Draft:Outline of lacrosse
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to lacrosse:
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively modified by European colonists, reducing the violence, to create its current collegiate and professional form.
Nature of lacrosse
[edit]Lacrosse can be described as all of the following:
- Sport –
- Ball sport –
- Stick sport –
- Team sport –
Types of lacrosse
[edit]- Box lacrosse – indoor version
- College lacrosse
- Field lacrosse – outdoor version
- Women's lacrosse
Lacrosse equipment
[edit]Lacrosse, by region
[edit]- Lacrosse in Australia
- Lacrosse in Canada
- Lacrosse in England
- Lacrosse in Israel
- Lacrosse in Scotland
- Lacrosse in Spain
- Lacrosse in the United States
- Lacrosse in India
History of lacrosse
[edit]- Montreal Lacrosse Club – founded the first set of written rules for the game.[1]
Lacrosse organizations
[edit]- Bermuda Lacrosse Association
- Czech Lacrosse Union
- Dutch Lacrosse Association
- Welsh Lacrosse Association
Lacrosse publications
[edit]Persons influential in lacrosse
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "History of Lacrosse". SportsKnowHow.com. Retrieved 2007-03-26.
External links
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Lacrosse at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
News from Wikinews
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
- [1]
- Lacrosse news archive at Baltimore Sun
- CBC Digital Archives - Lacrosse: A History of Canada's Game
- Lacrosse Map - Interactive team and tournament map documenting the growth of lacrosse since 1850.
- The "Official" Lacrosse Dictionary from E-Lacrosse.com
- The "Official" Lacrosse Forum
- UK Lacrosse Forum