Lacrosse

Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport played with a small rubber ball and a long stick with a basket called a crosse. The object of the game is to use the crosse to throw the ball into the opposing team's goal. The game is a contact sport and requires padding on the head shoulders and arms.

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poke check

Sports; Lacrosse

When a defensive player jabs his stick at the hands of an offensive player who has the ball with the objective of knocking the ball loose.

quick stick

Sports; Lacrosse

When a player is able to take a feed pass and at almost the same time is able to shoot the ball at the opposing teams goal.

raking

Sports; Lacrosse

This happens during a face-off when one player who is trying to get the ball attempts to sweep it away from the other player.

red card

Sports; Lacrosse

A Red Card will be given out to any player that acts in an unsafe or un-sportsman like manner. Any player who receives a Red Card must leave the game and not return. See Warning Cards.