Question for those parents with conflicts... Do you ever get flack from coaches when they miss games/practices/etc?
My kid's coach tries to work around PAL and school ball. If a kid has to miss, they have to miss. I know of some who will give the kids a hard time, so it depends on the coach. Most are ok if it is a game, but if it is PAL practice vs. travel practice, I always tell my PAL kids to go to the travel practice.
When you get to 7th and 8th grade PAL, it is a whole other story - many of these boys are playing MS ball, travel, and PAL. Our PAL program recognizes this, and we practice less that the pre-7th grade age teams, only once, maybe twice per week. And once we get into game play, we look to do scrimmages more than formal practices with drills and the like.
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