Ok, so you’ve caught the lacrosse bug. You carry your stick with you wherever you go, you’re doing your stick drills, and you can’t wait for spring to come so you can hit the field. Well, you don’t have to wait for the cold weather to thaw before you can play the game we love so much. There is a version of lacrosse that you ought to try. It’s called box lacrosse.
While lacrosse was invented my native Americans centuries ago, box lacrosse was created in the 1930’s by a bunch of Canadians. You may not know this, but Canadians are becoming obsessed with lacrosse. It was declared in 1994 as the official national summer sport, just as hockey is it’s official winter sport. What does a Canadian lacrosse junkie do if they don’t play hockey? It is a long wait in the Great White North before the lacrosse fields are free of snow.
Some enterprising hockey arena owners in Canada figured out that if you remove the ice from a hockey rink it makes a great place to play lacrosse anytime (and they could make more money, too!). In the US it is typically a winter sport, but it is becoming more of a year-round game in Canada where it is a professional sport.
If you think lacrosse is a fast-paced game, box lacrosse is absolutely frenetic. The rink is smaller than a regulation lacrosse field, so you only need six players. Also, there is no out of bounds like field lacrosse unless the ball goes over the boards, and playing the ball (and other players!) off the boards is fair game. Box lacrosse is a great workout and loads of fun.
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