Lacrosse

Lacrosse is another popular sport in Canada. It is one of the oldest organized sports in America. The Native Americans in northern New York State and southern Ontario, Canada, invented lacrosse. They used it to train for war. They invented this game before Columbus arrived in the New World.

People play lacrosse outdoors. The field is seventy meters long. At each end of the field there is a goal. The goal is a net. There are ten players on each team. Each player has a stick called a crosse. The players hit a ball that is 21 centimeters around and weighs 140 grams. They try to hit the ball into the net as many times as possible. Lacrosse is a very fast game because the players can catch and pass the ball at a high speed with their sticks.

At one time lacrosse was the national summer sport in Canada. It is also popular in Britain and Australia.

Vocabulary

1. invent (v): to design and/ or create something which has never been made before. បង្កើត ប្រឌិត eg. The first safety razor (កាំបិតកោរ) was invented by company founder King C. Gillette in 1903.
2. outdoors (adv), (n): outside. ខាងក្រៅ eg. If the weather's good, we'll eat outdoors (=not in a building).
3. net (n): សំណាញ់ a fishing net. a butterfly net.
4. stick (n): a thin piece of wood. ដំបង ឈើច្រត់ eg. The old man was carrying a load of stick.