NLL Preseason Brawl

We by no measure condone fighting, but still check out this clip of a NLL preseason fight. What makes this fight different from every other hockey or NLL fight you ask? Not only is it preseason, but both guys are on the same team! Even weirder The Rochester Knighthawks are promoting this video on their website and youtube channel. Can you imagine the Heat releasing a video of Lebron, Bosh and Wade going toe to toe in a 3 pronged death match? Exactly! The only thing positive to take away from this video is that both players are wearing rib pads, they know whats good.

Student-Atheltes...Students First

With lacrosse practice, school work, family and everything else we have on going in our lives we are all extremely busy. We all need to find to accomplish everything we need too. We need to find time to practice all of our skills and hone them for our games and team practices while juggling demanding academic expectations as well. And while lacrosse is obviously very important we are all, Student-Athletes. Students first, so you must able to balance and manage your time. 


To start off know what needs to get done and when. Keep an agenda, calendar or sticky note system, what ever works for you to keep you organized. When it comes to school work procrastinating is the worst thing possible, why stress about a project for three weeks and then pull an all nighter when you can do 10 minutes every night and finish early. You will be less stressed and produce better school work. Be proactive and stay on top of your assignments.


Once you finish your school work you can once again focus on being an athlete. By laying out all of your assignments you can more easily see where you have free time to practice, whether its doing some lifting or playing wall ball. You can block off daily slots to practice. Like you school work it shouldn't all be done for 5 hours straight one day a week but rather 20 to 30 minutes a day every day. Although you may not have full schedules now time management is extremely important, especially with aspirations of playing high school and even college lacrosse. As the school work become more demanding so does the lacrosse, and then simply having enough time is your biggest enemy. So learn now how to make the most of your day.

No If, Ands, or Butts about it!

 All sticks come with a factory round rubber butt end, most players substitute them for alternatives. Some people use just tape leaving the hole open and metal exposed. Others cover the hole with a soda or beer bottle cap. Everyone finds there own ways to cover their butt, but there are rules that prohibit certain things. Unfortunately, they seem to be somewhat of mystery.

There are a few rules that are extremely specific but leave a lot of room for variation. Your sticks end can not be hallow and no metal can be exposed. So you have a few options, either use the factory butt end or cover the end with tape or use a bottle cap the rest of the way that you tape is up too you. Below is the best way to avoid the rubber butt.

Things you will need.

You will need a shaft with no tape, two rolls of hockey tape (hockey tape supplies better grip then athletic tape or anything else), a soda bottle cap and a pair of scissors. Start by wedging the bottle cap on the bottom of the shaft, you may have to squeeze it sideways to force it on. Don't worry if the cap isnt perfectly level or round anymore, after the tape is applied you wont be able to tell the difference. Take your first roll of tape and rap it around the cap a few times to secure it. The edge of the tape should be level with the top of the cap. Then begin to tape the part of the shaft where you will keep your hand. Start 8 inches or so up the shaft and work your way down, tape with a little overlap. You shouldnt be able to see any stick in between the tape, Finish right below the cap.

         

Take your second roll of tape and cut the end in half to make a "half roll". This is the size of tape we will use to tape the butt end.  The butt will be taped in two tiers. First, tape below the cap, continue until the tier is level with the cap. Then tape around the cap, going until the butt is big enough for your preference. You now have a nice safe and secure butt end as well as a great grip.

Questions!

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Tryouts

With the offseason coming to a close, tryouts and the beginning of the season are right around the corner. Your have prepared tirelessly in the offseason, so be ready to have a great tryout. Some people psych themselves out, get in their own heads and don't play to their potential. Don't let that happen to you, keep a positive attitude. Go into tryouts knowing you have the right skills and are in the best shape possible. 


Returner or first year player no one is ever guaranteed a spot, try your hardest and earn the respect you deserve. Coaches understand that you might be nervous, so if you drop a pass, dont hang your head, shake it off and go get that ground ball! No matter what always work your hardest, the extra effort will take you a long way. 


