Hello, Alex Renaud from feenixgear.com here. Today i have chosen to give those of you who are not familiar with the sport of Field Lacrosse a heads up. The next few paragraphs will include brief discussion on the player positions of Field Lacrosse and a few short rule's to follow when first starting out.
Field lacrosse personally, is the more exciting sport when comparing both box and field lacrosse. I personally find field more interesting and for those of you who are just learning the sport, it is a much slower pace game there for will be easier to follow at first.
To start off field lacrosse is composed of two teams fielding 10 players each; 1 goalie, 3 defensemen, 3 midfielders and 3 attackmen as oppose to 5 players a side in box lacrosse.
Now with all these players on one field at once, things could get a little crazy. To avoid all of this, 4 players must always remain on defense, this can include your goalie and your 3 defensemen. The 3 midfielders are the lucky guys who are able to roam around the entire field, and last but not least the 3 attackmen must remain in the offensive zone at all times. Offensive players and defensive players are allowed to switch from offense to defence as long as there are always 3 players on offence and 4 on defence.
The game begins with a face off at center field. Four players line up in the defensive clearing line, 1 centermen lines up at center field, two more players line up on the side wing areas and finally the three attackmen remain in their offensive zone hoping their teams wins the draw. Once the whistle is blown the players lined up on the wings are allowed to run in and help retrieve the ball, all of the other players must wait until someone gains possession.
In field lacrosse there are no penalties, instead they have fouls. The penalty for a foul usually results in a 1-3 minute suspension where the player must run off and wait for his time to end, note the foul clock only begins once the player is off the feild. Players who accumulate 5 personal fouls are ejected from the game. Some examples of personal fouls are: slashing, tripping, cross checking, unsportsmenlike conduct, roughing. Other examples of technical fouls include stuff like holding, inteference, offsise, pushing, stalling, warding off, etc.. Technical fouls are usually only 30 sec suspensions.
Body checking is permitted as long as the player who is being hit has the ball or is within 5 yards of a loose ball. Finally the entire object of the game, i will state the obvious is to score on the opposing teams goal.
I hope you enjoyed this little bit of information brought to you by Alex Renaud from Feenix Gear.
I have included a field lacrosse layout to convenience you a little more..
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