccer but love the YMCA?
  • Jr Celtics Academy and Rookie Hoops at Ipswich Family YMCA offers a fun and supportive environment for kids picking up basketball for the first time or looking to develop their skills. Week of Nov 30- Mar 13, ages 4-12. Visit the YMCA website for more information.
  • Swim Lessons at Ipswich Family YMCA fit to all development levels. Visit the website or email adairm@northshoreymca.org for more information.

*If you want to lead a team in league play but need help rallying players, reach out to the IYS Board (ipswich@ecysa.org) and we can message our player population to help you fill a roster.