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Lacrosse Is Among the Fastest-Growing Team Sports in America, Business and Industry Trends Analysis

Until recently, few sports fans were familiar with lacrosse, although it is a game that originated hundreds of years ago among native North American tribes.  It is considered by experts to be North America’s oldest sport.  For the most part, lacrosse was long thought of as a tough but popular team game played only at elite eastern colleges and prep schools such as Princeton and Kent School.  Today, however, lacrosse is sweeping the U.S., with thousands of amateur and school teams for youngsters, men and women as well as fledgling pro teams.  It is a big NCAA college sport.

Lacrosse is played on a large, rectangular field between two teams.  Rules vary, depending on whether men, women or youths are playing, but the they are all similar.  Players wield a long stick (the “crosse”) that has a small pouch on its end capable of catching the game’s ball.  The idea is to control the ball and get it past the opposing team’s goalie, into the goal.  Men play in teams of 10.  The field is about 110 yards long by 60 yards wide.  The ball is about eight inches in circumference and weighs five ounces.  Lacrosse is fast, fun to watch and can be a very physical game.  While men’s lacrosse is a contact sport, officially sanctioned women’s games do not allow contact.  For men, body checking is permitted if the opponent has the ball or is within five yards of a loose ball.  All body contact must occur from the front or side, above the waist and below the shoulders, and with both hands on the stick.  An opponent’s crosse may also be stick checked if it is within five yards of a loose ball or ball in the air.



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