Be a coachable player, that means maintaining that all around positive attitude. Run on and off the field at all times, be attentive in huddles and show the coaches and your teammates that you mean business. Listen to what your coaches have to say to you, they are telling you it for reason. They know the game and they know what is best for you. 


Overall, be comfortable, be confident and play the game you love the way you know how. 

Climbing the Ladder

So far we have worked on our endurance and core strength, the next few weeks will be all about speed. Regardless of position speed is essential: your first step, your break away spend, or your ability to catch up are all important. One of the best ways to work on your foot speed is with ladder exercises. This is a piece of training equipment that you can not live without. They are not incredibly expensive, and they are definitely worth the investment.

Below is a video courtesy of our friend Chris Barnard from Overtime Athletics. The video is a compilation of 8 ladder exercises, varying from easy to very difficult. Take a look.

Like almost every exercise we do, form is key. Notice how the man in the video always has his knees bent in an athletic stance, he isn't bobbing up and down he is staying low. His arms are also pumping in sequence with his legs, like he is running. Don't try to go to fast you will only trip, make sure you are well balanced and going at a fast but manageable pace

Begin by trying the first five techniques: one foot, two feet, two feet in one foot out, two feet in two feet out, and two feet lateral. Do each variation down and back ways 3 times with 20 seconds rest in between technique. This can also serve as an endurance drill so push yourself. As you begin to get comfortable move on to the other three more challenging techniques. 

Shape Up: Playing Wall Ball

This week's article is throw back (pun intended), we are brining back an old post to remind everyone how to properly practice your throwing and catching, nothing is more important!

The more you work on your stick skills the better they get and lacrosse is a sport where continual practice is essential. While having a catch with your buddy is great he can't give you the repetition and consistency of a wall. Playing wall ball is the best way to improve your skills. You can use a cinderblock wall in the gym, a brick wall behind your house or a bounce back. What ever you use make sure that you don't have your mom chasing after you for breaking a window.  

Aggressive Athletic Stance

The most important thing while working the wall is to practice like you play. Make all your movements realistic and at game speed because otherwise it's pointless. Start with an aggressive athletic stance, your opposite foot forward, knees bent, chest up and out and elbows up and back. Before you even pick up stick, practice throwing with your hand. Exaggerate every motion, stepping forward, arching your arm, snapping through. This is how you should always throw and catch the ball. The lack of having a stick and second hand to rely on should show you how important it is to fully follow through. When you do pick up your stick, stand a good 8 to 10 feet away to give your self room to move, throw and catch. No matter what type of wall you are using pick a spot, a crack, a brick, and piece of tape and aim for that spot continuously. Work on your aim and consistency. Remember to keep your hands away from your body and to always move your feet, step towards your target and follow through.

Keeps hands up and away 

from your body

This is your opportunity to work on your off hand. Every time you throw against the ball try to get in at least 50 concise, quick, clean, precision passes with each hand. Once you get comfortable practice catching with one split dodging and then throwing with other. Hopefully after enough practice this motion will be fluid.

To continue to be successful you must be comfortable and efficent using both of your hands, so practicing on the wall is incredibly important. Try to 'play wall ball' at least twice a week. No matter what level of lacrosse you play at, you must continue to practice the fundamentals.

Getting Buff from Home

In the game of lacrosse you rely on your entire body to generate power, everything from your legs, your upper body, your core, and your arms. You dont have to go to gym and throw around big weights to become strong and powerful. There are simple exercises you can do around the house to increase your strength. Spend 20 minutes before school performing these workouts and you will see the difference in no time.


Push-Ups (20 reps)
Push-Ups are not just for your chest, they are great for strengthening your back, arms, chest, and core. It is probably one of the best no weight exercises you can do. Everyone thinks they know how to do a pushup, but do you really?

Squat Jumps (10 reps)

This exercise is great for you leg and core strength and explosion. Watch the first video below on how to a correct squat but the exercise doesn't end there. Watch the second video to see how to explode out of your stance and land softly in the same position. The absolute most important thing here is form!

