Lacrosse

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Lacrosse
Richmond Hill Young Canadians lacrosse team 1885
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Lacrosse
History - one of the oldest team game in America

• Lacrosse originated in the Native American
  nations of North America, the ball sport was
  often part of religious ritual, played to resolve
  conflicts, heal the sick, develop strong virile
  men and prepare for war.
• Early lacrosse balls were made of deerskin, clay,
  stone, and sometimes wood.
• The French missionary, Jean de Brebeuf, saw
  Iroquois tribesmen play it in 1637 and was the
  first European to write about the game, he called
  it lacrosse. Some say the name originated from
  the French term for field hockey, le jeu de la
  Crosse.
• In 1856, Dr. William Beers, founded the Montreal
  Lacrosse Club. In 1867 he codified the game,
  shortening the length of each game and reducing
  the number of players to twelve per team.
• The first game played under Beers' rules was at
  Upper Canada College in 1867, with Upper Canada
  College losing to the Toronto Cricket Club by a
  score of 31.

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Lacrosse

• History
• In the United States, lacrosse had primarily been
  a regional sport centered in and around
  Maryland,New England, upstate New York, and
  mid-Atlantic states.
• In recent years, its popularity has started to
  spread south to Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama
  and Florida, as well as west to Colorado,
  California, Texas, and the Midwest.
• Men's Lacrosse Championship has the highest
  attendance of any NCAA Championship, outdrawing
  the Final Four.
• Up until the 1930s, all lacrosse was played on
  large fields outdoors. The owners of Canadian
  hockey arenas invented a reduced version of the
  game, called box lacrosse, which is played
  indoors on a smaller field.
• In 1987, a professional box lacrosse league was
  started, called the Eagle Pro Box Lacrosse
  League. This league changed its name to the Major
  Indoor Lacroose League, then later to the
  National Lacrosse League.

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Equipment
Facilities

• 2 small goals
• Lacrosse Crosses (stick)
• Balls
• Eye protection
• Mouth Piece
• Additional pads can be worn

• Standard field is 110 yards by 60 yards, can be
  cut down for better play
• Can use a normal sized gym for indoors play

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Skills needed for Lacrosse

• Catching The act of receiving a passed ball with
  the crosse.
• Checking The act of attempting to dislodge the
  ball from an opponent's stick.
• Slap Check A stick check in which a player slaps
  the head of his stick against his opponent's
  stick.
• Cutting A movement by an offensive player
  without the ball, toward the opponent's goal, in
  anticipation of a feed and shot.
• Feeding Passing the ball to a teammate who is in
  position for a shot on goal.
• Passing The act of throwing the ball to a
  teammate with the crosse.
• Scooping The act of picking up a loose ball with
  the crosse.
• Shooting The act of throwing the ball with the
  crosse toward the goal in an attempt to score.

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Rules of Lacrosse

• Rules are similar to those of Soccer
• Men's lacrosse is a contact game played by ten
  players a goalie, three defensemen, three
  midfielders and three attack men. The object of
  the game is to shoot the ball into the opponent's
  goal. The team scoring the most goals wins.
• Collegiate games are 60 minutes long, with
  15-minute quarters. High school games are 48
  minutes long, with 12-minute quarters. Youth
  games are 32 minutes long, with eight-minute
  quarters. Each team is given a two-minute break
  between the first and second quarters, and the
  third and fourth quarters. Halftime is ten
  minutes long.
• Men's lacrosse begins with a face-off. Center
  face-offs are also used at the start of each
  quarter and after a goal is scored.
• Field players must use their crosses to pass,
  catch and run with the ball. Only the goalkeeper
  may touch the ball with his hands.
• A stick check is the controlled poking and
  slapping of the stick and gloved hands of the
  player in possession of the ball.

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Resources for Extra information

• Lacrosse Playing Field
• Lacrosse Equipment
• Lacrosse Info
• Lacrosse Rules
• Lacrosse Rules/ Game Modifications