Defense helps the goalie out. they help stop the other teams offence from shooting the ball. if they can not shoot the ball they can not score.
defense men hit other plays. there are three ways to hit them.
one of the ways to get the ball out of an offense mans stick is to poke check. what is when you forcefully poke there stick with your own stick to try and nock the ball out.
Another  ways to get the ball is to check then that is when u hit them basically. you need to have your hands together and then you try and nock them over to make them lose the ball.
there are a lot of penalties though when you are playing. some things you can not do is slash then or hit them in the legs or you and not trip them or it them is the head if u perform one of these you will have to sit in a penalty box for a little bit just like in hockey
In lacrosse the defensive players have a slightly different stick. the head or top part with the mess is the same but the shaft is different. the shaft is longer than offense players. the defense shaft is about 5 feet long when the offensive shaft is only about 3 feet long.

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