Dylan Houlihan

Computers 8

December 2010

• What is it

• History

• Box lacrosse

• Field lacrosse

• Personal fouls

• Technical fouls

• Bibliography

• Dates back to Native Americans

• Played too:

- Resolve conflicts

- Heal sick people

- Strengthen men

- Train for war

• Play:

- Thousands of players

- Field miles long

- Games as long as 3 days

• Gear:

- 40-46 inch stick

- helmet

- gloves

- Arm/shoulder & back/kidney pads• Play:

- Six players

- 5 runners

- 1 goalie

• Lacrosse sticks:

- Short stick 40 to 42 inches

- Long stick 52 to 72 inches • Gear:

- Lacrosse gloves

- Slash guards

- Chest pads

- Slashing

- Tripping

- Cross checking

- Unsportsmanlike conduct

- Unnecessary roughness

- Illegal crosse

- Illegal body checking

- Illegal gloves

- Holding

- Interference

- Offsides

- Pushing

- Screening

- Stalling

- Warding Off

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box_lacrosse

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse

• http://www.collegesportsscholarships.com/history-lacrosse.htm

• http://www.wavsource.com/sfx/sfx.htm