Robb Field

I have visited ROBB Field so far for only playing softball and kickball through the Vavi organization (Awesome company with tons of adult organized sports!!! Check them out!!!). My review is mainly for «Field 7» which is the only field I ever see vavi and social leagues play on.
I’ll start by saying accessibility and parking is never a big deal on weeknights. I don’t visit on weekends so I can’t fully comment to that extent but, I never have a problem snagging a spot no matter it being summer or the off months. My leagues play after 6 pm so again, I am not here during the day.
The one thing I can’t stay is the small road that links the back fields to the park entrance and exit. This thing is dangerous and needs widening. A car coming and going can make it by each other but, it’s extremely close. I often find myself waiting for cars to fully exit the path before driving my car down to the field.
The field I play on, itself is really not all that awesome. The sand is harsh. I mean it’s literally concrete with a hard packed sand on top of it. This makes the field an extremely fast one when it comes to softball. Unpredictable soft patches and hard spots leads to the ball bouncing and can catch someone in the face. I understand it’s a state ran field /​tax payer field and the budget is small but, the facility can definitely use other materials to keep the dirt turned and softer. Different clays and sands are available. Find them.
The grass is pretty good. Some small patches here and there but for the most part, it’s there and in tact.
Overall, the facility is good for what it’s purpose is. I just want a widened exit /​enter path /​back road and the dirt to get better treatment.

My daughter is playing 5 games over 3 days at the «SHOWCASE BY THE SEA» Tournament, August 7 –9, 2015. Parking is horrible during a tournament. Allow yourself extra time, patience and a good attitude to find parking. We park, like many others on the sand, since there was not enough parking spaces to accomodate 8 simultaneous games and the cars of players, families, coaches and vendors. It’s a mess and I’ve seen tempers flare on more than one occasion. The fields, like many in dought stricken California are dry, hard and poorly maintained. The fences are strange. On some fields the design just makes no sense… like they were designed by random people who know nothing about softball. The bathrooms are gross. Dark and damp but heck of a lot better than having to use a port-​a-​potty. There also seems to be a lot of transients in the area including a tree dweller. Tip: Bring your coolers, chairs and canopies. There is no shade here, the bleachers are horrible but there are no cooler restrictions.

Played a couple kickball leagues here through VaviSport.
The field is huge… Multiple games going on at once. One side is soccer the other flag football our side is kickball and the other is basketball.
Our games are always after 6pm… The field has enough lighting for the night games and it’s safe to walk to your car after the games.
We used to play at the other location in OB across from the Vavi’s main office. Robb field is bigger and better. The grass is well maintained.
Other than the field, it’s always fun to play kickball with friends. Win or lose we make the best of it followed by happy hour if we have the time :)

This is a great place to come and get your walk on for the day. It has beautiful surroundings. It was fun watching the people play beer ball. I would come back again.

This review is for the GYM. I’ve been going there for several months and really like the place. It’s just a short walk or bike ride from the heart of OB, so it’s nice to have a good local gym. It’s kind of a guy’s place, and at least for me, that makes it a good place to focus on the workout and not the girls… it’s never too crowded and the staff is friendly. The outdoor space is a nice touch. Prices are VERY good for a gym.

I love Robb Field for my year around softball! Nothing beats boozing and bashing balls on a sunday morning! I only wish they took better care of the field! The infields are rock hard and if you don’t slide just right you’ll be left with a nice strawberry on your knee! And the outfields have more gopher holes than Iraq has IEDs!

Great place to work out. Never too packed so you don’t have to wait much for machines or weights. Friendly staff. Only thing that I’d change about the work out facility is the hours, wish it was open later on week ends.

A field for every sport. Skate park, gym, racquetball, playground, public restrooms, and several big grassy areas for everything else. It is right behind my house. We get together there all the time. The homeless people generally leave you alone. Just watch out for dog poop. Some people are so rude.

The holes in the soccer fields are out of control. (I think they are from gophers.) They fill the holes with sand, so during soccer games we run into either mounds of sand or into holes filled with sand — either way, lots of ankle injuries occur purely because of all the holes.
I have an idea — fill the holes with cut pieces of sod, stacked on top of each other. That way at least it is a solid surface to run on. I love playing at Robb because it is so close to my apartment, but I’m too old to be dealing with all the ankle injuries!
Run on the grass with caution.

I have been to this field mainly to watch soccer games.
bad bad bad referees. I lost my keys (or they got stolen) and no one wanted to help me! Other than that its a regular field.
the rec center staff was really friendly and trieed to help me find my keys.
The three stars go to the Rec staff.

