2018 Spring Registration

Registration for the 2018 Spring Lacrosse 1st-8th grade Travel Teams is open  click here to register.  Registration will close on February 12, 2018, please sign up a soon as you can to avoid being closed out.  You can  register online by clicking here .  Any questions, interest in volunteering to coach or if more information is needed please send an e-mail to Jeff Berson  Plainview PAL Lacrosse Director (click on Jeff’s name above to email him)

Boys fee for the season includes 8 games, jersey and shorts. Girls fee for the season  includes uniform and all games. All players who did not play last season will need to provide copies of their birth certificates. Full equipment required. Olympic Den www.olympicden.com has beginner packages including all equipment (including helmet and stick). Please see Lax Links page on this site for information regarding other Lax equipment vendors. Boys travel teams practice 2-4 times a week starting in March with games on Sundays starting in April.

PLAYING TIME

TRAVEL POLICY:  Travel Players are required to attend ALL lacrosse games and practices.  Practices are as important as games.  Players should be fully dressed, on the field and ready to play — on time.  1st-3rd grade attendance is more flexible to accommodate a child’s interest in other sports and activities at this young age.

CONSEQUENCES:  Players who miss travel practices or games without good reason (school, religion, family, health) will receive reduced or no game time at the discretion of the head coach.  Please call or email your manager or head coach at least 2 hours BEFORE practice or game if you are going to be absent.  Any absence without prior notice, regardless of the reason, will be deemed “unexcused.”

Can My Child Play Lacrosse AND Do Other Activities during the Spring?

We make all possible arrangements to schedule around Baseball in the Spring so as to avoid conflicts. Soccer is a Fall sport (that youth soccer does not see it that way is irrelevant) and we will not schedule around another sport in its off season (See article below regarding danger of playing one sport year round). Except for 1st-3rd grade, conflicts with other sports (including other “select” lacrosse programs) are not an excuse for missing lacrosse practices or games. Such absences will be treated as unexcused absences at the travel levels of Plainview lacrosse. 1st-3rd grade travel practices may be missed for Baseball games. We encourage participation in other sports. Youth players can learn a lot as athletes playing basketball, soccer, football and hockey, that carries over into lacrosse and helps them become well rounded people and athletes.

TRAVEL TEAM PLAYING TIME POLICY

The Hawks Youth Lacrosse believes that all youth lacrosse players need ample playing time during both practices and games to develop in a sport and to get the most enjoyment out of the game. All players will need at least 16 hours of practice time before being allowed to play in a game (Excluding 2nd grade and 7th grade).

We follow a simple equation:

Attendance + Effort + Attitude = Playing Time

Players who attend practice, try hard and follow the Code of Conduct will receive ample playing time. Players who do not attend every practice, do not show up on time, do not try their hardest and do not show respect for coaches, officials, opponents, and teammates will not get as much playing time as teammates, if at all. A coach has the discretion to bench a player for poor attendance or poor behavior. Please discuss this policy with your child. Please read the Code of Conduct section of the website and discuss it with your child. We take our obligations seriously and we expect all players and parents to abide by the rules.