lacrosse

Also known as la crosse

Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively modified by European colonists, reducing the violence, to create its current collegiate and professional form.

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Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with specialized sticks and a ball, and it has the distinction of being North America's oldest organized sport, originating with Indigenous peoples as far back as the 12th century. European colonists later modified the game to reduce its violence, which led to the collegiate and professional versions played today.

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Key facts

Sport.image: UNC Lacrosse.jpg
Sport.caption: Men's field lacrosse game between North Carolina and Duke in April 2009
Sport.alt: men's lacrosse player running with the ball
Sport.imagesize: 250px
Sport.union: World Lacrosse
Sport.first: 12th century, modified by Europeans in the 17th century
Sport.type: Team sport, stick sport, ball sport
Sport.equipment: Lacrosse stick and ball in addition to various body armor or pads. Different protective gear for different versions of the game
Sport.venue: Outdoor lacrosse field or indoor lacrosse rink
Sport.olympic: Men's field at the Summer Olympics in 1904 and 1908.Demonstrated in 1928, 1932 and 1948 Men's and women's sixes in 2028
Sport.IWGA: Women's field in 2017Men's and women's sixes in 2022
Sport.contact: Yes

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Research

910 papers

Lacrosse-related injuries in boys and girls treated in U.S. emergency departments, 2000-2016.ReviewJournal of sport and health science · 2023Bano JM, McAdams RJ, Roberts KJ et al.DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2020.08.006
Incidence of injuries among lacrosse athletes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The Physician and sportsmedicine · 2023Hasan LK, Shelby T, Bolia IK et al.DOI: 10.1080/00913847.2021.2020601
Baseball/lacrosse injuries.ReviewPhysical medicine and rehabilitation clinics of North America · 1999Casazza BA, Rossner K
Epidemiology of Sport-Related Concussion.ReviewClinics in sports medicine · 2021Pierpoint LA, Collins CDOI: 10.1016/j.csm.2020.08.013
Injuries in men's lacrosse.ReviewOrthopedics · 2007McCulloch PC, Bach BR JrDOI: 10.3928/01477447-20070101-05
Review of Lacrosse-Related Musculoskeletal Injuries in High School and Collegiate Players.Sports health · 2015Vincent HK, Zdziarski LA, Vincent KRDOI: 10.1177/1941738114552990
Lacrosse helmet facemask removal.Journal of athletic training · 2013Bradney DA, Bowman TGDOI: 10.4085/1062-6050-48.1.02
Epidemiology of Injuries in Women's Lacrosse: Implications for Sport-, Level-, and Sex-Specific Injury Prevention Strategies.ReviewClinical journal of sport medicine : official journal of the Canadian Academy of Sport Medicine · 2018Barber Foss KD, Le Cara E, McCambridge T et al.DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000458

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Wikidata facts

Official website: www.filacrosse.com
Image: Hopkins lax.jpg

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Commons gallery: Lacrosse
Commons category: Lacrosse
Unicode character: 🥍
OpenStreetMap tag: sport=lacrosse

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Contents

History
Versions of lacrosse
Field lacrosse
Box lacrosse
Women's lacrosse
Lacrosse sixes
Intercrosse
International lacrosse
World Lacrosse
Tournaments
Olympic Games
Other
Lacrosse in the United States
College lacrosse
{{anchor|Men's college lacrosse}}Men's college lacrosse
Women's college lacrosse
Professional lacrosse
Active leagues
National Lacrosse League
Premier Lacrosse League
Women's Lacrosse League
Defunct leagues
Athletes Unlimited Lacrosse
Major League Lacrosse
United Women's Lacrosse League
Women's Professional Lacrosse League
Equipment
Stick
Ball
Men's field protective equipment
Men's box protective equipment
Women's field protective equipment
Variants
See also
References
Further reading
External links

Players use the head of the lacrosse stick to carry, pass, catch, and shoot the ball into the goal. The sport has five versions that have different sticks, fields, rules and equipment: field lacrosse, women's lacrosse, box lacrosse, lacrosse sixes and intercrosse. The men's games, field lacrosse (outdoor) and box lacrosse (indoor), are contact sports and all players wear protective gear: helmet, gloves, shoulder pads, and elbow pads. The women's game is played outdoors and does not allow body contact but does allow stick to stick contact. The only protective gear required for women players is eyegear, while goalies wear helmets and protective pads. Lacrosse sixes is played by both men and women on a smaller field and is the most common version at multi-sport events. Intercrosse is a mixed-gender non-contact sport that uses an all-plastic stick and a softer ball.