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What is lacrosse? Lacrosse is a sport played with sticks and balls with the goal of advancing the ball into the opposing net. Some call it the fastest sport on two feet. It's got a lot in common with hockey, and was invented by the First Nations people of Canada. What kind of equipment? Sticks There are three types of lacrosse sticks. There is the regular lacrosse stick, a 40-42 inch stick meant for passing and scoring with. This is what the man in the front is holding. The "D-Pole" is what the defender is carrying behind the man, it can be anywhere from 52 to 72 inches, but most defenders will prefer as long a stick as possible for poke checking and hitting. There is also this guy. I really don't know what the protocol is on goaltender's sticks. They have huge heads for catching 90-100MPH shots. Protective Gear Here are my sick MS paint skills. Some players will wear shin pads, but they get made fun of, so most don't. Positions ATTACK These guys linger on the opposite end of the field, and just bomb sick shots all day. That's pretty much their job description. Set up for a sick goal. Midfielder These guys take faceoffs and run around everywhere on the field, they often advance the ball up the field from a defensive position. They have to be pretty well conditioned and are asked to do jobs that both defenders and attack players would do. Long Stick Midfielder These guys do the same duties of the midfielder but are more defensively oriented. If a midfielder is switching out for a line change while the team is backed into their zone, an LSM will typically come out. For some teams, these guys are unicorns and are only out there rarely. They sometimes take shots and look goofy as hell. Defense They hit, stop, and block the attack and middies from getting the ball into their net. They will utilize poke and body checks to keep them out. Sometimes they will block shots. They're pretty crazy. Goaltender https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvfRxVzA_M0 They stop the ball??? They don't wear shin pads. They're weird. Rules Many of the same rules as hockey are shared. In Box Lacrosse, you can even fight. But this entire OP is about Field Lacrosse so eh. You cannot go offsides, and you can have a maximum of four people in a zone. You can't go crazy and swing your stick around with one hand, and if you hit someone in the head with a two hand slash you're in bad shape. Head contact is illegal. College Teams If it's an east coast school, they probably have a lacrosse team. Denver is the most westerly lacrosse team. Well that OP sucked, and you do too OP Thanks! If you want to check out college lacrosse, you can often find it on ESPNU or streaming online. Pro lacrosse is harder to find, and might be on weird niche channels or streaming. Box lacrosse games are hilarious.
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Box owns. Lacrosse owns. I was the dumbass goalie for my high school and college years and christ that was.... something. E: Also goddamn do I love the sport as much as I loving hate the people in it. It has far and away the bro-iest loving player base and almost all of them are completely loving insufferable. Also lacrosse parents are almost worse than hockey parents. E2: Goalie shafts can be basically of any length they want from attack/middie length to full defensive length, as I recall. More and more these days seem to go with attack length shafts. DJExile fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Mar 28, 2016 |
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That's a hell of a hit
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 21:09 |
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Top Hats Monthly posted:That's a hell of a hit I prayed so hard to get chances like that in the field game. Midwest lacrosse wasn't much when I was growing up, so you'd get a lot of long passes chucked to attackmen behind the D.
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 21:13 |
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Speaking of midwest lacrosse, for those that want to see how the game is played almost perfectly on defense, watch Notre Dame. Holy poo poo they always get great goalies and defenders. E: Ohio State of all people is quietly building a really solid program too. Nick Meyers has done a hell of a job.
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 21:24 |
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i would but i hate notre dame and ohio state, god bless
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# ? Mar 28, 2016 23:22 |
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I've always wondered why there was no Lacrosse thread on SA, and am happy that this is a thread that exists now. It is fun as poo poo and I'm getting back in to it after a few years away from the game. Always good to see the game growing too, hopefully not too long before we see some D1 West coast schools.
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 04:02 |
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pars posted:I've always wondered why there was no Lacrosse thread on SA, and am happy that this is a thread that exists now. You sauce some passes broh
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# ? Apr 19, 2016 17:30 |
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Rise from your grave, lacrosse thread! The D-I selection show is this coming Sunday at 9PM on ESPNU. Quarterfinals will be at Brown and Ohio State. Semis and finals in Philadelphia. Epoch/Inside Lacrosse predicts the following: Maryland has won 11 straight and has already locked up the B1G. Denver has mostly steamrolled through the season, aside from an odd loss to Penn State and has won the Big East. Their offense has been spectacular. Notre Dame is riding what is still likely the best defense in the nation, but have lost their last 2 games in a huge UNC comeback and tight Duke loss. The ACC tournament was its usual bloodbath and Syracuse came out on top for the 2nd year in a row. Albany murdered America East and has won 9 straight. Inside Lacrosse posted:RPI Changes
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# ? May 4, 2016 15:20 |
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Harvard's Joe Lang got annihilated thanks to a floating pass
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# ? May 9, 2016 14:42 |
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NCAA Bracket is set, schedule as follows: All times eastern ESPN posted:Saturday, May 14
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# ? May 9, 2016 16:03 |
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Hop had no business getting in, another pandering to Petro(oval office) by the selection committee.
