Lacrosse is a contact sport that is played with ten players: a goalkeeper, three defensemen, three midfielders and three attack-men. The objective is to shoot the ball in the opponent’s goal, leaving the team with the most goals, the crowned winner. Each team must keep at least four players, including the goalkeeper on the defensive half of the field with three on the offensive end, leaving the midfielders to venture up and down the whole length of the field.

Players may run with the ball in the crosse, pass and catch the ball; only the goalkeeper may touch the ball with his hands. A player may gain possession of the ball by knocking it from an opponent’s crosse with a stick check: controlled poking and slapping of the stick and gloved hands of the player in possession of the ball. An opponent’s crosse may also be stick checked if it is within five yards of a loose ball or ball in the air.

Body checking is permitted if the opponent has the ball. However, all contact must occur from the front or side, above the waist and below the shoulders. If the ball, or a player in possession of the ball goes out of bounds, the other team is awarded possession of the ball. If the ball goes out of bounds after an unsuccessful shot on goal, the player closest to the ball when and where it goes out of bounds is awarded possession.