Trash-talking/Mind games, yes or no?

[CrakerJak]

I'm a sophomore in highschool now and recently started trash talking while I played this fall. In my opinion, it's works very well. The D-men get very frustrated and end up hitting me high or being unnecessarily rough. I'm a tough kid so I can handle the physical abuse. I know it's illegal if it's excessive but I feel it also psyches out my D-man. Do you guy approve of trash-talking? Know of any other mind games/one-liners to psyche out your opponent?

[pvlax02]

no...i dont see the need at all. i do admit i have in the past, but that being said just play the game. let you skills piss someone off not what you say.

[Startsy]

Trash talking is low.

You shouldn't need to run your mouth in order to beat or get in someones head. I know all the teams in my area view trash talkers with no respect... the general feel is that they give the game a bad rep. Show some real courage and play with your actions, not your words.

[spyopticgoggles]

i dont approve of it but i end up doing it anyway. i usually dont start it though.

[pantherLax]

It depends on each person. I play better when I'm angry.

[Crimdad]

Like said above trash talking is a low-blow. I have exchanged a few words here and there, but when it gets excessive and repetitive, the other player comes off as a loser. Play lacrosse not mind games.

[toostrong77]

i'm new to lacrosse. but i'm a d-lineman in football. i know that all trash talking did was piss me off and ended up getting the other guy hurt and made me play 10 times better. so unless the guy on the other team is a whimp... then don't do it. you're bound to get jacked.

[indianlaxer24]

You play lacrosse not baseball so there is no need to be trash talking, enough said.

[CrakerJak]

your right, considering baseball's such an intense sport i bet they all trash talk.

[falconslax10]

thrash talking just gets me pissed it just makes me wanna knock that kid out ten times more than i already do. i think it is low if you score a goal imean yeah be happy but just walk awaydont celebrate excessively. we play lacrosse. not baseball

[rynolax]

thrash talking just gets me pissed it just makes me wanna knock that kid out ten times more than i already do. i think it is low if you score a goal imean yeah be happy but just walk awaydont celebrate excessively. we play lacrosse. not baseball

There is no trash talking in baseball. Where did you guys get this idea?

[WickedDpole21]

as a defenseman the best trash talking is to strip my attackman and start a fast break.

likewise, if he burns me, he really doesnt need to say anything.

actions speak louder than words.

[spenny]

as a defenseman the best trash talking is to strip my attackman and start a fast break.

likewise, if he burns me, he really doesnt need to say anything.

actions speak louder than words.

exactly. show some respect for the game, your opponent, and yourself.

theres no need to talk crap.

[spyopticgoggles]

thrash talking just gets me pissed it just makes me wanna knock that kid out ten times more than i already do. i think it is low if you score a goal imean yeah be happy but just walk awaydont celebrate excessively. we play lacrosse. not baseball

thats the point of trash talk. the other day in my hockey game, i said to the kid "your g/f is hot" and he lost it and ended up getting 3 penalties then kicked out in the 2nd period. (not three penalties at once).

[JohnsHopkins16]

I am not going to say I have never trash talked, because I would only be lying. I have never initated the conversation though. In my eyes I enjoy when someone tries to talk smack with me, because that only fuels by determination to pull a hard dodge and score top corner. I also may just have to lay him out on the next gb if he starts really running his mouth, but I would probally have done it anyway to win the groundball.

To answer your thought, try not to trash talk. If you run your mouth and cannot back it up you will embarrass yourself and even if you can you will make your team look bad. You may call trash-talking unavoidable, but do all you can to stay clear of it.

[TheCoolGoalie1]

Dont mean to hijack the thread but..
Do you think that Goalies should trash talk even if they are good?

[Green34]

Dont mean to hijack the thread but..
Do you think that Goalies should trash talk even if they are good?

Cha bra, just look at the Doc. I mean it seems to work for him.

[L4X_M4ST3R]

I don't trash talk but i do like to play mind games.....mind games do not always mean talking to them....

-Going left hand every time you get the ball so they push you right and you take them.

Simple things like that or just yell stuff like give (place # of man ur covering the ball) the ball...stuff like that not derogatory at all....but kinda funny

[Titanoh]

They always trash talk me, but I can't think of anything good to say back, I'll just hit them in the hip or something when they have the ball (yeah, thats low...).

[26laxman26]

yeah ive always been taught to be a good sport and not trash talk. you do your talking by your playing. i love it when the d tries talking and the best thing to do (i think) is to not say anything back. then they get all mad and it just tick em off, and i think its pretty funny. then when you school them and score or something you just be like "yeah, hows that?... and somehow relate it to all the crap theyve been giving you that night, its priceless!