Underhand Pull Ups (10 reps or as many as you can do)
The video says it all. The best upper body work out possible. Remember not to swing or wiggle, slowly lower yourself down and pull straight up.

Forearm Hammer Curl (15 reps each hand)
Your form arms are essential when it comes to having follow through power on your shot. The forearm hammer curl does not require a lot of weight or time, but will have a huge effect.

Traditional Sit up (20 reps)
The core is one of the most important muscle groups when it comes to power. Its in your core that all your power from your legs is transferred, combined and channeled through your arms. The Sit up is the perfect exercise to target the abdominals and the core, but like the Pushup not many people know exactly how to do them correctly. Watch the video below for the perfect Sit up technique.

The repetition are meant as a starting point. If they get to easy, challenge yourself by first trying to do another set of all the exercises, then maybe add another 5 to 10 repetition. In all these workout push yourself to do them all correctly, have good form and complete every repetition. And of course remember to have your Wheaties and a good balanced breakfast before school.

Shape Up!

Lacrosse is the fastest game on two feet so you need to be fit to play. While running long distance is a great work out it doesn't get you in the kind of conditioning you need for lacrosse. Lacrosse is a game of sprints where you must have short bursts of speed continuously. So sprints, and lots of them, are the key to getting into good lacrosse shape.

When training, try to avoid doing your running of pavement, concrete, or even gym floors, the repetitive pounding wears on your joints; traditional grass or turf are the best to train on. The best way to start is to mark off 20 yards. Whether you use cones or a pair of gloves it doesn't matter, as long as you mark off a start and a finish. When you do run your sprints its important to finish the sprint. Don’t run up to the finish point, run through it. You should stop another 5 yards past the finish line. Since it is such a short distance this should be an explosive, all out sprint from beginning to end.

Before you start set a goal of how many consecutive sprints you think you can do. Don’t be over ambitious but also don’t underachieve. Whatever you think you can realistically think you can do add one on too and that is your goal. Working out is all about pushing your limits. Throughout this training you should ALWAYS BE MOVING. When you finish a sprint, turn around walk back to the finish line and jog to the start line to go again. And when you finish whatever you do, don’t bend over; stand up tall and catch your breath.

As you practice more and more your endurance will increase and so will your speed. Hopefully your goals will get higher and higher too. When ten 20 yard sprints become easy, move it back to 30 yards and try again. Unfortunately, getting into shape isn’t like riding a bike, it doesn’t stick with you. If you don’t run for long enough you will lose all your progress. So it is extremely important to stay on top of your conditioning. When spring comes around and your opponents are sucking wind, you ll be glad you put in the time.

Boston Cannons Finally Break Through

Finally. After 11 straight playoff qualifications for the Boston Cannons, the franchise finally hoisted their first Steinfeld Trophy as Major League Lacrosse Championship this past August. The whole team and especially their super caliber leader, Paul Rabil, were ecstatic about the victory,


 “This victory was just a great cumulative team effort." Paul Rabil told MLL.com after the win, "You know I’ve been asked in years past about the Cannons breaking through [in the playoffs], and how the team has had some unfortunate finishes but that’s really a credit to the talents of the rest of the league. There are great players on all the teams and the Cannons have just come up short. But the way this team played in the present is such a great testament to the effort of everyone on the team.”


The Cannons had a magical season starting off 6-1 and then caped off their championship campaign with 5 straight victories. The whole team contributes their success to the passion and close nit family feel of the organization. What ever they are doing in Boston, it is working.


It seems extremely appropriate that the Boston Cannons won this year of all years. It wasn't two years ago that 4 teams folded, including two teams that played int the leagues 2001 inaugural season. WIth the loss of the Philadelphia Barrage, New Jersey Pride, Los Angeles Rip Tide, and the San Francisco Dragons the league was left with only 6 teams. So it seemed fitting that this year The Boston Cannons, one of the few original franchises left, won the championship. A symbol of the longevity and potential of the league.