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Shrapnig posted:Hop had no business getting in, another pandering to Petro(oval office) by the selection committee. Quint Kessenich doesn't seem to disagree quote:Hopkins was holding its breath, rooting for Yale on Sunday. Defensive miscues and failed clears have been the storyline throughout 2016. The Jays manufactured 50 shots against Rutgers losing 14-12, as they let the Scarlet Knights run and counter attack in transition. The good news is that Shack Stanwick and Ryan Brown will get looks against a Brown defense that allows lots of shots. The bad news is that Hopkins’ defense has been really bad since April 2, and Brown can blow up a scoreboard. Hopkins has had 77 goals against in its last six games; that's nearly 13 goals against for a Hopkins defense that's getting worse every week. This game could produce 30 or more total goals and should be very fan friendly. Here's how he described the first 4 out, for what it's worth quote:Harvard (8-8)
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# ? May 9, 2016 18:25 |
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Have you ever separated a man and his soul?
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# ? May 12, 2016 14:23 |
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Anyone here play in the Midwest or south where this isn't really a thing? I've already picked up floorball, kinda want to play the other almost hockey sport.
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DOOMocrat posted:Anyone here play in the Midwest or south where this isn't really a thing? I've already picked up floorball, kinda want to play the other almost hockey sport. Ohio reppin', and Top Hats plays in Minnesota. It isn't as much a huge thing as the east coast, but it's picked up pretty well over the last 15 years around here. I grew up in Toledo and there was no sign of it until I got to high school in 98. I went out to high school in Indiana and it was slowly picking up there too. Nowadays there are a bunch of club and drop-in organizations and beer leagues around the Midwest but you have to do a little poking around to find them. US Lacrosse may be able to help you find some things in your area. E: Local youth leagues and even high school teams can always use volunteers too, and that can help you learn and pick the game up as well.
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# ? May 12, 2016 15:27 |
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Was just lookin' for something rec. Most search results are for dudes named Dallas. Floorball was easy, with all the Nokia campuses we used to have around there were a lot of Swedes and Finns. I'll keep looking.
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DOOMocrat posted:Was just lookin' for something rec. Most search results are for dudes named Dallas. Floorball was easy, with all the Nokia campuses we used to have around there were a lot of Swedes and Finns. I'll keep looking. Check some municipal rec centers and such, they may know where you can find them.
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DOOMocrat posted:Was just lookin' for something rec. Most search results are for dudes named Dallas. Floorball was easy, with all the Nokia campuses we used to have around there were a lot of Swedes and Finns. I'll keep looking. Lacrosse has a very poor online presence. I can call some friends who live in OK/North TX and see what they know e: I would do what DJExile said, checking online it's a lot of "D1-D3 PLAYERS ONLY", which is hilarious, even though Texas is huge, there isn't exactly a glut of lacrosse players. Top Hats Monthly fucked around with this message at 17:10 on May 12, 2016 |
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I play in Japan, of all places. I would be surprised if there is anywhere in the US where you can't find at least some way to play, so long as there is a decent population there. If there are any lacrosse stores in the area that would also be a good place to ask. In Chicago, Seattle and Colorado there were a number of options for leagues to play in, so it definitely exists outside of the east coast. On another note anyone know where to find highlights for the NCAA Tournament games? Or is it basically pray for someone to put stuff up on youtube?
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# ? May 16, 2016 03:27 |
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pars posted:I play in Japan, of all places. Please tell me more!
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# ? May 16, 2016 03:34 |
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Upsets and poo poo! Play-In: Q'Pac beats Hartford 14-9 Towson smokes Hobart 18-5 First Round: #1 Maryland comfortably beats Q'Pac 13-6 Towson shocks #2 (and defending champ) Denver 10-9 #3 Notre Dame beats Air Force 15-7 Navy upsets #4 Yale 13-10 #5 Brown crushes Hopkins 17-8 UNC upsets #6 Marquette 10-9 #7 Loyola(MD) beats Duke 16-11 #8 Syracuse beats Albany 11-9 Saturday's Quarterfinals at Brown! #8 Syracuse vs. #1 Maryland - Noon. ESPNU Navy vs. #5 Brown - 2:30PM ESPNU Sunday's Quarterfinals at Ohio State! UNC vs. #3 Notre Dame - Noon ESPN2 Towson vs. #7 Loyola-MD - 2:30PM ESPN2 Navy vs. Brown should be a fantastic defense vs. offense matchup, and ND and UNC played an instant classic earlier this season. pars posted:I play in Japan, of all places. ESPN.com has a few highlights up.
