Lax: Lacrosse Is A Native American Game

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Lacrosse is a traditional Native American game. The first game was witnessed by Europeans 1630s. At first it was an all men sport. Now it is both men and women

The lacrosse field looks a soccer field by the way the lines are set. The physical layout is one goalie, three defensive players five middies and three people on attack total is 12 players. Middies do most of the running on the field. They run with the attack and run back to help their defense as well. Attack stays on the other side of the field near the opponent's goalie trying to score.The defensive players guard the goalie and stop the other team from shooting

The equipment to play in the lacrosse a stick with a net are needed to cradle the ball. A ball is needed to play the game.

The ball is always checked in the stick to tell whether or not the stick is legal to play in the game. You also need to have a mouth guard and eye goggles in order to play the game. You obviously need to have the uniform in order to determine which team you’re playing on and so the crowd can also tell. There are usually two different uniforms because if the teams have a same type of color one of the teams would have to change their uniform
The game starts with a draw when both of the back of your sticks are against each other and the referee puts the ball in between and the players have to fling the ball up. It has to be a certain distance up in the air. If the ball doesn’t reach the distance the draw will have to happen again. Every time a team scores the drawn happens again.
The lacrosse has 60 minutes with 2 halves in a game. There are only 90 seconds for a team time-out the time-out has to be called by their team coach.
There are several penalties the players can received during the game. The person who receives a green card these are for the following reasons: when a player keeps moving before the whistle is blown (creeping) , not moving when the referee had told them to move back four meters, wearing jewelry on the field, or using the equipment improperly. A person who receives a yellow card is used for a first time penalty. If you receive this penalty card you have to sit out off the field for 3 minutes. If your receive two of the yellow cards you will have to be out of the rest of the game. The person will be able to continue in the next game. The red card is used for a player who received two yellow cards. You can also receive as red card if you do something that is flagrant foul or unsportsmanlike conduct.