My 5th grade daughter plays on a 5/6 team. The coach has a daughter on the team who played "up" as did a few other girls. We are a large team (24 girls) Nassau team in a big school district and sadly, despite all of the girls attending every practice, he plays the older girls 90% of the game. His focus is on winning and "going to the cage". I was mistakenly under the assumption that PAL was a learning experience. Other parents have already spoken with the director to no avail as his interest is in his younger sons team. The good news is that it is my understanding that the coach will not be back next year as his daughter ages out of PAL. Next year she will play for a neighboring town.