[OPRFlongpole]

I dont trash talk, but as a defenseman, when the ball's down at the other end, and im up at the midline, ill give him a jab with the back of my stick when the ball starts towards us. It tends to really throw people off.

[Wooks]

I think it's more fun to just mess with them / throw them off their game with funny awkward things rather than mean stuff.

Maybe say stuff like "hey cutie" or "you single?"

And in fall ball i saw a lot of FO guys make whistle noises before the real one.

I think that's just more fun and in better spirit than trash talk.

[Xattack16]

I think it's more fun to just mess with them / throw them off their game with funny awkward things rather than mean stuff.

Maybe say stuff like "hey cutie" or "you single?"

And in fall ball i saw a lot of FO guys make whistle noises before the real one.

I think that's just more fun and in better spirit than trash talk.

whenever people say that to me as an X attack it just makes me think wow. embarrassing.

[LinkPlaysLax]

i play middie so i never get to talk to people much, but when i get stuck on attack or something, i usually make casual conversations with my d-man, like about the game and stuff. i'm not much of a trash talker unless people talk it to me, then i might open my mouth a bit or just start playing a little dirty. everyone likes getting dirty now and again.

[bucslaxattack]

I try to stay away from trash talking but one thing leads to another and I end up doing it.

[cali feeder]

I played summer ball for an all-star team, and would always put my arm around the defender when the ball was on the other side of the field until he would shrug me off. And I'd do it again, and again, and again, and they'd freak out.

Except one guy, who put is arm around me when I did it, and we both cracked up.

I don't trash talk though.

[takin me down]

personally when someone trashs talks to me in football or lacrosse i try to prove them wrong and work harder to do so

[3rdPersonPlural]

Shall we keep in mind, gentlemen, that trash talking is forbidden in lacrosse. Refs hear anything, and they'll ding you for Unsportsmanlike conduct which is likely to cost your team a goal.

Beyond that, trash talking is disrespectful - of the game, your opponent, and of yourselves.

[gripitandripit]

I'm a sophomore in highschool now and recently started trash talking while I played this fall. In my opinion, it's works very well. The D-men get very frustrated and end up hitting me high or being unnecessarily rough. I'm a tough kid so I can handle the physical abuse. I know it's illegal if it's excessive but I feel it also psyches out my D-man. Do you guy approve of trash-talking? Know of any other mind games/one-liners to psyche out your opponent?



I loved kids like you, the longest you would ever talk was for a quarter or so because by that time you realized how completely I owned you. Don't be a punk, shut up and play.

Dont mean to hijack the thread but..
Do you think that Goalies should trash talk even if they are good?

No, because even the best goalies in the world get scored on and they get scored on a lot. Say you make a nice stuff and take a moment to admire your work and let everybody know about it... Oh no, the rebound just trickled in past your feet. :crying:

[titans 43]

of course i talk trash it's just fun lol
you guys are to serious abotu it

[lebolax44]

ive really only talked crap once or twice, and it was in heated games, and for like 2 minutes, so i would never start crap. if i wind up playing attack sometimes, tho, i like to chat with the defensemen when we dont have the ball. sometimes they shrug it off, other times we talk for a minute or two, its actually kinda fun.

[laxplaya77]

well there was probably not too much trash talk on our team last year, but our defenders (all really intimidating) would grunt and scream and yelp and just do anything to distract and make the middies/attack on the other team mad. it worked.

[Lkantola]

I played summer ball for an all-star team, and would always put my arm around the defender when the ball was on the other side of the field until he would shrug me off. And I'd do it again, and again, and again, and they'd freak out.

Except one guy, who put is arm around me when I did it, and we both cracked up.

I don't trash talk though.

I'd probably put my arm around you too :naughty:

uhhh PM me
and you know.... we'll see where it goes from there big boy.

[the wister]

the general feel is that they give the game a bad rep.Agreed. I've never really had to deal with it, but it makes you look like a jerk if you talk. People say they do it to draw fouls. Yeah, I'm the guy that fouls you, though usually I'm just making legal hits harder, or dropping a shoulder. I can't stand people who have no respect for the game.

It peeves me too when people try to chat with me, cause most of the time they're just trying to get me off my game, not get to know me. Why are you using me and not calling me after?!!! Seriously though, I think we've had this convo before and my response then was "I came to play lacrosse, not make friends." It just makes the game seem like a joke because you're not taking it seriously, and that's disrespectful. I put a big premium on respect. I like to call opponents out after the game on a good play while shaking hands, but that's about the extent of it.

