Fun for Your Child
Right for Your Family
The Dublin Upward experience will be fun for the entire family.
These youth sports programs are for children ages 4 through 9th grade.
Our goals are to:
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Teach sport skills and values
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Offer family-friendly schedules
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Allow participants to make new friends
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Provide equal playing time
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Foster a love for the game in a safe environment
At Upward Sports, families matter. Our leagues give families all the benefits of participating in team sports while protecting them from hectic travel schedules and the win-at-all costs mentality that burns out young athletes. With just a one-hour practice and one-hour game each week, our leagues conveniently fit into busy family schedules. Throughout the season, your child will explore and discover their love of the sport by playing half of every game while they find positive role models in coaches and other sports volunteers.
Upward Sports, the world's largest Christian sports league for kids, has become the place to play fun sports for over half a million families in the United States and Canada. Over the last 16 years Dublin Upward has seen hundreds of families enjoy sports in a safe environment. They had fun, learned the skills of the sport, and experienced the love of Jesus through the Dublin Upward program.
By providing a fun sports experience based on healthy competition, Upward Sports Leagues help kids develop skills for the sports arena and values for life. Upward Sports uses the universal language of sports to connect with kids at a critical age and help them discover and build athletic skills, values, self-confidence and a life-long love of the game. That’s why our youth sports leagues and kids sports camps provide them with the best sports experience possible!
Volleyball
Upward Volleyball is open to boys and girls in 5th-12th grades. Registration begins July 31st. Evaluation day is required for every player (Sept. 7th and 8th). The season begins in late September and runs through early November. All events are held here at Dublin First Nazarene.
Registration Closed
Monday Practice Schedule:
1st practice - 6:00 - 7:00 pm
2nd practice - 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Tuessday Game Schedule:
1st game - 6:00 - 7:00 pm
2nd game - 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Our 5th-9th Grade Leagues play by middle school rules.
BASKETBALL
Registration for the 2027 season begins September 30, 2026.
Early bird registration ends October 14, 2026.
Last day to register is November 10, 2026.
We offer discounts for players of deployed military!
Multiple players in same household also receive discounts!
In person skill evaluations are a critical component of Upward Basketball and MANDATORY for all players.
Evaluations will be held on Monday, November 9th and Tuesday, November 10th, Practices begin in December. Games begin in January 2027.
