Sport of the Week: Lacrosse

Sport of the Week, every week a sport is put in the spotlight at the ACLO. We do this through photos, videos, information and interesting facts.

This Week's Sport is: Lacrosse

Lacrosse is also known as the fastest sport on two feet. It is a sport where speed,
agility, insight and communication are important components.

Lacrosse is a segregated sport. The rules between ladies and gentlemen are clearly different. While men wear head, shoulder, elbow and hand protection because the sport is full-contact, women only wear a mouthguard during this fast, tactical sport. The men's variant therefore looks more like ice hockey through the air, while the women's variant looks more like hockey through the air.

Lacrosse Groningen Gladiators is the association in Groningen that practices this sport. They practice both the men's and women's variants. It is a relatively unknown but extremely fast-growing sport that would like to make its name better known in the Netherlands. Internationally, this is a huge sport that has major competitions mainly in the US, Canada, Germany and Great Britain.

Come visit and train with the nicest club in Groningen!

Lacrosse training

Did you know:
-Lacrosse was originally an Indian sport and they called it dehuntshigwa'es (men hit a round object).
-Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in the world.
-Lacrosse was an Olympic sport in 1904 and 1908.
-That all training is given in English.
-That there has only been a national lacrosse competition in the Netherlands since 2007
-That the Dutch lacrosse team regularly goes to a World Cup or European Championship