Iyini i-lacrosse?
ILacrosse ngumdlalo wokuqala futhi omdala eNyakatho Melika. Ingenye yezemidlalo kazwelonke yaseCanada. Yasungulwa abapristi abayizithunywa zevangeli abangamaJesuit baseCanada, eCanada, ngekhulu le-17. Umdlalo we - lacrosse usekelwe emdlalweni wendabuko wamaNdiya aseMelika othi "baggataway". Lokhu kusho ukuthi "umfowabo omncane wempi;" futhi ngokuvamile yayibizwa ngokuthi "Umdlalo Womdali". Okwamanje kunezinguqulo ezintathu eziyinhloko ze-lacrosse: i-Field Lacrosse, i-Box Lacrosse, ne-Lacrosse Yabesifazane. I-lacrosse yasensimini inguhlobo lwangaphandle lwabesilisa lomdlalo. Kukhona abadlali abayishumi eqenjini ngalinye, enkundleni ngesikhathi esisodwa. Laba badlali bahlanganisa abadlali abathathu abahlaselayo, abadlali abathathu abasemaphakathi, abadlali abathathu abavikelayo, nomgcini wegoli oyedwa. Umdlali ngamunye unesigqoko sokuzivikela, izikhwama zamagxa, amagilavu, izikhwama zamagxa, nenduku ye-lacrosse. Abadlali abayisithupha baphatha induku emfushane, enobude obuphakathi kwamasentimitha angu-40 kuya kwangu-42, futhi abadlali abane abaphezulu enkundleni ngesikhathi bangaphatha induku ende, enobude obuphakathi kwamasentimitha angu-52 kuya kwangu-72. Izinduku ezimfushane ngokuvamile zisetshenziswa abadlali abahlaselayo, kanti izinduku ezinde zisetshenziswa abadlali abavikelayo kuphela. Umgcini wegoli unenduku ekhethekile yokuma kwakhe, enekhanda elibanzi lokusiza ekulondolozeni. Ibhola lokudlala lenziwe ngerabha eliqinile, elincane njengebhola le-baseball. Igoli le-lacrosse lingamamitha angu-18 ubude namamitha angu-18 ububanzi. Amaqembu anikezwa iphuzu elilodwa ngokushaya ibhola emgomweni. Umdlalo ngamunye unemizuzu engu-60 ubude, uhlukaniswe izikhathi ezine zemizuzu engu-15. Ekuqaleni kwenkathi ngayinye, nangemva komgomo ngamunye, kuba khona ukubhekana phakathi nendawo. Isici esiyingqayizivele se-lacrosse siwukuthi lapho kudutshulwa, lapho ibhola liphuma emingceleni, ithimba linikezwa ibhola lapho liphuma. Uma kungekho okunye okwenziwayo ngaphandle kokuzama ukudubula, i-pitch inikezwa iqembu eliphikisayo elathinta i-pitch okokugcina. Ngesikhathi sokudlala amaqembu angashintsha abadlali "ngesikhathi esithile", ngokusebenzisa indawo ekhethiwe yokushintsha (evame ukubizwa ngokuthi "ibhokisi"), eliphakathi kwamabhentshi womabili amaqembu. Izinhlawulo e-lacrosse zivela ngenxa yokwephula imithetho, okubhekwa njengokwephula umthetho (okuvame ukubizwa ngokuthi "ukuhlanekezelwa kobuchwepheshe"), noma ukuphulwa komuntu siqu. Umphumela wethimba eliphikisayo kungaba ukulahlekelwa yibhola, noma ukulahlekelwa okwesikhashana ngumdlali isikhathi esithile (okufana ne-hockey). Umdlali ophambukayo udonsa isigwebo sakhe ebhokisini. Iqembu elithathwe isijeziso lidlala i-"man-down" ngesikhathi lisebenza ingxenye yokwephulwa komthetho, kanti elinye iqembu lidlala i-"man-up". Ngokuvamile kuvunyelwana ngokuthi ubani umdlali we-lacrosse omkhulu kunabo bonke ezikhathini zonke phakathi kwabadlali abathathu: uJim Brown, uGary Gait, noJohn Grant.