Males are allowed to check and females can't. Also females cradle across the body and males cradle up by the head. The males also have different strung sticks the females
Actually the only difference is that men can hit and women can't but that's not say women don't hit cause it happens. Women use the same strung stick in box it is only different in field Lacrosse.
The two are very similar except precision pockets are often used on goalie lacrosse sticks, whereas runway pockets are used for field position sticks.
: There are tons of differences. You can start with where you play, obviously, field or an arena. The defensemens sticks are different lengths(field lacrosse defenders have 6 foot long sticks, box defenders have normal sticks), the size of the nets and the goalies.6 by 6 feet in field, 4 by 4 in box. Size of the goalies,full padding in box with little room to shoot at, or field, where the only difference between the goalie and the players is the stick.The fact that there are offsides in field lacrosse, there are no offsides in box. etc. : I'm bored so im not going to list any more, but i could go on for pages on how they are different.
•Lacrosse is heaps rough and Sofcrosse isn't. •Lacrosse sticks have no bar going across the catcher to stop the ball from falling out and the catcher is made out of some stringy stuff while Sofcrosse sticks' catcher is plastic and has the bar.
Top quality goalie sticks can be bought at hockey giant,halifax lacrosse stores and Don Simmons SPORTS.The latest goalie stick will set you back around £200 but it will be worth every single penny.
defender sticks are 6 ft. alot longer than attack or mid. if you play d at a level higher than 5 or 6 grade i recommend it. you need to get used to it
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yes. goalie sticks are bigger and shaped differently to be able to have more of a chance of stopping the puck.
lacrosse sticks differ in size ,strength, weight, whether there angled or not, feel, grip, what there mad out of and also appearence.
They are usually made in Canada.
wooden lacrosse sticks give you a lot more whip but they break easier then metal lacrosse sticks metal is way better
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lax was played by indians, using heads as the ball and sticks with nets as the sticks