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When the goal is fun, everybody wins!

Keep score in smiles in the Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience®

It doesn’t matter if you’re a rookie or a Hall of Famer, you’ll have a legendary time making family memories in our outdoor sports wonderland. With “my-sized” equipment, knowledgeable and encouraging Coaches, and fun, inclusive atmosphere, the Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience®is fun for all ages! Because when the play is better, the day is better.

Play with your home team and discover your strengths in a new sport, or learn about a sport you love in a whole new way. 

This is where legends begin.

The Children’s Museum Guild’s Fantasy Tree House of Sports

The Children’s Museum Guild’s Fantasy Tree House of Sports.
Feel on top of the world

Climb in and out of your favorite sports and feel like you’re on top of the world! This impressive tree reaches 25 feet high inside, and its leaves reach even higher!   

    • Communicate with friends or family from the ground up with a talk tube 
    • Climb high then take a ride down on the slide 
    • Look out onto the entire sports experience at different viewing platforms   
Adaptive experience
Accessible lift that takes you to a viewing platform and slide at 9 feet.

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pedal Car Racetrack Experience

Child driving pedal car.
Watch the checkered flag fall

Heed speed in your pedal car! Channel your inner A.J. Foyt and race with the family on the Oval Track.

  • Stop by the Pagoda to learn Indianapolis Motor Speedway history
  • Watch a safety video before you take to the pedals
  • Get your claim to fame with a photo in the Winner’s Circle
Adaptive equipment

Hand cycle wheelchair attachments and "my sized" pedal car are available."

Note: Racing closes at 4:45 p.m. Closed-toe shoes are required!

Indiana Pacers and Indiana Fever Basketball Experience

Coach watching child shoot a basketball.
Dribble, pass, shoot, and score

Whether cheering for the pros downtown or shooting hoops on the driveway with family, Hoosier enthusiasm for basketball has endured for decades. Get off the bench, grab a ball, and work on your moves like Tamika Catchings and Reggie Miller:

  • Practice passing
  • Refine your shot on “my-size” basketball goals
  • Take the shot clock challenge
  • Adaptive equipment

    Basketball with bells, beeper attachment for rims, basketballs with hand-placement visual.

Indy Fuel Hockey Experience

Rule the rink

Imagine yourself in the rink with the Indy Fuel team or celebrating a big win with Wayne Gretzky! Learn about the team and try out some things they have to work on every day:

  • Grab a stick and street-hockey ball and play on a street hockey rink
  • Shoot or guard a goal
  • Learn how to pass and shoot with the family
Adaptive equipment

Everyday “my-size” equipment includes light plastic sticks and larger “puck” balls.

The Seymour and Rheta Holt Tennis Center

Child hitting a ball with a tennis racquet.
You'll 'love' this game

Modeled after USTA’s “10 and Under Tennis” program, our tennis courts are the perfect stop to ace your serve or practice your return.

  • Use one of our Net-Generation racquets and low-compression balls to hit back and forth with your family
  • Challenge your forehands and backhands at our practice wall
  • Volley with forehand and backhand swings
  • Get inspired by Barbara Wynne’s love for the game and her passion to teach it
Adaptive equipment

Tennis balls with bells and streamers, hand racket.

Indy Eleven Soccer Experience

Goalkeeper hands reaching out to catch a soccer ball.
Get your head (and feet) in the game

Be the forward or the goalie! Learn some soccer fundamentals and imagine yourself as Indy’s next soccer star:

  • Show off your fancy footwork like DaMarcus Beasley in front of one of the bigger goals at each end of the field
  • Kick through the goalie’s gaps at one of the smaller goals
  • Learn the basics of dribbling and passing along the field
Adaptive equipment

Lightweight foam soccer balls, assisted kicker, soccer balls with bells.

Wiese Field donated by Elizabeth Bracken Wiese and J. Frederic Wiese Jr.

