Lacrosse 101

Field Lacrosse is a ball-and-stick game using two, ten-player teams for the boy's game and eleven-player teams for the girl's on a field which is slightly larger than a football field. The ball is passed from one player to another; or carried by the players, each using sticks with nets until it is shot at a netted goal defended by a goalie.  The game of lacrosse rewards the athlete who possesses stamina, quickness, coordination, and agility.  Because of this, there is no set "body type" for the lacrosse athlete.  Players of all statures can rise to high levels of achievement in the sport. The boy's game is considered a "full contact sport" while the girl's game is "non-contact".

The tactics and play of a lacrosse game will look familiar to those accustomed to basketball or ice hockey.  Dr. James Naismith, a native of Ontario, Canada and a lacrosse player himself, crafted the game of basketball as an indoor winter activity for his young students who played lacrosse in the spring.  For more information on lacrosse topics, please see the links listed below and those on the Lacrosse Links page.  Thanks.