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# ? May 16, 2016 11:32 |
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Brodie Merrill did this last night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3_TxsmIbX4
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# ? May 16, 2016 12:15 |
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Shrapnig posted:Brodie Merrill did this last night. holy poo poo E: lol then they won in OT. That is nuts.
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# ? May 16, 2016 12:18 |
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Be careful kiddos! Wear sunscreen! I have a very bleach white hand, dark tan forearm, bleached elbow, and tan shoulders.
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# ? May 18, 2016 16:52 |
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Be careful kiddos! Wear sunscreen! I have a very bleach white hand, dark tan forearm, bleached elbow, and tan shoulders. hahahahaha I remember exactly what this looks like
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# ? May 18, 2016 17:04 |
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DJExile posted:hahahahaha I remember exactly what this looks like Also I blocked a shot off my inner thigh that was absolutely whipped by an LSM. It looks as bad as you think it might . The limp today is real.
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# ? May 18, 2016 17:09 |
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Also I blocked a shot off my inner thigh that was absolutely whipped by an LSM. It looks as bad as you think it might . The limp today is real. I was a goalie myself. The balls are certainly the worst but god inner thigh makes walking just brutal for a day or two.
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Please tell me more! I've worked in Tokyo for about 2.5 years (not teaching English, a distinction that should be made) which is why I'm here. Lacrosse here is interesting because 99% of people begin from college, since there are something like 2 high school teams in the country (Mens) and basically 0 organized lacrosse below that. So people begin from college and play for 4 years. I think there are somewhere around 50-100 colleges with mens teams, probably in the 100-200 range for womens. Mens teams will usually have 50-70 guys for big popular schools and 15-20 for very small schools. Womens teams range from 20-250(!). Given that small lacrosse population, after college there is obviously no pro lacrosse. However, there are national mens and womens club leagues that are very well run. Since Japan is small they can get away with having a single club league, which is then split into regions (increasing in number as teams increase). Tokyo is by far the biggest/best for many reasons. These teams are a lot more serious than you would expect from a mens league, and most do practices every non-working day (usually around 7 AM, which means waking up at 7 AM to catch a train to the fields which are all over the place). They also make their own jerseys, customize gear etc for the team, and make other team branded goods (shirts, sweatshirts, etc). The level for the mens league varies quite widely. Each year the Japanese Lacrosse Association invites a mens and womens college team from the US to come and play a game (a few games? can't remember) against the Japanese national team. I don't think the Japanese team has won yet. This year Hofstra will be coming, and will probably win (handily). I'll update in June. Most of the top teams have a handful of guys on the national team, and a bunch of others who are close. So I think middling D-2 or club schools would probably be the best comparison. I joined a team by meeting a guy at a wedding who played, and he invited me to come practice with them. So now I am one of 2 foreigners who play lacrosse in Japan (as far as I know). I also hadn't played in about 3 years, so after joining about 2 months ago I'm having a great time getting back into shape and being able to play this sport again.
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# ? May 19, 2016 02:46 |
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That's awesome as hell and good on you for helping to expand the sport That Hofstra visit sounds sweet too. NCAA RESULTS #1 Maryland handled #8 Syracuse 13-7 #5 Brown escaped Navy 11-10. Fantastic game if you didn't watch it. Navy was spectacular on defense and drat near pulled it off. UNC stunned #3 Notre Dame 13-8. It was 11-3 going into the 4th quarter. First time UNC has gone to the semis since 1993. Stephen Kelly was 17/25 at faceoffs. Loyola-MD escaped Towson 10-8. Full credit to Towson, they gave Loyola fits all game. Semifinals! May 28 UNC vs. Loyola-MD - Noon, ESPN2 #5 Brown vs. #1 Maryland - 2:30, ESPN2 Really emotional moment for UNC's coach Joe Breschi after the game. He was the head coach at OSU 16 years ago (their game vs. ND was in Ohio Stadium), when his 3 year-old son was hit and killed by an SUV in his parking lot at pre-school. The team dedicated the game to him.
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# ? May 23, 2016 12:12 |
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North Carolina, good???
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# ? May 30, 2016 01:05 |
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Top Hats Monthly posted:North Carolina, good??? Seriously holy poo poo and Brown drat near pulled it off against Maryland
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# ? May 30, 2016 03:17 |
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I can respect Maryland but on the other hand gently caress the big ten forever Go a heels bitch
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# ? May 30, 2016 18:13 |
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Holy poo poo what a start
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# ? May 30, 2016 18:16 |
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Aaaaaaahahaha holy gently caress UNC
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# ? May 30, 2016 18:21 |
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HAHAHAHHAHA
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# ? May 30, 2016 18:24 |
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I'm actually rooting for the Terps but I really don't care
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# ? May 30, 2016 18:25 |
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What a goal!
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# ? May 30, 2016 18:25 |
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Wow Maryland moves it well
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# ? May 30, 2016 18:26 |
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 23:20 |
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DJExile and TopHats, the thread. The game is on ESPN2 if you want to join us
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