Summer Lacrosse
Even though lacrosse is the fastest growing sport in the United States there is one thing that lacrosse has not conquered. The summer. It seems once summer finally arrives lacrosse takes a siesta till the fall. Having been a football player in the days before men’s and women’s lacrosse came along I remember the entire summer being an extended preseason training camp.
I did grow up in Texas though and that might explain some of the fanatical year round obsession with playing. Although I am hoping that lacrosse takes on the same characteristics when it comes to its fan base.
Possibly one of the reasons lacrosse is not an off season sport, at least in Texas and some of the midwest, is that a large part of the lacrosse movement is made up of cross participant athletes.
Unlike football you will seldom see a lacrosse player over 200lbs. In men’s and women’s lacrosse a player can expect to run 3-5 miles most often at a sprint. In football you are pretty much relegated to run 7 seconds and rest 45 seconds. No wonder lacrosse is such a draw for athletes involved in soccer, basketball, and football.
Lacrosse has the perfect combination of all the most popular sports. No wonder the growth is phonomenal and the fan base is growing just as fast. Who wouldn’t love to see soccer, football, and basketball played all at the same time for the same price?
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