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Lacrosse is a great sport to play. It first started out a long time ago by the native Americans. Lacrosse is the oldest organized sport. The Native Americans played lacrosse with two sticks and there was so limit of players. Each goal was miles away. In 1982 the NCAA took over. Where then they stared to make actual rules and started to spread all over the world. |
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There are just a few rules in lacrosse. That is because lacrosse is the most free-flowing game. The high school lacrosse game is about fifty min. long, with two twenty-five min halves. Then a college game is about sixty min. long with two thirty min halves. There is a whistle that is blown after every goal and with in the last two min. of a half. When one team is leading by ten or more points then the clock never stops. In lacrosse there are three referees. One monitors the field, one watches for any goals, and the last one is the timer. Finally, the lacrosse field is about seventy yards wide and 120 feet long.
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In lacrosse you can foul in many ways. Each foul is classified in two ways. It could be a major foul or a minor foul. Another type of foul is the slow whistle foul. On a slow whistle foul a flag is thrown. Then the offence gets a free position. The third types of fouls are the warning cards. First there is a yellow card. The yellow card is the first warning. Then there is a red card. The red card is just a second warning. But finally there is green card. When you receive a green card you get benched for the rest of the game.
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| There are two main types of a stick. First there is the head. The head is made to hold the ball. On a girls head there is no pocket. The head is formed to hold the ball while you cradle it and it helps keep control. Then there is the stick. The stick is used to put your hands. The stick is made as a light weight so it is easier to hold and to run with |
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Cradling is used for two things. That is for receiving and protecting the ball. If you cradle the ball while you are running, it is very difficult for the other team to get the ball. When you cradle you move the head of the stick from one shoulder to the other. After you receive the pass you cradle as soon as you get the ball |
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In lacrosse there are a few types of shots. Some of the shots are the over hand shot. That is where you use the stick and throw the ball over you head into the goal or to another player. Then there is the bounce shot. The bounce shot is used only for shooting at the goal. That is when you hit the ball onto the ground and then it bounces into the goal. The third type of shot is the shovel shot. That is when you toss the ball in a shoveling motion.
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