What is Lacrosse?

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Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America,[1] with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century.[2][3][4] The game was extensively modified by European colonists, reducing the violence, to create its current collegiate and professional form.[5]

Players use the head of the lacrosse stick to carry, pass, catch, and shoot the ball into the goal. The sport has four versions that have different sticks, fields, rules and equipment: field lacrossewomen’s lacrossebox lacrosse and intercrosse. The men’s games, field lacrosse (outdoor) and box lacrosse (indoor), are contact sports and all players wear protective gear: helmetgloves, shoulder pads, and elbow pads.[6] The women’s game is played outdoors and does not allow body contact but does allow stick to stick contact.[7] The only protective gear required for women players is eyegear, while goalies wear helmets and protective pads. Both men’s and women’s field lacrosse have 6v6 versions played on smaller fields, gaining acceptance in multi-sport events. Intercrosse is a mixed-gender non-contact sport played indoors that uses an all-plastic stick and a softer ball.[8]

The modern sport is governed by World Lacrosse and is the only international sport organization to recognize First Nations bands and Native American tribes as sovereign nations.[9] The organization hosts the World Lacrosse Championship for men, the Women’s Lacrosse World Cup, the World Indoor Lacrosse Championship for box lacrosse, and the Under-19 World Lacrosse Championships for both men and women.[10] Each is held every four years.[10] Lacrosse at the Summer Olympics has been contested at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games1904 and 1908.[11][12][13] It was also held as a demonstration event at the 19281932, and 1948 Summer Olympics.[14][15]

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