Coxsackie PAL Basketball

Registration Opens November 1st and ends November 29th

PAL Skills & Drills: Saturday, November 30th and Saturday, December 7th

PAL Skills & Drills including Team Practices: Saturday, December 14th and Saturday, December 21st

Games start: Saturday January 4, 2025

Last Games: Saturday February 22, 2025

There are no events on December 28th due to the holiday.

Grades 3 - 7 New and Improved Preseason!

Weeks 1 & 2 - Skills & Challenges

The focus of the first two weeks of PAL will be on helping participants learn and improve their basketball skills. Particular emphasis will be on advanced ball handling, individual offense, and scoring.

Team Rosters Created and Published After the 2nd session and before the 3rd session.

The goal for this year will be to have team rosters created after the PAL Combine and posted on www.palhoops.org by the 3rd session so that teams can meet and begin practicing.

Weeks 3 & 4 - Challenges & Team Practices

The sessions conducted on December 7, 14, 21 will consist of a 45 minute Skills and Challenges session, followed by Team practices for about 30 minutes. The goal of these practices will be to introduce their players to basic team concepts, including offense, defense, and inbound situations.

Preseason

Grade 1 & 2
Skills and Drills
- Saturday November 30 - 9:00am - 10:00am - Coxsackie Elementary Gym
- Saturday December 7 - 9:00am - 10:00am - EJA (Athens) Elementary Gym
- Saturday December 14 and December 21 - 9:00am - 10:00am - Coxsackie Elementary Gym

Grade 3 & 4
Skills & Challenges
- Saturday November 30 and December 7 - 2:00pm - 3:15pm - Coxsackie HS/MS Gyms
Skills & Challenges including Team Practices
- Saturday December 14 and December 21 - 2:00pm - 3:15pm - Coxsackie HS/MS Gyms

Grade 5. 6 & 7
Skills & Challenges
- Saturday November 30 and December 7 - 3:30pm - 4:45pm - Coxsackie HS/MS Gyms
Skills & Challenges including Team Practices
- Saturday December 14 and December 21 - 3:30pm - 5:00pm - Coxsackie HS/MS Gyms

Games - PRELIMINARY TIMES ARE STILL TBD

Grade 1&2
- Saturday January 4 to February 22 - 9:00am or 10:15 am - Coxsackie Elementary Gym

Grade 3 & 4
- Saturday January 4 to February 22 - 2:00pm - 6:00pm - Coxsackie HS/MS Gyms

Grade 5, 6 & 7
- Saturday January 4 to February 22 - 2:00pm - 6:00pm - Coxsackie HS/MS Gyms

General PAL Information
- PAL reserves the right to make adjustments based on registrations or player status based on skill level and/or league needs
- Registered players receive a uniform top - Shorts will not be included
- Uniforms will be ordered in December and will be distributed at or before your first game in January
- This year we are limiting participation for 7th graders to those who are not playing for the C-A modified basketball teams

Travel Teams
- A Travel Team for certain age groups may be established that will play games versus neighboring schools
- If you are a 7th or 8th grade modified player, we welcome you to volunteer, or we could put a travel team together
- Contact the PAL Executive Director for more information ([email protected])