Despite the past troubles the league has had, the future looks promising. This past December Commissioner David Gross announced a confirmed plan for two more expansion teams in 2012. One in Charlotte, North Carolina and Columbus, Ohio, both cities with quickly growing Lacrosse markets. With national growing interest, international television cover on ESPN, and an extremely competetive and diverse league the MLL has a lot to look forward too. And all of us as fans should be excited for the ride!

Summer Time, Livin's Easy

Summer lacrosse is some of the most fun lacrosse, all day tournaments, 4 games a day,

picnicing for every meal, camps with your teammates, and crazy uniforms. It is also a great time

to work on your skills and to really improve your game, take advantage of all the free time and

great weather. But just playing for your summer club team on the weekend, game after game,

does not count as practicing. Those are games where you can see the improvement in your

shot or maybe try the move you have been working on all spring. The key though is to not be

sitting on your couch all your summer. Games, tournaments, and camps are chances for you to

display and hone your new skills not practice them. With that said put on your craziest lax

penny, nicest golf shorts, highest nike socks, some sweet shades and enjoy the summer.

Under Armour: Protecting Their Secrets.

UA Website

Under Armour, the sports apparal company that started by creating warm weather gear for lacrosse teams of Maryland, has finally announced the development of their own lacrosse equipment line, complete with protective gear and sticks. But just like their slogan "We Must Protect this House", the details for their products are very slim. Other than a few leaked pictures by our friend over at laxunation.com and a small posting on the Under Armour website nothing is known. And while there is no apparent release date we will all have to just wait for the highly anticipated launch.

UA Spectre Glove

UA Control Shafts

UA Demolish Head

Crooked Arrows

All sports have their great movie to call their own. Football has Rudy, Remember the Titan, Any Given Sunday. Basketball has Hoosiers and of course Space Jam, Hockey has Miracle and Mighty Ducks, and Baseball has too many too count. Finally Lacrosse fans everywhere will have our own movie.


Crooked Arrows, expected to release next spring, is the story of a Native American High School Lacrosse team rekindling their  love for the game while challenging the Elite of East Coast Prep School Lacrosse. This traditional underdog story incorporates the spirit of the game with the modern backdrop of High School lacrosse. The movie will be directed by Mitchell Peck who just completed the extremely successful and action packed Priest 3D.


Last week finished the really cool auditions. Peck and his crew traveled to Maryland, New Jersey and Connecticut, all hot bed lacrosse states to enlist the help of budding high school lacrosse stars for a chance to be in this feature film. Over a thousand nation wide talents have already tried out.


The timing of this movie could not be more perfect, it is currently coming in the wake of MTV Teen Wolf. A TV series about a teenage Wearwolf, lacrosse replaces the cliche back story of high school football with California's premier High School Program. The sport will not be an undertone in Crooked Arrow, however but the full blown focus. This additional publicity for the sport comes at a time where proffesional and collegiate lacrosse are gaining national attention, interest and attendence. Denver Universities sucess this year in the NCAA tournament proves the growth of the sport nation wide. With lacrosse's new spot in Hollywood who knows where lacrosse will end up.


Cooked Arrows Official Website

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Just Meshin' Around

You have so many option when it comes to stringing your stick. The biggest decision though is deciding which material you want to use. There are so many different variations of mesh, traditional and other creative creations, all with their own advantages and disadvantages.


Mesh

10 Diamond Mesh

Lacrosse mesh is simply a nylon woven web. It is the least expensive stringing material, but also the easiest to work with and to play with. The durability and reliability make the material of choice for most beginners and players in difficult weather. Even with in the Mesh category there are numerous choices. The number of diamonds refers to how many diamonds the mesh forms across the mesh. The more diamonds the closer nit the mesh. Some players choose 10 diamond mesh for that reason, they feel that the smaller holes gives more grip and control on the ball. Others feel the exact opposite and pick Monster Mesh. Some people even choose Micro Mesh, or 20 diamond mesh. If you choose 10 diamond you then have the option between soft and hard mesh. Hard mesh gives your strength, consistency, and durability where soft mesh gives flexibility.

