Lacrosse Positions?

Question

I am thinking of making the switch from Baseball to Lacrosse =]]. I am 13, so will I be able to fit right in or will it be hard for me to adjust? I play soccer, basketball, and track if that helps. I am fast and agile, but also strong and tall. I am not very good with the stick -.-..Can you help me out with the positions? thx

Answer 1

No lacrosse is really not that hard, there are 4 positions,
Attack- This is the position that stays behind the midfeild line(middle line), and "attacks" the goal. These are the lacrosse teams scoreers. Generally these guys are very "quick" not neccesarily fast just quick.(I play attack!)
Midfeild- These players are generally faster and have more endurance because they have to run all over the feild. They play both defence and offence.
Defence- these players also have to stay behind the midfeild line but play defence on the attackmen. They have longer shafts(handels) so they have more distance checks.
Goalie- Easy...they stop the ball have a lot of padding and we(attack and midies) score on them...its fun...
Happy Laxin

Answer 2

If you played soccer,you'll be fine. Yes picking up the stick handling skills will be hard,but once you do learn,it's like ridin a bike,you never forget it and you can always do it, it's been 5 years since I plays, I can still do all my tricks and what not, though the speed isnt what it used to be. Craddling is the hardest part of lacrosse. Think of craddling as this. Your doing a wrist curl with a dumbell but instead of gripping it as hard as possible, keep it loose. Your coach can show you a more fine technique than that. With how sticks are today, it's hard telling you how to shoot a ball these days. Lacrosse is a fun hard hitting sport. I think you made a good choice in switching. Enjoy the great sport of lacrosse

Answer 3

You should be able to make the switch fine. To get better at ball handling, practice off a wall 30 minutes a day and your skills will shoot straight up!

As for the positions:

There are 12 people on the field.
1 Goalie - Self explanatory
3 Low D's (defense)- Self explanatory
4 Middies (midfielders)- Two of them are Dwings, two are Attacks. They are based around the center circle. Switch off playing the whole field.
1 Center- Plays the whole field Does the draw at the beginning of the game.
3 Homes- Permanent offense.

It's a whole lot like hockey. To find more details on the positions and how to play the game there are many websites. Hope I helped and good luck!



Oh yes, the field is 140 yards long so it's good you run.

Answer 4

Play Midfielder for lacrosse. They run up and down the field and are not usually the biggest guys on the team. And play lacrosse its much more fun and exciting than track.

Answer 5

i already answered this question for you... but i copied and pasted my answer 4 the extra 2 pts!

well depending on the level of players in your area, it could be an easy switch or it could be hard. if it is really popular in your area and there are a lot of good people, it could be hard to adjust and you might not fit in right away. i dont know if it is different for guys lacrosse, but in girls there is 3 attack players, 4 middies, 3 defense players, and a goalie

Lacrosse is really fun! you should totally switch!

Answer 6

Found a good resource link for you here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrosse#Field_lacrosse it should help with a lot of your questions.

Also, find more discussion, information, articles, tips, drills, etc on lacrosse and more at http://www.active.com and http://active.typepad.com/teamsports