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since the old school pal guys are slow to post, can someone post the teams/schedules for 4th grade boys for me please. thanks

Face off sticks have to have 6"s of tape at the neck, and not on the head. The tape has to contrast the color of the shaft and the head.

Can anyone summarize the PAL rules meeting. With little to no notice, nobody on our board was able to attend.
Checks only on glove?
No V or U shooting strings?

Relax. Nothing has changed, its all common sense stuff.

SCHEDULES!!!!!!!!

Wk 1 - Play 20 miles east of your town
Wk 2 - Play 35 miles west of your town
Wk 3 - Play 25 miles northeast of your town

Doesn't matter that you have town clubs within a 5 mile radius that are perfectly fine..... If I'm in SW Suffolk, do I really need to be driving out to the east end multiple times?

1st game April 3rd. Settle down

Who cares.... it's PAL

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Did you ever consider that families have more than 1 kid playing "PAL" lacrosse? Believe it or not, there's more to life besides lacrosse! Times and places would help a lot so we can make the necessary arrangements to get to each sport!!
You're so obnoxious!!!

THEN DONT PLAY NASSAU PAL

Sounds like his son is in Suffolk PAL if he lives in Suffolk and is driving out east to play....

Who cares.... it's PAL [/quote]

Did you ever consider that families have more than 1 kid playing "PAL" lacrosse? Believe it or not, there's more to life besides lacrosse! Times and places would help a lot so we can make the necessary arrangements to get to each sport!!
You're so obnoxious!!!

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You need to complain to your PAL director. No one here will have them any sooner than you will. Sorry mom.

Teams from Nassau should play Nassau PAL. Teams in Suffolk should play Suffolk PAL. Problem solved. Plenty of competition for all teams and levels at this point, boys and girls. Or have 1 PAL league and schedule locally when teams are of the same level.

That's crazy if we do that how can my team with 25 kids with 6 grade holdback kids beat up on a team of 10 kids that just started playing with no pockets in their sticks?

What's up with the boys PAL Festival on 6/12? Hearing a lot of conflicting reports. Some say town optional. Some say mandatory w/penalty if skipped. Thx in advance

Town optional event now

whats up with schedules? people have more than one kid and would like to plan accordingly. Under two weeks away and not out yet. Lets go guys....

Same post every year.

Hey genius! Next year, you schedule over 12000 games and see how long it takes you, and try to account for all the requests for game times and locations and the constant whining from people like you! The men and women who are putting the schedules together have jobs too! They are volunteering their time to get this all in place. Have some patience or step up, help out and volunteer your time! You are probably the same person who bitches and moans about tournament schedules three weeks before the tournament.

AMEN!!!! Step up or shut up!
BTW... what do the colors mean this year? Is Red "A", Blue "B"...?

Someone posted on the previous page Red = A, White = B and so on

PAL=Daddy coaches. Waste of time.

You have a better alternative without breaking the bank? These guys are volunteering their time. Step up a grab a whistle if you can do it better.

He can't do better, that's for sure

I hate how the term "daddy coach" is used around here. Putting down guys who volunteer their time to coach other kids. Kinda pathetic

Why are "Daddy" coaches a waste of time? My son had excellent coaches who both played the game at a high level, played the kids equally and taught them skills and the game. My son has moved on from PAL but regards both his coaches as being the best he has had in terms of both teaching and motivating. Sorry to hear your experience was different. My other son had a paid trainer supplementing the parent coach because he admittedly felt he was stopped out in terms of his knowledge of the game and we've found his (the trainer)commitment to the team and kids was definitely not the same.

Our coach doesn't have a son on the team. He is very dedicated and has a huge part in the kids development. All the parents are thankful for his and the asst coaches dedication. No complaints here!

Says the guy who doesn't know enough about lax to actually coach. My kid plays on a top tier travel team and loves playing with his buddies in PAL. But I guess not all kids have friends, huh?

All the above posts are awesome. nice to see some positive comments instead of disparaging. Yes, they give up a lot of their time away from the rest of their families to be with your kids. AMEN and than yuou.

Do most of you have schedules yet? Heard they are out but our coach is MIA

Suffolk, yes. Last week.

They have a bias towards their own son. I've seen it on many teams. The better kids don't have a chance at competing for a spot that the Daddy coach's son is at. Facts are facts!!

Please tell us your alternative to having dads coach PAL? You must share your plan with everyone. Let me guess, you sit on the sideline complaining that your kid is not getting enoutg PT.

Sounds like you're an oblivious Daddy coach or Mom. There should be tryouts for the position the kids want to play at, and then place the kids appropriately if another kid is better at that position.

First game just over a week away. Any word on the game schedules?

need Nassau 6th/5th, please post

Agree this is rediculous

You know, I'm a hard core lax dad who spends every weekend driving up and down the Jersey Tpke and burns money on my kids lacrosse like its cool - and I've got to say - this is the stupidest thing I've ever read. Tryouts for PAL? You are a freaking idiot. Shoot the lock off your wallet and sign your kid up for travel you cheap [lacrosse]. You'll get your tryouts. Leave the casual kids alone and let them have fun. [lacrosse] hat.

What moron drives up and down the Jersey Tpke burning money?

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