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 Why Should Children Play Lacrosse?
Here are a few reasons: - Lacrosse is Canada's National game. It's the fastest game on two feet!
- It's a safe sport! Sports Canada ranks it at 54th on the list of sports that can cause an injury. In other words there are 53 other sports that you will be more likely to get injured playing. Can you name 50 sports?!
- It's a great physical conditioner. Running speed and stamina are well rewarded in the game of lacrosse!
- It develops agility and good hand/eye co-ordination.
- Develops discipline over emotion.
- Hockey scholarships are tough to get with so many players, but box lacrosse players from Canada are at a premium in the U.S.
380 Colleges and Universities in the U.S. offer a men's lacrosse program and 195 offer a women's program. Hockey coaches say they can identify a lacrosse player in their midst. Tenacious, fearless and tough - with really soft hands. Their ability to handle traffic in front of the net sets them apart from other players. If you want to be a better hockey player then lacrosse has to be your summer sport!
 Wayne Gretzky, Doug Gilmour, Mike Gartner, Dave Andreychuk, Brian Bellows, Cliff Ronning, Paul Coffey, Adam Oates, Paul Kariya, John MacLean, Mike Ridley, Joe Nieuwendyk, Gary Roberts, Jeremy Roenick, Brendan Shanahan, Joe Sakic. Great hockey players that all have one thing in common -- they all played lacrosse when they were young! The National Lacrosse League's Toronto Rock are owned by a consortium headed by Bill Watters and includes such names as Bobby Orr, Don Cherry, Tie Domi, Brendan Shanahan, Paul Beeston. In their second year of operations they drew 14,000 fans to the Maple Leaf Gardens. The Philadelphia Wings recently drew an indoor record crowd to the FUC Center with 18,911 fans. The Score television network airs live coverage of many Toronto Rock home games each season. It's not small time anymore folks!
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