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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:
Q. How can I register?
A. Registration
usually begins in OCT and you can either register
online or there will be a couple of 'in person'
registration opportunities. Please keep
checking back to the website for details.
Q. What is included in the
registration fee?
A. Registration
Fees include uniforms (shorts and penie) helmet decals, field fees,
and an end of season tournament.
Q. Why is it so expensive
compared to Baseball and Football?
A.
The registration
fee directly reflects the cost of uniforms, ref's
and field maintenance expense. The main reason the
cost is higher is because the league is small, only
140 or so players.
Q. What equipment is required to
play lacrosse?
A. You will
need to provide a helmet, mouthpiece, shoulder pads,
elbow pads, gloves, cleats and a lacrosse stick.
Goalie sticks and D poles will be provided by the
league.
Q. How many teams are
there?
A. The boys division is comprised of three 4th-6th
grade teams and two 7th-8th
grade teams. The girls division is comprised of one
6th-8th grade team and one 4th-5th
grade instructional league.
Q. Where do the teams practice?
A. The 4th- 6th grade boys
practice at Riverwood, the 7th-8th
grade boys practice at Creekwood and the Girls
practice at the River Grove fields.
Q. How long is the HAKLAX season?
A. The KYLax
season starts in early Jan and runs through the end of
April.
Q. Are their tryouts in lacrosse?
A. At the start
of the season all the players for each division
practice together and then the coaches draft their
teams based on what they see during the practices.
Everybody makes a team even if you aren't able to
attend the team practices.
Q. Where can I go for practice
information?
A.
Once the season gets started you can go to either
the coach or the team Mom.
Q. Can practice cancellations be
put on the website?
A.
Yes, if they are
weather related we catch them as fast as we can and
get them on the website and do an email. If it is
for any other reason either the
coach will explain at practice, the team Mom will do
an email or it will be put on the website.
Q. What is the coach's contact
information?
A.
On
the web site or the Team Mom can give you their
information.
Q:
How do I find out more about the game of lacrosse?
A:
Your US Lacrosse membership provides you with a
subscription to Lacrosse magazine and addresses many
questions you may
have. Also the website for US Lacrosse @
www.uslacrosse.org has
a wealth of information.
Q:
How do I find information on being a referee?
A: The
website for the Houston area referees is
www.swloa.org
and you can find out about training dates and costs.
Q:
Will there be more than 1 team for the girls in the
future?
A: We
are looking at starting an instructional program for
4-5th grade girls in addition to the
middle school girls program. If we can find coaches and we
have enough participants we may able to have more
than one team at the middle school level.
Q:
How can I get training to be a lacrosse coach?
A: US
Lacrosse offers online training courses for coaches.
From there you qualify to attend a level 2 training
course. We are hoping that
with a
Houston chapter of US Lacrosse a training clinic can
be offered in our area.
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