World Adult Kickball Association – WAKA

Worst social league I’ve ever been apart of. The games are a disorganized mess, no one knows the rules and players are required to umpire games? Where did that 70 $+ I paid to register go? I understand this is a social sport, but its still a sport. Games last maybe 20 minutes, you might get to kick once. The bar afterwards really takes me back to the frat house days of college. They have us in a dingy bar basement with some insane DJ blaring while DC’s finest young professionals get sloppy playing flip cup. This is not the ideal environment to mingle and meet new people. You can’t even hear them to say hello. Don’t waste your money. Find another league.

Considering my entire kickball team left a WAKA league for another league after last fall, I feel like I need to update my review. Basically, it’s A-​OK, as the Unilocal review thing says. If you find a good league, run with it.

Played with WAKA a couple of times back in the day and always had a great time. Best bar was The Exchange. Worst bar was Kelly’s Irish times. WAKA is fun when you play with a team of good friends, joining as a free-​agent is hit or miss. WAKA is a social league first but there are some teams out there that actually take it seriously which makes it a bit awkward. Overall it was fun while it lasted but you will eventually move onto other leagues that are a good balance of fun and competitiveness (bocce, volleyball, flag football, etc).

I can’t think of anything lamer than WAKA (besides its name, of course). Paid an excessive amount of money to play this season and have only been on the field twice. Granted, this was primarily due to the weather, but it’s no excuse for this organization to not have a contingency plan in place, or a system to refund people. Sorry WAKA, your emails claiming that you «can’t provide a refund because the season has already started» is a joke and won’t save you from this review. Not sure where the money is going since the refs are just volunteers from other teams.
Games are less than 20 minutes long and you’d be luckily to even kick once every two games which isn’t a huge deal because it’s more of a drinking club anyways. The worse part of this is that WAKA is sponsored by a bar that cheats you! $ 14 for a pitcher of Miller Light?! Thanks, but no thanks, Sponsor.
Do yourself a favor. Play a real sport. Or don’t. Either way, don’t give away your money to these people.

WAKA is low key, good fun, short work out, and a great way to meet new people!