I am a goalie. To those who don't know what it is, think soccer plus hockey. Here are a few pictures- -regular stick-defense stick, longer shaft than normal -goalie stick, shorter than D stick, but longer than normal
Lacrosse is pretty big here in western New York due to the Native influence, that being said, no I don't play it. I have a few friends that do however, and apparently it's pretty fun, and I do think it's entertaining to watch.
For Canada's national sport no one plays it. I love it because you can do very violent things without getting some sort of penalty for it.
Btw GreatGanpapy where do you live? I though Lacrosse was only really popular in Western New York and Ontario, and I would love to no longer be the only person from western New York.
Lacrosse only has a real following in the US and Canada, but Australia is apparently the third best country in the world at it, despite there being pretty much no following here at all. Only a few schools in the state suppourt it and field teams, but my school happens to be one, and I happened to be on the team for a while. I mostly played in the midfield, and was pretty good at it. I picked the sport up very quickly, and made the team even though it had only been a few weeks since I had first picked up a stick. It is a very fun sport, but it can be quite physically demanding. Americans must be pretty bad at their own game, because some of my teammates were offered scholarships to play in American schools after having only played the sport for a matter of months, and in one case, 8 weeks. I feel for you dude. In case others didn't know, a lacrosse ball is made of completely solid and very dense rubber. Plus, the stick acts as an extension of your arm, so it's easy to toss the ball much faster than you could throw it. On top of that, the goal is small, which means there is a large chance that the ball will hit you.
