Welcome back for the second half of the alphabet of our key lacrosse terms. We will pick up where we left off.
Playing catch with the goalie: shooting the ball right to goalie, making an easy save.
Post: the metal upright poles of the goal.
Quickstick: 1. A drill used to help improve the speed that players can pass a ball immediately after they recieve it. 2. Using this skill to take or shot or use for a pass in a game situation.
Rake: using the backside of the stick to pull the ball back, then positioning the head in front of the ball as it rolls in. This is an illegal pick-up in both the men's and women's game.
Run Out: the sprint for the endline after a missed shot. The closest to the ball when it goes out of bounds on a shot gets the ball.
Save: the official name for a goalie stopping a shot made by a field player.
Scoop: 1. the top part of the lacrosse head used to "scoop" up the ball. 2. bending the knees and lowering the stick to the ground to pick up the ball while still running forward.
Shaft: the pole or handle part of a lacrosse stick. The plastic head fits over the end of the shaft and a screw holds it in place. An end cap or tape usually covers the butt end of the shaft.
Step In: knocking down the shot with one's body intentionally. This can be very dangerous and is not recommended, even for goalies that have more pads.
Stick Save: a save made by the goalkeeper with the stick.
Stuff: a close range stick to stick save by a goalkeeper.Tewaaraton Award: National college player of the Year awards for men and women. Ceremony is held in Washington, DC.
Transition: when a team goes from offense to defense or from defense to offense.
US Lacrosse: the governing body of the United States' mens' and womens' games. Also publisher of Lacrosse Magazine.
X: the area on the field behind the goal or the player at that point who usually starts the play on offense.
2 comments:
I wonder if the players actually know all these terms.Also, Can you tell me if this game has an extra time of play if the game is a draw at the finish time or does it have a penalty sort of thing or a sudden death as in soccer.
Once you have been playing for a while, you really do pick up these terms. I have only been playing 5 years and these aren't all the terms I have learned.
And in regards to overtime, yes it does exist. Five minutes of extra time is put on the clock and four players plus the goalie are put back onto the field to play. Whoever has the most points at the end of the time wins and if there is a tie they continue to play overtimes until someone wins.
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