What is face garding in lacrosse?

Answer 1

"Face guarding" is a defensive strategy often used by upper-level Lacrosse teams that scout their opposition. The general concept is to identify the opposing team's best player (i.e. their highest scorer, or playmaker) and then assign a player to guard them as heavily as possible, to ensure that he or she doesn't touch the ball to exacerbate and take advantage of the other teams reliance on that player