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What is the rule for lacrosse?

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Lacrosse was played by native Americans who originally used wooden sticks and leather pockets. Lacrosse is now played by both men and women. Women use a yellow rubber ball, and men use a white rubber ball.

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The game of lacrosse is really old dating back to the Native Americans in 1636 and then when Jean de Brebeuf, a Jesuit missionary started to take there idea. The Native Americans used it to heal and use it as medicine. Lacrosse is the oldest game in northern America. In 1794 a match between the Seneca and Mohawks (tribes) results in the creating of basic rules, also in 1834 Caughnawaga Indians demonstrate the sport in Montreal. The game is reported by the newspaper and, for the first time, white men are interested in the sport. Lacrosse has a nickname given by the Americans it was called "The Little Brother of War." Also in 1867 Dr. William George Beers, the father of modern lacrosse finalized the first set of playing rules for the Montreal Club. Then in 1876 Queen Victoria watched and "endorses" a lacrosse game in Windsor, England. New York University is the first college in the United States to establish a lacrosse team. Then the real fun began in1881 when the first intercollegiate tournament was held at Westchester Polo Grounds in New York City.


-1890 the first women's lacrosse game was played at St. Leonard's School in St. Andrew's, Scotland. 1904 - Lacrosse is first played as an actual event in the Olympics in St. Louis, with Canada winning the gold medal. The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is formed. Laurie D. Cox, William C. Schmeisser and Charles Lattig form a committee to develop a uniform code of operation for college lacrosse, and divide the colleges into north and south divisions. 1908 - Lacrosse is played for the last time as an actual Olympic event in London, and Canada again wins the gold medal.1926 - Rosabelle Sinclair reestablishes women's lacrosse in the United States when she starts a team at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore. 1931 - The United States Women's Lacrosse Association (USWLA) is formed as the rule-making body for women's lacrosse. 1933 - The USWLA holds its first national tournament in Greenwich, Conn. 1937 - Robert Pool introduces the first double-walled wooden stick, an early prototype for today's plastic sticks.

1947 - The men's field game positions change from goalkeeper, point, cover point, first defense, second defense, center, second attack, first attack and in home to goal keeper, attack, midfield and defense. 1959 - The Lacrosse Foundation is incorporated as the sport's national development center and archive. 1967 - Coach Willis Bilderback of Navy wins his eighth consecutive intercollegiate title. 1971 - Men's College lacrosse allies with the NCAA. The International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Association (IFWLA) is founded. 1978 - The first issue of Lacrosse Magazine is published by The Lacrosse Foundation. 1982 - The first NCAA women's championship is played at Trenton State University between the University of Massachusetts and Trenton State University.



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  1. Like in hockey, they use sticks, but carry a ball in a net at the end of them and may hit their opponents stick or body.
  2. It is played on a field similar to a soccer field, but you can go behind the goal.
  3. There is a crease which only the goalie can be in.
  4. It is very aggressive like hockey or football, with the ability to hit people (Checking) with the stick.
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Lacrosse is very big on the east coast. It is also a combination of soccer, hockey, and ultimate Frisbee.

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The rule for lacrosse is that you cannot hold the ball in your stick for more than 3 seconds.

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