6 Diamond-Monster Mesh

20 Diamond- Micro Mesh

Traditional

Traditional Stringing

Traditional stringing is the combination of vertical leather strings interweaved with nylons. The name says it all, this is the original way of stringing, minus the animal gut! Apart from looking really cool, Traditional lacing gives you the most natural feel as a ball handler. A well strung Traditional stick will though perfect every time. Although beware they often have whip just because of the nature of the strings. However, what traditional lacing gains in ball control it loses in convenience. Traditional's biggest short coming is its inconsisency. Since the leather will warp or shrink in any climate or moisture there is not much dependency to be had in a traditionally strung stick. Because of the inconsistency and difficulty level, these sticks are not recommended for beginners. 

There is no one correct way to string a lacrosse stick. You can combine materials, blend traditional methods and new methods, or just make it up as you go. Here are some awesome pictures of creative stringing.

Breaking in Your Pocket

Breaking in the pocket is essential for you to be comfortable with the ball in your stick. Most players feel that by breaking in their pocket they have more control of the ball and the release of their passes and shots are more precise. The most natural way to break in a pocket is just by lots and lots of use, only after you have thrown, shot, and scooped with your stick for a week of so will the mesh naturally warp to perfection. Personally this is my favorite way to break in a pocket because I like the feel and control of brand new, hard gripping mesh. Others want to get right to the soft broken in pocket, and there are a few ways to do it.


One of the more common ways is by using hair conditioner. Just like it does for your hair, a little bit of condition rubbed into the mesh will soften the material and make it feel worn in. All you need to do is apply a nickel sized squirt into the pocket and rub it in, then let it sit.

A more natural way is by stretching the mesh, this will give a feel more like actually breaking it in. The process is simple; lightly rinse the pocket in water, place the ball where you want it to sit in the pocket and then wedge either a knife, chop stick, pencil or what ever over the ball and in between the sidewall strings and the plastic of the stick. Hopefully this will keep the ball propped in the mesh stretching it. Let it sit until the water dries. This is a simple and less time consuming alternative to pounding the pocket with your fist or a ball, which works just as well.


If you are a player who doesnt like their mesh soft but still wants the big pocket then you can loosen the side strings and back string. By loosening the string the pocket will become larger with out the mesh stretching at all. This accomplishes the goal however when the mesh does stretch, naturally, you ll have to tighten the strings back up to avoid a sagging pocket.

Second Times the Charm: Salisbury Tops Tufts 2nd Second Time Around

Sunday afternoon the Salisbury Sea Gulls captured their 9th NCAA Division III Men's Lacrosse Championship with a demanding 19-7 win over the reigning Champion Jumbos of Tufts University. The victory was extra sweet by avenging the final round loss to Tufts the year before. The Sea Gulls victory ends the 17 year drought for the program and marks the 15th title in school history as well as the 9th title for head coach Jim Berkman in his 23 year tenure.

Salisbury came out of the gate hungry, starting with a big defensive stop followed by 3 quick goals, forcing the Tufts coaching staff to call a timeout rather quickly. Tufts was able to recuperate by scoring one tally but ended the first half down 6-1, ironically the same lead they had at half time last year. The difference in the first half was owning the ground and the face-off circle. Salisbury scooped up 18 balls of the turf where Tufts only had 10, won 57% of the draws, and nearly doubled the Jumbos 14 shots with 27 of their own.

The Sea Gulls controlled the rest of the contest, rallying behind stellar goaltending from Division III National Goalkeeper of the Year Johnny Rodriguez and explosive offense from Sam Bradman with a career high 8 points.

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Tune into watch the Virginia and Maryland duke it out for the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship today, 3:30 on ESPN2.

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I'm Sure No Underdogs are Upset Right Now: The Weekend of Upsets

This weekend was one for the books. This awfully shocking lacrosse saga ended withonly one higher seed advancing from each coupling. Make no mistake, these are all talented teams more than deserving that trip to M&T stadium. This is the first trip to championship weekend for Denver, with the possibility of winning their very first NCAA Division I Mens Lacrosse Title. Before the 2011 tournament not only had a team from west of the Mississippi River never even won a game let alone gotten to Championship Weekend. We tip our hat to Tearney and his Denver Pioneers. Below are some of the highlights from the weekend.

