lacrosse equipment

Lacrosse is a fast-paced team sport played by ten players (men) or twelve players (women), each of whom uses a netted stick (sometimes called the crosse) in order to pass and catch a very hard rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals, each worth one point, by propelling the ball into the opponent's goal. The team scoring the most points after four quarters, of varying length from competition to competition, and overtime if necessary, wins[1][2][3].

Largest in North America, lacrosse is one of the continent's oldest sports and the fastest growing sport at all levels - youth, high school, college, and professional. Lacrosse Equipment Guide is a brief introduction to the online world of lacrosse gear. Lacrosse is especially popular in the northeastern part of the US and is Canada's official national summer sport[4] (although Canadians commonly play the box lacrosse variety of the game which is described below). It is expanding westward, with burgeoning lacrosse communities in Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, California, Oregon, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, and Minnesota.

In its modern form, men's lacrosse is played on a field of grass or artificial turf. Each team is composed of three attackmen, three midfielders, three defensemen, and one goaltender. In men's lacrosse, players wear protective equipment on their heads, shoulders, arms, and hands, as body-checking is an integral part of the game.