All About Box Lacrosse

Box Lacrosse, also referred to as boxla or boxcrosselacrosse is also played in regions where box lacrosse
is an indoor version of outdoor field lacrosse. Theis not played. Indoor lacrosse was designed to
difference between a field lacrosse game and a boxcombine the most exciting elements of box and field
lacrosse game is like night-and-day.Box Lacrosse islacrosse. Box lacrosse is a summer game, while indoor
predominantly played in Canada during the summerlacrosse is played in the winter.Professional indoor
months. Box Lacrosse started in the 1930's as alacrosse combines the physical play of hockey with
means to bring revenue to hockey rinks in the offthe high scoring, fast pace and play-making style of
season. Additionally it kept players fit during thebasketball. Indoor lacrosse is played with six men per
summer months.In Canada box lacrosse is moreside, a rougher and faster derivative of the outdoor
popular than field lacrosse from which it was derived.game. There are more scoring opportunities, and far
The rules of box lacrosse and field lacrosse are verymore big hits, making indoor lacrosse an intense
different and of course the surface of play is veryexperience for players as well as fans.The two indoor
different. Box lacrosse is played indoors, in hockeygames have become increasingly similar in recent
arenas (without the ice) or on indoor soccer fields.Theyears with the primary difference being the equipment
goal in box lacrosse is smaller than the goal in fieldused in game play. Indoor lacrosse allows only sticks
lacrosse and the attacking team must take a shot onwith hollow shafts, while box lacrosse allows solid
goal within 30 seconds of gaining possession of thewooden sticks. Also indoor lacrosse games consist of
ball. Play in box lacrosse is significantly rougher than infour quarters of fifteen minutes each, while box
a field lacrosse game. The rules of box lax encouragelacrosse games consist of three periods of twenty
passing and running which improves a players overallminutes in length.The age of indoor lacrosse is evident
lacrosse skills and athletic ability.Box lacrosse shouldwhen discussions relating to the first World Indoor
not be confused with indoor lacrosse which is a newerLacrosse Championships arise. The first
version of the indoor game. Indoor lacrosse wasChampionships were held in 2003.Rob Daniels is a
intended to be less violent than the other indoor versionprofessional writer representing and some of his
of the game, box lacrosse, on which it is based. Indoorfavorite sports.