Cradling: The coordinated motion of the arms and wrists that keeps the ball secure in the pocket and ready to be passed or shot when running.

http://www.uslacrosse.org/the_sport/mens_rules.phtml

 

Cool site

 

i hate that sport.. i cna beleive it's our nationnal sport

 

:werd: yesss

 

field yes, arena no

 

You and I both know our true national sport is hockey.

 

Fastest game on two-feet. I played since I've been 5. I was an all-county selection, first team twice.

The "spinning" in another form of cradling. It's a bad habit to most. With cradling, you don't even notice you do it. Try running with a lacrosse stick and ball and watch your motions...

It's HUGE here in the MD-VA-PA region. New York is also big. You west coasters don't know what your missing.

 

At my highschool, the preppy jocks who didn't want to play baseball in the spring played lacrosse. But us on the tennis team used to hit balls over the fence during practice at the girls' lacrosse team so they would bend over and pick em up.

 

^ good shit. Here, you grew up playing either baseball or lacrosse in the spring and were pretty sick nasty at whatever you played by HS

 

I've never payed much attention to the game, but my new boss is also a scout for the Mammoth and Outlaws. I can get free tickets fairly often if I want, so I might have to start learning the rules. Since I'm a hockey fan, I'm sure it won't be a big transition.