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Summary: Lacrosse was created by Native Americans on the East Coast, and is currently popular across the United States. Learn more about the history of lacrosse and the difference between women's and men's lacrosse in this free educational sports video.

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Shiloh Kimmel Shiloh Kimmel has been playing lacrosse for over six years and has been teaching lacrosse for four years. While playing her first year with the Horizon Huskie... read more

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The History of Lacrosse

Alright when you are starting a new sport it's important to know a little bit about the history of the game. Lacrosse started, it?s known as the only truly American sport because it was created by the Native Americans. It started out on the eastern coast many years and it's still a very popular sport over there. It's actually Maryland's State sport and now it?s kind of spread across the United States. There is lots of college teams and lots of high school teams and there is even youth teams for like junior higher?s and elementary age children. And today we are going to be talking about women's lacrosse but there is a difference between men's and women's lacrosse. They have different rules. They have different regulations for their sticks and also women's is a non-contact that's known for its speed and the endurance that's needed to play the game and men's is known as a contact sport that's kind of brutal to watch but it's a lot of fun.

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