Lacrosse

[Reschke]

Keep in touch and I will let you know if I come down in the spring or fall to referee any games down there.

[Seanaldinho]

Keep in touch and I will let you know if I come down in the spring or fall to referee any games down there.

Will do 

At least there is a pro league now so it gets more attention.  It looks interesting.

Nike has started to get into it too. Wherever Nike goes there will be more attention.

[morfiend]

Im gonna be playing with the Destin Team. My friend just ordered 2 sticks and a pack of balls, he said one stick is mine and half of the balls with the disclaimer Ill pay him eventually haha. Its a Nike Elite Attack Stick.

Only place I wont have pads is the waist down (with one exception). Ive been told by almost everyone to get a rib/back pad.

  As you've been told by others about the kidney pad,be sure to get the best you can!

   We used old hockey gloves,I suppose these days they have "lacrosse gloves" but we would take the hockey gloves and cut the palm area out and cut strips out of the fingers to leave only the tip area intact. This allows you to feel the stick better,oh and you can place your glove on an oponent and slip your fingers out to get a good hold!


   

[Seanaldinho]

  As you've been told by others about the kidney pad,be sure to get the best you can!

   We used old hockey gloves,I suppose these days they have "lacrosse gloves" but we would take the hockey gloves and cut the palm area out and cut strips out of the fingers to leave only the tip area intact. This allows you to feel the stick better,oh and you can place your glove on an oponent and slip your fingers out to get a good hold!


    

The team will provide helmets, shoulder and arm pads. So the only things Im buying are a mouthguard, rib pad, and a stick which my friend just ordered me. Hence I can afford the nice rib pad that also has back pads.

[Reschke]

It is against the rules to have the palms cut out of your gloves in high school or youth lacrosse as it is improper equipment. We as referees do check for those things and it is probably because of the things like the above that happened in the past.

[Seanaldinho]

It is against the rules to have the palms cut out of your gloves in high school or youth lacrosse as it is improper equipment. We as referees do check for those things and it is probably because of the things like the above that happened in the past.

Could you explain the legality of checks to me? I understand that it cant be from behind but other then that I have no idea what makes a check clean and a check dirty.

[morfiend]

It is against the rules to have the palms cut out of your gloves in high school or youth lacrosse as it is improper equipment. We as referees do check for those things and it is probably because of the things like the above that happened in the past.

  I suspect this,as I said I suppose they have proper lacrosse gloves these days!

   I played in the mid sixties to mid seventies so alot has changed and I played mostly box lacrosse,the only time I played any field lacrosse was in high school. We didnt even have full face protection,only a hockey helmet with no visor or guards.


   Oh and referees were an evil necessity.......


   

[Seanaldinho]

Whats the difference between soccer cleats and lacrosse cleats? Lax cleats seem taller...

Will refs care if I wear my purple and lime green Nike Mercurials?

[1sum41]

They shouldn't.. I wore warrior burn series. I loved those cleats.

[ALFAMEGA51]

Whats the difference between soccer cleats and lacrosse cleats? Lax cleats seem taller...

Will refs care if I wear my purple and lime green Nike Mercurials?

Haha heck no, i wore bright yellow soccer cleats as a outside linebacker this past season  , im sure the color wont matter unless your team has guidelines   

[Seanaldinho]

Alright just making sure because you cant wear football cleats in soccer (metal studs/front stud). Didnt know if soccer cleats were banned from Lax.