HOUSTON · YOUTH SPORTS

The Honest Map of
Youth Sports

Klubbi is a discovery platform for youth sports: leagues, camps, clubs, academies, and coaches. It's built around one question every parent actually asks:

"Will my kid belong here?"

Most search tools answer a different question. They tell you what's near you, what's open, what's popular. We think you deserve more than a list of options. You deserve a map you can trust, with real costs, real culture, and real fit signals written by the orgs themselves, in their own voice.

That's The Honest Map. It's free for families. It always will be.

THE KLUBBI WAY

The Klubbi Way

We don't run programs. We run the map families use to find them, and we run it by four principles. These aren't aspirations. They're the operating decisions we make every day.

01

Belonging Beats Matching

Most platforms ask "what's available near you?" We ask "where will your kid actually belong?" That's a relationship question, not a search question. Every feature we build (League Culture in each org's own voice, real cost transparency, neighborhood-deep program detail) exists to answer it. We'd rather help one family find one right program than show every family every program.

02

Honest Over Polished

Youth sports is full of glossy marketing and hidden costs. We're the opposite. Real prices, real culture, real schedules, written in each org's actual voice, not ours. No filler, no inflated reviews, no AI-generated "perfect" listings. If something's expensive, we say so. If a program isn't a fit for your kid, we'd rather you know now than after the registration fee clears.

03

No Paid Placements. Ever.

A trust engine collapses the second someone pays to skip the line. So we don't sell line-skipping. Orgs are ranked by fit, never by tier, never by ad spend. Free for families. Always. The map works because nobody's leaning on the scale.

04

The Orgs Are the Platform

Klubbi doesn't exist without the coaches, club directors, and rec league volunteers running youth sports in your neighborhood. They're not "inventory." They're the platform. That's why orgs write their own culture in their own words, set their own fit signals, and keep ownership of their families. We build the discovery layer. They build the community. Together we build the map.

FROM THE FOUNDER

From the Founder

Dear Houston Families,

I'm a sports parent too. I know what it feels like to spend a whole evening trying to figure out which league is the right one, what the practice schedule really looks like, what the season actually costs once you add in the uniforms and tournaments and travel, and whether the coaches are the kind of people you want shaping your kid's first experience with the sport.

That's the version of youth sports most of us are stuck with. Hours of research, a few hopeful guesses, and a registration fee you can't get back if it turns out to be the wrong fit.

I built Klubbi because I didn't want the next Houston parent to do what I did. Not by pretending to know your kid better than you do, but by giving you the information you need to know yourself: what each program really costs, what each org really stands for, and how to tell, before you sign up, whether your kid will find a home there.

We're starting in Houston because this is home, and because Houston families deserve a tool that actually knows their neighborhoods. From here, we're moving across Texas: Dallas-Fort Worth next, then Austin, then San Antonio. Same Klubbi, same principles, every city.

I'm grateful you're here. Whether you're a parent searching for your kid's next season, or a coach building something worth being found, welcome to The Honest Map.

Shannon Baylor

Founder, Klubbi

BUILT BY

Built By

Klubbi is built by a small Houston team that cares about getting this right.

Shannon BaylorFounder

AdomOperations

LydiaVideo & Content

We're solo-founded and lean by design. Every decision still goes through someone who has to live with it.

WHAT KLUBBI IS, AND ISN'T

What Klubbi Is, and Isn't

Klubbi is

  • A discovery platform built around fit, not just proximity
  • Free for families, always
  • Built by Houston, for Houston, and expanding across Texas
  • A growth partner for the orgs that make youth sports work

Klubbi isn't

  • An operator (we don't run programs ourselves)
  • A pay-to-play directory (no paid placements, ever)
  • A national platform pretending to be local

FOR FAMILIES

Find Your Right Fit

Search by sport, age, neighborhood, and real cost. Free for families. Always.

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FOR ORGANIZATIONS

Run a Program? It's Already Yours.

Your org may already be on The Honest Map. Claim it free, write your League Culture in your own voice, and start receiving inquiries from families who fit.

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