Competitive youth sports teams and athletes are part of UBC’s Athletics and Recreation department, but not directly affiliated with any of its varsity teams. These teams and programs include:

• Thunder Premier Baseball League (PBL)
• Thunder Junior Rowing
• UBC Tennis High Performance
• Junior Thunderbirds Spring Hockey

The objective of these programs is to provide safe, high-quality sport development opportunities to youth athletes through UBC’s sporting expertise and world class facilities.

All of our competitive youth sports programs operate with these core principles:

• An experience centered on Long Term Athlete Development
• Instruction provided by vetted, qualified, and experienced coaches
• A respectful sporting culture as outlined by UBC Recreation’s safe sport guidelines