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No one could have missed the shocking new uniforms sported by Syracuse. Syracuse's famous caution orange was married to Nike's new trademark neon yellow making the whole team look like a slew of traffic cones. Researchers from Nike claim that the color is the most noticeable and eye catching color created. When Syracuse head coach, John Desko, was reminded that Oregon football wore the same color in their championship appearance and lost, he said he really didnt care, as long as the kids were focused and excited. I bet he is thinking about it now.

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These games were some of the best televised games I had every seen. Not only were the games all nail bitters and the camera angles were awesome, especially the behind the net cam, but all the games had some of the most hilarious commentating. The best one liners are below..

"Helicopter! Yard sale in Foxborough"
"Telegraphed- Right in the Breadbasket"
"looking for the ice breaker"
"Right down Route 1 to the net!"
"FASTBALL, high."
"Ready to throw the lumber"
"Turning on the jets"
"The Skooch as he puts it on the carpet."

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ESPN Highlights: "Maryland knocks off Syracuse in OT"

ESPN Highlights: "Duke (5) edges Notre Dame (4)"

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ESPN Preview, get excited!

Now we are all looking for next week. Will a first time Champion be crowned, with Denver prevailing? Will Duke repeat or will Virginia or Maryland return to Lacrosse glory? It should be an exciting weekend all televised on the ESPN networks. Cant wait to see what surprises Nike has in store for us this weekend. The schedule is below...

Saturday, May 28 SEMIFINAL
Virginia vs. Denver 
4pm, ESPN 2 and espn3.com (online)

Saturday, May 28 SEMIFINAL

Maryland vs. Duke 

6:30pm, ESPN 2 and espn3.com (online)

Monday, May 30 FINAL

3:30pm, ESPN 2 and espn3.com (online)

Mastering the One on One

The one on one, mano a mano, the head to head, the two man tango is an essential part of lacrosse. Will you be able to beat your defender? Will you draw a slide or have a straight lane to the net? The key to be successful as a dodger is being able to identify your strengths while noticing your opponent’s weaknesses. You dont want to make an elaborate move to your weak hand setting yourself for a poor shot opportunity, but at the same time you dont want to be to predictable for your opponents only going to one side (just dont have a weak hand ;) , hit the wall! Scroll down for a reminder on how to practice on the wall).

Young players have the habit of deciding on their move, deke, or juke before they even reach the defender picking a fancy spin or flashy swim move. Moves cant be pre decided, they have to be reactions to what your defender does, you need to be able to read the situation and move from there. Wait for your defender to “commit”, to lunge one way or the other and then make your move.

One of the beauties of lacrosse is an athlete of any size can play, but they cant all play the same way. If you are larger and stronger then your defender use it to your advantage, close the “gap” or space between you and the defender, and physically overpower them. Your opponent will begin to favor one side, over committing, read the situation and roll away from pressure. On the contrary if speed and agility is your strength then keep your distance and use shifty moves to get around the defender apposed through him.

This is another example where lacrosse is just as mental as physical, like violent chess. You must anticipate you opponents movements, prepare for the encounter and then react. Take advantage of your opponents weaknesses and utilize your strengths.

The Game's Rich Past

Lacrosse is considering America's first sport being played by the Native Americans as early as 1500. Although the game of lacrosse we play now is vastly different the tradition and nature of the sport still remains. US Lacrosse has done a fantastic job of creating a written history with a detailed timeline of the progression of the game. Its amazing how far the game has come from a tribal ritual to the world athletic stage. Every player, parent or fan should understand and appreciate the founding of the beautiful game.

Lacrosse Historical Timeline

1636 - Jesuit Missionary Jean de Brebeuf is the first to document the game of lacrosse

1794 - A match between the Seneca and Mohawks results in the creating of basic rules.

