Informative Essay On Lacrosse

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Cade Clark
Mrs. Holt
History of Lacrosse
11 December 2015

Everyone wants to know the history of football, baseball, and basketball but no one really asks, “What’s the history of lacrosse?” Lacrosse is a dangerous sport, special how the Indians played it and how the sticks were back then. Nowadays there is a difference between women and girls and men and boys lacrosse games. Lacrosse has been played for many years and we play it as a spot but the Indians have used it for many other reasons other than fun.
Indians played the most aggressive and played religiously for their gods and to honor one another. Lacrosse was a big part in the Native Americans religious lives, sometimes played to please their gods and to honor themselves as well …show more content…

The Indians had believed in many gods and spirits. If they would have a bad harvest time they would play for the gods to please them and to hopefully have a better one. The Native Americans used to play lacrosse for other reasons other than for honor and to please their gods. Native American tribes would play lacrosse to settle arguments and to train their warriors for battle. Playing lacrosse would help with training warriors because they would have learn formation and how to work together. Who ever would win the game of lacrosse would win the argument. The Native Americans would injure many others in the game of lacrosse. Native Americans would severely injure or kill other Native Americans by hitting them in the head with their heavy lacrosse sticks. Because lacrosse was so violent, games would often end with fatalities. The Native Americans would play lacrosse on large fields. The fields would be larger than football fields. The Native Americans would play on fields that were 500 yards to one …show more content…

We can get a concussion playing while the Indians would severely injure or kill each other. The history of lacrosse is very different from how we play it today. There are more rules and padding. Players can get concussions playing lacrosse but they can get something worse and that’s commotio cordis. Players lacrosse sticks have evolved a lot to with the game

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