text: how long can my defensive lacrosse stick be? i am in 7th grade and i need to know how long my defensive lacrosse stick can be.  please help the longest your stick can be is 72 inches (6 feet). that's generally used for defence, but sometimes midi's use it on faceoffs. it's also called a 'long stick'. a team may have no more than four long sticks on the field at any given time.