Dylan Houlihan
Computers 8
December 2010
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What is it
History
Box lacrosse
Field lacrosse
Personal fouls
Technical fouls
Bibliography
• Dates back to Native Americans
• Played too:
- Resolve conflicts
- Heal sick people
- Strengthen men
- Train for war
• Play:
- Thousands of players
- Field miles long
- Games as long as 3 days
• Gear:
- 40-46 inch stick
- helmet
- gloves
- Arm/shoulder & back/kidney pads
• Play:
- Six players
- 5 runners
- 1 goalie
• Lacrosse sticks:
- Short stick 40 to 42 inches
- Long stick 52 to 72 inches
• Gear:
- Lacrosse gloves
- Slash guards
- Chest pads
- Slashing
- Tripping
- Cross checking
- Unsportsmanlike conduct
- Unnecessary roughness
- Illegal crosse
- Illegal body checking
- Illegal gloves
- Holding
- Interference
- Offsides
- Pushing
- Screening
- Stalling
- Warding Off
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_lacrosse
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse
• http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/
history-lacrosse.htm
• http://www.wavsource.com/sfx/sfx.htm