Child singing a baseball bat.
Batter up
In this experience, families can learn about America’s pastime and work on their swing or fastball.   
  • Hang out in the dugout before it’s your turn to bat
  • Use a tee (or not) to practice hitting the ball
  • Perfect your own pitch by throwing into a pitching tutor
  • Learn about the Indianapolis Clowns baseball team  
Adaptive equipment

Everyday “my-size” plastic bats; softer, baseball- and softball-sized balls; adjustable tee; “quick catch” Velcro gloves for playing catch.

Pete and Alice Dye Golf Experience presented by Henry and Christine Camferdam

Grown-ups helping children putt.
Fore!

Take a swing at four 9-hole courses, with challenges for beginners to mini-golf pros. Become a putting pro while learning a bit about the extraordinary design history of Indiana natives Pete and Alice Dye.

  • Putt at the two signature courses designed by Pete and Alice, where all of the holes are replicas of their most famous designs from around the world
  • Wait your turn by practicing your putt and participating in programming available on the putting green
  • If you’re a new golfer, try our introductory course inspired by Pete and Alice
  • There’s even a toddler course for the littlest golfers
Adaptive equipment

Longer putters with a larger head, lighter plastic clubs.

Note: Golf closes at 4:30 p.m.

Indianapolis Colts Football Experience

Child diving to catch a football.
Are you ready for some football?

Get on the gridiron with inspiration from your favorite Indianapolis football team—the Colts! This experience prepares players of all sizes ready for an epic touchdown celebration with some basic fundamentals:

  • Brace yourself for the line of defense by learning how to properly grip a football and dodge the opponent
  • Be the kicker by practicing on one of our two goal posts—one for little kickers and one for big kickers
  • Practice your passing and throw to a family-member receiver over opponent cut-outs
  • Take a breather and learn about football legend Reggie Wayne
Adaptive equipment

Soft footballs with holes for easier grip; cannon blasters to assist in field goals; colorful “fish” footballs, softer than regular footballs.

Dr. Cory SerVaas Fitness Path, Jane and Steve Marmon Run-Walk Experience

Grown-up and child running on paved track.
Go the distance and test your endurance
Get in your daily cardio on the track and add in training stations from the fitness path along the way to keep muscles healthy and strong!
  • Take a stroll or sprint on a track measuring two-fifths of a mile in the Jane and Steve Marmon Run-Walk Experience
  • Warm up at the first station on the Dr. Cory SerVaas Fitness Path
  • Go through five stations with a cooldown at the last
  • Learn exercise tips and benefits from our friends at Riley Children’s Health
  • Learn about running legend Wilma Rudolph
Adaptive experience

Fitness stations are wheelchair accessible, and the track lanes are wide and smooth enough for wheelchairs. Foam batons and breakaway hurdles are available for different track activities.

Hershey USATF RunJumpThrow Experience

Child jumping in the air.
Running, jumping, and throwing are essential in just about every sport. Explore those staple movements in tree track and field events: 50-meter dash, long jump, and shot put:
  • See how your running speed stacks up to that of gold-medal sprinter Wilma Rudolph
  • Give the long jump your best effort with either a standing or running start on a turf surface
  • Toss a foam shot put into a net
Adaptive experience

Track lanes are wide and smooth enough for wheelchairs.

Old National Bank Sports Legends Avenue of Champions

Statues of Reggie Miller shooting a basketball and Bobby "Slick" Leonard talking into a microphone.
Amazing legends, amazing stories

Representing sports legends across the nation with ties to Indiana, the Old National Bank Sports Legends Avenue of Champions features statues of individuals who have left a significant impression on sports history, who have defied odds, who have given back, and more.

  • DaMarcus Beasley
  • Tamika Catchings
  • Indianapolis Clowns
  • Pete and Alice Dye
  • A.J. Foyt
  • Wayne Gretzky
  • Bobby “Slick” Leonard
  • Reggie Miller
  • Oscar Robertson
  • Wilma Rudolph
  • Reggie Wayne
  • Barbara Wynne
today at the museum