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Lacrosse: The Fastest Game On Two Feet Paul Seiberlich TR1230 Baca Spring 2013 Beginning, Religious, Gambling, Military training, Equipment, Expansion, Protection, Rules, Playing field, Ivy league school\Upper Class. Pro League. Mens, Womens, Indoor, Fanatics, and a closing video. Lacrosse… Speed, Agility, Strength, and Adrenaline, the fastest game on two feet! But where did it come from? As early as the 1400s, the Iroquois, Huron, Algonquin and other Indian tribes were playing Lacrosse. In the beginning lacrosse was called baggataway. It was a game that was played over a huge area. It was based on part religious ritual and part military training. What made it more important to win is that players were…show more content…
Due to the high player content and testosterone, often scuffles or fights broke out on the field due to so many people running around with sticks, and only one ball. “Legs and arms are broken, and it has even happened that a player has been killed. It is quite common to see someone crippled for the rest of his life who would not have had this misfortune but for his own obstinacy.” In this instance the player refused to give up the ball, which he had trapped on the ground between his feet. (Reference #7) Lacrosse had spiritual significance for the Native Americans as many things did. Shamans said prayers for the competitors before each game, so that the gods would favor their team. A match started with a face off during which players would hold their sticks in the air and shout out to get the gods’ attention. Games were sometimes played to appeal to the gods for healing or to settle disputes between tribes. Ode'min Giizis Festival - Peterborough Ontario June 15-19, 2011 Ode’min Giizis (pronounced o’DAY-min GHEE-zus) is the sixth moon of the Anishnaabe calendar. It marks the beginning of summer, the longest day of the year, and the harvest of the strawberry in…show more content…
It was considered a “Gentlemen’s sport”, so it was the well-to-do or upper middle class that played the sport. You can see that today where it is prevalent in Ivy League colleges and Private schools, as opposed to inner city public school. The equipment required to play can cost quite a bit for a teenager to purchase. $150-$670, plus health insurance. In the 1840s, French settlers in Canada took up the game. A match between a French team and Indian team was played at Montreal’s Olympic club in 1844. The Montreal Lacrosse Club was founded in 1856 and established the first written set of rules. These rules set standard field dimensions (no more 880-yard fields) and team size. (Hundreds of players were just a few too many, for umpires to keep track of. Ten per side worked better.) A Canadian dentist, George Beers, is designated the father of modern lacrosse. He revised the rules and it was his set of rules that was adopted by the National Lacrosse Association of Canada when it was in 1867. Lacrosse became so popular in Canada that it was named the national sport. (Bet you thought Canada’s national sport was hockey. Ice hockey actually patterned its rules after lacrosse and most early hockey players also were lacrosse

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