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Girls Play
JOIN THE
LACROSSE
KATE ROGERS
TEAM
BASKETBALL
Girls Play
FIELD HOCKEY
Girls Play
LACROSSE
Girls Play
RUGBY
Girls Play
SOFTBALL
Girls Play
VOLLEYBALL
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Girls Play LACROSSE
KATE ROGERS
IN THIS
SERIES
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JOIN THE
TEAM
Kate Rogers
Girls Play
LACROSSE
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Names: Rogers, Kate.
Title: Girls play lacrosse / Kate Rogers.
Description: New York : PowerKids Press, 2017. | Series: Girls join the team | Includes
index.
Identiers: ISBN 9781499421019 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781499421033 (library bound) |
ISBN 9781499421026 (6 pack)
Subjects: LCSH: Lacrosse for women--Juvenile literature. | Lacrosse for children--Juvenile
literature.
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A Speedy Sport .................. 4
Growing the Game ............... 6
International Play ................ 8
The Rules of the Game ........... 10
Lacrosse Gear .................. 12
Whats Different? ............... 14
College Lacrosse ................ 16
A Record-Setting Player .......... 18
A New League .................. 20
Everybody Wins! ................
Glossary ....................... 23
Index ......................... 24
Websites ...................... 24
CONTENTS
Lacrosse is a fast-paced sport thats
fun to play and exciting to watch. Its also
one of the fastest-growing sports for young
people to play in the United States.
Lacrosse started as a Native American
sport. Its now a sport played by men and
women around the world. In fact, more girls
are playing lacrosse today than ever before.
Girls who play lacrosse learn more than
just passing and shooting skills. They learn
to work together toward a goal. Does that
sound like fun? Read on to learn more about
the speedy sport of lacrosse!
A SPEEDY SPORT
When Native Americans
would gather to play lacrosse
many years ago, a game
could last for days and
feature thousands of players.
Lacrosse has changed from its earliest
days, but its still a sport that calls for
fast feet and quick thinking.
The modern sport of lacrosse has its
roots in games played with sticks and a ball
by native peoples who lived in Canada and
the northeastern United States. Europeans
were introduced to early versions, or kinds,
of lacrosse when they came to North
America. By the mid-1800s, mens lacrosse
clubs had formed in Canada. The sport also
began to grow in other countries, including
the United States.
Womens lacrosse is believed to have
started at St. Leonards School in Scotland
in 1890. Rosabelle Sinclair, who studied at
this school, played a big part in the growth
of womens lacrosse in the United States.
In 1926, Rosabelle Sinclair
began teaching young women
to play lacrosse at the Bryn
Mawr School in Baltimore,
Maryland. That school has the
longest-running girls lacrosse
program in the United States.
GROWING THE GAME
As womens lacrosse became more popular,
groups were created to govern the sport.
The first of these governing bodies in the
United Statesthe United States Womens
Lacrosse Associationwas founded in 1931.
Mens lacrosse had become popular
enough by the start of the 1900s to be
ofcially included in the 1904 and 1908
Summer Olympics. It was also played as a
demonstration sport in the 1928, 1932,
and 1948 Olympics. However, Olympic
ofcials didnt believe there was enough
international interest in mens lacrosse to
make it a permanent part of the Olympic
Games again. Womens lacrosse has never
been an Olympic sport.
Instead, the best womens lacrosse
players in the world face each other every
four years in the Womens Lacrosse World
Cup. The U.S. womens lacrosse team is the
most successful team in World Cup history.
As of 2016, the United States has
come in either first or second in
every Womens Lacrosse World Cup
since an international
championship
was first held in 1982.
INTERNATIONAL
PLAY
Many believe that both mens and womens
lacrosse are now popular enough all over the
world to become part of the Summer Olympics.
Until then, the worlds greatest players
represent their countries in other international
contests, including the World Cup.
mens
lacrosse in
the 1948
Olympics
The object of the game of lacrosse is
simple enough: to get the ball into the other
teams goal. Each goal is worth one point.
The only lacrosse player who can touch the
ball with her hands is the goalkeeper. This
means players have to use their stick to
throw the ball into the goal.
Womens lacrosse games feature 12
players on each team. These players are
divided into four groups: attack players,
midelders, defensive players, and the
goalkeeper. They all have to work together
in order to score and keep the other team
from scoring.
THE RULES OF
THE GAME
Cradling is a special skill
used in lacrosse that involves
turning the stick using the
arms and wrists. This allows a
player to have control over the
