What are illegal lacrosse checks?

Answer 1

Where I'm from, illegal Lacrosse checks vary in women's lacrosse. As for men's, well, I don't play men's, so I can't help you there...but if you're looking for women's rules here's the way I've been raised:

When you are young and beginning, all checking is illegal.

When you are in secondary elementary school, checking below the knees is allowed.

When you are in middle school/junior high, check is allowed below the shoulders.

Eventually, checking is allowed everywhere.

The only checking I know is illegal at my age is empty checks. If your opponent does not securely have the ball in their stick, and her stick is empty, the refs will call this foul.

For further information, you can check your team/program guidelines or rulebook.

Now, if you want to know how to prevent checking all around? One word: cradle. Cradling is hard for beginners, but becomes a second nature as soon as you pick it up. When cradling, you are also securing the ball in your stick, flicking your wrist. It's quite simple. If you have been checked, and the refs don't call it, don't get distracted. Just keep trying. PRACTICE!

Answer 2

All forms of checking in lacrosse are illegal, unless you announce to the world that you are a dirty, dirty boy. And than hit them.