The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to lacrosse:

Lacrosse – team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. Offensively, the objective of the game is to score by shooting the ball into an opponent's goal, using the lacrosse stick to catch, carry, and pass the ball to do so. Defensively, the objective is to keep the opposing team from scoring and to dispossess them of the ball through the use of stick checking and body contact or positioning.

Nature of lacrosse

Lacrosse can be described as all of the following:

• Sport –
  • Ball sport –
  • Stick sport –
  • Team sport –

Types of lacrosse

• Box lacrosse – indoor version
• College lacrosse
• Field lacrosse – outdoor version
• Women's lacrosse

History of lacrosse

History of lacrosse

• Montreal Lacrosse Club – founded the first set of written rules for the game.^[1]

Lacrosse organizations

Lacrosse publications

Persons influential in lacrosse