1834 - Caughnawaga Indians demonstrate the sport in Montreal. The game is reported by the newspaper and, for the first time, white men are interested in the sport.

1867 - Dr. William George Beers, the father of modern lacrosse, finalizes the first set of playing rules for the Montreal Club.

1876 - Queen Victoria watched and "endorses" a lacrosse game in Windsor, England. New York University is the first college in the United States to establish a lacrosse team.

1881 - The first intercollegiate tournament is held at Westchester Polo Grounds in New York.

1890 - The first women's lacrosse game is played at St. Leonard's School in St. Andrew's, Scotland.

1904 - Lacrosse is first played as an actual event in the Olympics in St. Louis, with Canada winning the gold medal. The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse League is formed. Laurie D. Cox, William C. Schmeisser and Charles Lattig form a committee to develop a uniform code of operation for college lacrosse, and divide the colleges into north and south divisions. 

1908 - Lacrosse is played for the last time as an actual Olympic event in London, and Canada again wins the gold medal.

1926 - Rosabelle Sinclair reestablishes women's lacrosse in the United States when she starts a team at the Bryn Mawr School in Baltimore.

1931 - The United States Women's Lacrosse Association (USWLA) is formed as the rule-making body for women's lacrosse.

1933 - The USWLA holds its first national tournament in Greenwich, Conn.

1937 - Robert Pool introduces the first double-walled wooden stick, an early prototype for today's plastic sticks.

1947 - The men's field game positions change from goalkeeper, point, cover point, first defense, second defense, center, second attack, first attack and in home to goal keeper, attack, midfield and defense.

1959 - The Lacrosse Foundation is incorporated as the sport's national development center and archive.

1967 - Coach Willis Bilderback of Navy wins his eighth consecutive intercollegiate title.

1971 - Men's college lacrosse allies with the NCAA. The International Federation of Women's Lacrosse Association (IFWLA) is founded.

1978 - The first issue of Lacrosse Magazine is published by The Lacrosse Foundation.

1982 - The first NCAA women's championship is played at Trenton State University between the University of Massachusetts and Trenton State University.

1982 - The first IFWLA World Cup is played in Nottingham, England and won by the United States, which defeated Australia 10-7 in the gold medal game.

1985 - The Rocky Mountain Lacrosse Foundation becomes the first of many regional chapters of The Lacrosse Foundation. The Japan Lacrosse Association is formed. The major Indoor Lacrosse League revives professional box lacrosse in Baltimore, New York, Philadelphia and Washington.

1990 - Coach Roy Simmons, Jr. of Syracuse University is the first coach to win four NCAA titles.

1997 - The University of Maryland wins it's fifth NCAA women's championship. 

1997 - The new Lacrosse Museum and National Hall of Fame are rededicated, completing the expansion of the US Lacrosse headquarters.

1998 - US Lacrosse is founded as the national governing body of men's and women's lacrosse.

2001 - Major League Lacrosse, a professional league for field lacrosse, makes its debut. 

2003 - The NCAA Men's Championship is played in Baltimore's M&T Bank Stadium, marking the first time that the event is held in an NFL stadium.

2003 - The ILF and IFWLA U-19 World Championships are held in Towson, Maryland (U.S.) where the U.S. teams won both titles.

2004 - Lacrosse is named the official team sport of Maryland. 

2005 - Northwestern becames the first team from outside the Eastern Time Zone to win an NCAA national lacrosse championship at any level. The Wildcats capped a perfect 21-0 season with a 13-10 win over Virginia in the women's Division I final.

2006 - The International Lacrosse Federation World Championship is played in London, Ontario (Canada). The Canadians win the title with a 15-10 victory over the U.S. in the gold medal game, snapping the American men's 38-game winning streak, dating back to 1978.

2008 - The Federation of International Lacrosse (FIL) is formed through a merger of the men's and women's international lacrosse associations.

2010 - A record 29 nations participate in the FIL Men's World Championship in Manchester, England, The U.S. defeats Canada 12-10 in the gold medal game. 

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