The Equipment

As a beginner lacrosse player all the equipment can be overwhelming, especially coming from a sport like soccer or basketball. All the equipment have a purpose and are meant to protect you, if taken care of and worn correctly you wont even notice them on and will be able to run freely.

The Helmet

Remember to never un button the top buckles,
only the lower ones. This will make it easier to keep
putting the helmet on and off and will assure that
you keep the chin strap at the right length and size.

A helmet is obviously one of the most important pieces of equipment, It protects your your head, your face and part of your neck from a crazy stick, a stray ball or a flying teammate. In order for the helmet to work its best it needs to be snug on your head, but be careful not to make it too tight. Most helmets now are one size fits all so depending on the model you can adjust the helmet itself. More importantly is the chin strap, this will keep the helmet on tight. When putting on the chin strap make sure that the cup part is right around the chin itself, not under or even over the mouth. Be sure to snap the top straps through the cage like on the right. When putting the helmet on off never undo the top straps, simply do the bottom ones, pull the cup away from your face and pull the helmet off.

Shoulder Pads

Shoulder pads become more important as you start playing higher and higher level lacrosse because of the increase in contact. At the young age simple make sure that the pads protect your chest to protect from a ball. Also make sure that it covers the whole shoulder to avoid stick on bone contact.

Elbow Pads

You always know which pad goes on which arm because
you should always put the Velcro away from your body

Most importantly the elbow pads should protect your elbow cap which is the most sensitive part of your arm. Depending on preference you could also purchase longer elbow pads that will cover a lot of your fore arm as well. Remember always to strap the elbow pads outwards so that the end of the Velcro is never on the inside of you arm, this way you can never accidentally undo it yourself.





Gloves
Make sure that your gloves feel comfortable and that you are able to move freely in them. If they are too big you may not have control and if they are too small they may be hard to move it. Unlike Hockey gloves do not come in all lengths and sizes. Instead there is simply Jr, for the really little guys and 12" and 13".

The stick is a whole post on its own, look for everything you need to know about your Lacrosse stick, from all the parts to how to maintain it.