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The history of lacrosse ​

Lacrosse was invented by the indigenous people of North America and Canada. They played it to pay homage to the god of war, or often to strengthen team spirit before wars against other tribes. Usually hundreds of players played against each other. ​

The facts of lacrosse ​ ​

• Das Feld ist 55m breit und 102m lang (Olympische Variante 36m x 70m)
• The goal is 1.83m by 1.83m ​ ​
• It is played with a ball made of hard rubber ​ ​
• The racket is called the crosse and is between 101cm and 183cm long ​ ​
• In the head is a web called a pocket
  
• Das Spiel dauert 4x15 Minuten (Olympische Variante 4x8 Minuten)
  
• Auf dem Feld stehen 10 Männer oder 10 Frauen  (Olympische Variante je 6)
• Since there is a lot of physical contact in the men's game, the players wear helmets, gloves, elbow pads and abdominal protection ​ ​
• The women's game, on the other hand, is more technical, they only wear a face mask and sometimes goggles ​ ​