I live in OB currently (hopefully not for much longer) so this is the only real option for me unless I want to drive.
Robb Field is not bad, not bad. IF you go on a weekday before noon. It’s pretty much empty. You can hit tennis balls, use the gym, use the handball/​racquetball/​squash courts, use the playground, all the fields are totally open and available… the only people wandering by are bums and the occasional local who knows that early– and mid-​morning weekdays are the time to come to this place.
IF, however, you have a 9 – 5 job and can only come on the weekends, it’s a nightmare. The place is packed with hoi polloi from morning to night on Saturday and Sunday. I mean packed. Especially in the summer when there are tons of «youth» camps like soccer and tennis and whatever. There’s almost no point in going on weekends unless you particularly enjoy the sweaty miasma of BO and bad breath emanating from the masses of humanity that will surround you here.

Great place to work out, clean park, not many homeless people. I come here 4 – 5 times a week to work out. The bike trail to Marina Village is nice. Gym is clean and has the necessities. Price for gym is reasonable. Would get 5 stars if tennis courts were lit til 10.

***This review is strictly about the Fitness Center***
Welcome to OB, please slow down. I love this gym. It could be called «Average Joe’s».
$ 90 for 6 months. –That is why I love it the most.
It only has a couple of everything. 2 treadmills, 2 elipticles, 4 stair climbers (which I have learned kick your ass quickly), free weights, and machines.
There are 4 workout rooms and and outside area with some punching bags and free weights. I’m not sure what happens to that room when it rains, but I hope to find out.
If you’re an Obecian, through and through, this is where you want to go.

Robb Field is the very first thing one glimpses as an introduction to Ocean Beach, and while it has taken on a certain OB shabbiness lately due to lack of city funding to keep it tidy-​Robb Field still ROCKS!
There are the many baseball diamonds, shady basketball courts, the soccer and football grassy areas, lots of picnic tables and trash cans.
Don’t forget the kiddy playground that both my kids burned energy on when younger and the tennis club with some nice courts! The city has a pretty nice gym and workout room, that as other Unilocalers have noted-​is not that unaffordable. During the summer, Robb Field has an excellent child care program that keeps kids stimulated and active.
The skateboard park could use some maintenance-​it used to have attendants who watched over all the action, but with the city budget cuts-that’s a thing of the past too. Now it’s every man for himself there, and the weeds and trash that blow around the perimeter is unattractive. I ride my bike by there just about every day, and I think that a group should get together-​like they do for Beach clean-​ups, but for Robb Field clean-​ups-​and tidy up things. I pick up as much as I can as I ride by, but with the strong homeless presence and Winnebago’s calling the parking lots-​HOME, well-​it can become problematic!
There is a new bike path that has opened that follows along the Sunset Cliffs Blvd. road into town and that makes it a lot easier to access OB directly. I Love Robb Field and it certainly gets used heavily, especially during soccer season. It seems like every Brazilian worth his acai berry is down there on the weekends running around in short shorts! Makes it hard to drive by and keep your eyes on the road!
Ocean Beach is lucky to have this great recreational jewel in our front yard, and everyone needs to treat it gently & remove accumulating wastes so that it keeps it’s beautiful appearance! The OB bike path that runs past Robb Field is probably one of the nicer bike paths in the area and is a great beginning point to access other paths that will take you into Mission Beach, Pacific Beach, or all the way out to Mission Valley and points beyond.
I can’t say enough good things about Robb Field and hope that anyone reading this checks this great spot out along the San Diego River and right next to Dog Beach for it’s wonderful recreational opportunities.

Robb Field is fun, forest, and family all rolled into one. There is grass there! It’s a field! I enjoy driving past it to and from work. My friends play rugby there, and on occasion I ride my bike over to see what’s going on. I’m all about green grass in my neighborhood (this is not a dirty metaphor) so I am all in favor of more parks.
Yaaay Robb Field.

I have been coming to this field on a weekly basis to play football for six years now — and while the games are fun — the bum shit is everywhere. Seriously, we are talking winnebago’s lowering anchor for 14 hours at a clip and taking on the fields as their backyard bbq. Love me some drunk bum drama though, so my rating does go up a little for that. Thankfully they never seem to attack, that is the weed kicking in. The gym is decent, and has fees that even the guys in the winnie can afford — so another star for that. And finally — the third star comes from the guy who walks around looking for plastic bottles and ends up picking them up from the ground (bums are so green) so that they can get a little extra cash for some cold ones. Is there money in this racket???

I don’t know whats more attractive?
The San Diego river view or Soccer moms.
Both are all over the place at Robb Field.
Basically if your not here to be shady and lurk around the trees with a bottle of King Cobra and some dated hunting binoculars you can:
Play an over enthused ball related game with ex-​roid ragers who still flip the fuck out if they miss a point or pass out drunk on a bench while the skatepark kids urinate on you.