How to Be a Lacrosse Goalie

Lacrosse is a completely American sport. Its history extends back to Northern Native Americans. It was called dehuntshigwa'es in Onondaga. A rough translation of this phrase is "men hit a rounded object" This is a fairly accurate description of the sport except that "men also hit each other with big sticks" should be added for the sake of completeness. A description of a lacrosse goalie would be, "man get hit with rounded object and big sticks." It's a tough position.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. Begin playing lacrosse in a local youth league. Listings of youth leagues throughout the country may be found by checking with the national organization for youth lacrosse.

2. Invest in the necessary protective equipment to play goalie. This will include a goalie shirt and pants, goalie gloves and stick, and protective equipment that consists of shin guards, chest protector and helmet.

3. Subscribe to "Goalie Nation," a national magazine for lacrosse goalies. Begin to get a feel for who some of the better collegiate goalies are and how they gained prominence.

4. Invest in some of the teaching DVDs that document training techniques and specific goalkeeping techniques.

5. Attend some of the clinics for goalkeepers where you can work one on one with coaches and goalies at more advanced levels.

6. Check into athletic scholarships at some of the colleges and universities where lacrosse is considered a major sport. These would include Johns Hopkins, Navy, Maryland, Syracuse, Duke and Princeton.

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Resources

• Website for national organization for youth lacrosse.
• Example of a commercial site that outfits lacrosse goalies.
• Website of goalienation.
• DVD that documents the best goalie techniques.
• Example of a goalie's clinic.