Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club “The Fastest Sport On Two Feet”

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Brief History Field Review Position Review Starting a Game General Play Penalties Q & A

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club History With a history that spans centuries, lacrosse is the oldest sport in North America. Rooted in Native American culture, lacrosse was often played to resolve conflicts, heal the sick, and develop strong, virile men. To Native Americans, lacrosse is still referred to as "The Creator's Game."

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Modern Lacrosse Dr. George Beers of the MLC, known as " the father of modern lacrosse," rewrote those rules in 1867 and replaced the hair-stuffed deerskin ball with a hard rubber ball and designed a stick that was better suited to catching the ball and throwing it accurately. The first step toward turning lacrosse into an organized, modern sport came when the Montreal Lacrosse Club, founded in 1856.

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Lacrosse Lore Glen (Pop) Warner, famed football coach, substituted lacrosse for baseball at the Carlisle, PA, Indian School because, "Lacrosse is a developer of health and strength. It is a game that spectators rave over once the understand it." Warner said. He undoubtedly had an ulterior motive. Lacrosse, a contact sport, helped better prepare his grid warriors for the fall season.

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Field Review

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Position Review

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Starting a Game Players from each team line up as in the previous diagram • The two center Middies “face-off” and play starts when the Ref blows the whistle ( What is • Both teams’ Attack and Defense players must stay in their respective Restraining Boxes until: – The Ref declares possession of the ball by one team or the other. The Ref does this by shouting the color (of the jersey) of the team that gains position of the ball and spinning the arm. – The ball crossing into one of the Restraining boxes – The ball goes out of bounds Players are now released from restraining bob

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club General Play Much like Basketball, Hockey and Soccer the goal of the offense is to move the ball quickly around the goal waiting for the defensive team to make a mistake in their slide, shift or exchange and then take advantage of that mistake.

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Penalties There are many and even the referees do not know them all……. UNFORTUNATLY

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Terminology Attack –  A lacrosse position that plays only in the offensive end.   Backup –  An “off-ball” defender in position to support a teammate who is guarding an opponent with the ball. Body Check – A deliberate bumping of an opponent from the front (above the knees and below the neck) when the opponent is in possession of or within five yards of the ball.   Box – A square retaining box on the offensive and defensive end of the field.  The “10 second” rule applies to this box as well as a general “tightening” of the defense once the ball is brought into this zone. Clamp – A face-off maneuver executed by quickly pushing the back of your stick over the top of the ball to gain possession. Clear – Running or passing the ball from the defensive side of the field to the offensive half of the field. Cradle – Running with the stick in either one or both hands in such a way that the ball is forced to stay in the pocket.   Crease – The circled off area where the goalie is stationed.  No offensive player is allowed in the crease. (The crease is also loosely referred to as a position in front of the net where an offensive player is positioned).   Cutting – A movement by an offensive player without the ball, toward the goal, in anticipation of a pass and subsequent shot.   Dodge – A premeditated and calculated attempt to maneuver towards the net in an attempt to shoot or feed a teammate.  

Redwing Boys Lacrosse Club Terminology  Feed – A quick, crisp pass to a teammate who is in either in position to score, or cutting into to score. (A feed is usually done to a teammate on the crease.) Man/Ball – If two players and an opposing player are heading towards a loose ball, the player closest to the ball yells “man” and body checks the opposing player, while the second man scoops the ball for a possession.   Man-Up/Man-Down – The term referring to a team having an advantage or disadvantage through penalty (power play / penalty kill).   Middie Back! – If one of our defensemen crosses the midfield line, a midfielder must remain on the defensive side of the field to balance the field and remain “on sides”.   Pick – An offensive maneuver in which one player attempts to block the path of a defender guarding another offensive player.   Poke Check – A stick check in which the player thrusts his stick like a pool cue at the opponent through the top hand by pushing with the bottom hand. Rake - A face-off maneuver in which a player sweeps the ball to a particular area.   Riding – The act of preventing a team from clearing the ball. “X” – The position directly behind net.  From “X” an attackman is able to “quarterback” the

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