With putting your arm around someone, that again goes along with not taking the game seriously. First I'd tell you to stop, if you did it again, I'd probably open-palm cup check you until you back away to get my point across. I'll warn you the first time, but if there's a repeat performance, believe me, I'll take you to the next level.

[laXative33]

I think trash talking is just really annoying but it doesn't intimidate me. I played a game in Nashville and some guy tried to scare me by yelling at me. The ref told him to stop and I was happy when he shut up

[Hovallax41]

trash talking can be ok, only if you can back it up.

[HeadHeartHustle]

I don't trash talk but i do like to play mind games.....mind games do not always mean talking to them....

-Going left hand every time you get the ball so they push you right and you take them.

Simple things like that or just yell stuff like give (place # of man ur covering the ball) the ball...stuff like that not derogatory at all....but kinda funny

lol if you said "give x the ball" and i was that player, i would work so much harder to score and then be like "YES...PLEASE Give me the ball"

but i really dont trash talk. If i recieve a cheap hit, ill jus t say, "What was that about" to the guy. but thats it.

[navylax161]

if some punk starts trash talking to me im going to come back, but seriously the game should be played with class. theres no need for that. nobody likes a jerk.

[CSlax06]

Someone wants to trash talk me they are going to feel it.

[Ctown311]

Eh I really don't mind it. I'm a huge fan of trash talking to the centers in football because it gets them very aggrivated and cause bad snaps because they want to hit me so bad. I think trash talking is alright just don't start it if you aren't going to back it up. Once you back it up start to pound in the goals or pound in the checks. Then the kids get out of it and get aggrivated and out of control and can't focus on what they are supposed to be doing. Think Longest Yard with Adam Sandler and when the face the guards and the first few plays they go after the guards the really hate. Well those kids will focus on you. Poles will leave their man if you are near by to hit you, but it puts them out of position. Attack will try and fake you out and they will lose control. It's a good thing but...... BACK IT UP!

[LaxIzKool]

Just putting it out there like many others have said, "I play better when mad." Some guy trashed talked me and i got very mad and aggressive and i laid his butt out. Happens alot.

[CrakerJak]

except thats exactly what I try to do, let's be realistic, no one plays better mad. They play more aggressively, no one's passes get crisper or catches or cuts better when they're mad. People get mad and fired up so the adrenaline keeps them going a little longer. Tires them out quicker (if your in better shape than your opponent)

[mattlax743]

coming from a D-man, the only attackmen that ran there mouth were the ones that had to make up for the lack of talent and they usually just made themself a target for everyone to hit

[spyopticgoggles]

[QUOTE=LinkPlaysLax;1462924]i play middie so i never get to talk to people much, but when i get stuck on attack or something, i usually make casual conversations with my d-man, like about the game and stuff[QUOTE]

me too, i was actually covered by a guy that goes on here one time, but i forget his s/n.

[WPCLAX14]

I'm a defenseman and I never trash talk. Attackman that run their mouth's have no effect on my play. But theres no better feeling that shutting up a trash talker with your actions.

[supershot666]

mind games work trash talking is low last year i had two attackmen trash talking all game so when the ball is on the other side of the field and the two attack men would talk i would walk up and listen no biggy here just gets them out of the mind set also a personal favorite of mine ive done it like 3 times is placeing your stick on ur attackmens before a face off because if thy hit it it will give them a penelty. but no trash talking

[hatlee]

This is going to be my first year playing lacrosse in high school and I doubt I will talk trash. I, however, did play HS football for 4 years and knew I was good, therefore having the right to trash talk. Overall you better be damn sure you are going to out do this guy or you are going to be having your balls served to you on a silver platter. I don't mind it; however, I do not condone it.

[Dub C lacrosse]

If they start it i finish it.

[SuperDuper46]

ive heard a lot of of guys do this either by wistling or coughing or saying a something funyy but my question is it legal topurposely do this to mess the guy up on the FO???

[SuperDuper46]

Just putting it out there like many others have said, "I play better when mad." Some guy trashed talked me and i got very mad and aggressive and i laid his butt out. Happens alot.

you're(generally speaking) the kids i like to target because when they get really agressive and go for the home run hit i make you mis,do something stupid get a penalty, or my favorite run into your own teamate and break your shoulder as i start the fast break and score, which only pumps up the team more

also in summer leagues that don't matter hit the other guys stick across the 50 when they're not ho,ding it correctly

[Popsi]

if u single out a meat head and start chirping like theres no tommorow you'll see him getting penalties really fast, if u do it to everyone to be a jerk your gonna get killed.

[GatorsLax]

there's a interesting paradox with trash talk: the only guys who should try it are players who can back it up. but if you're that good, scoring goals works a lot better than talking.

[spenny]

there's a interesting paradox with trash talk: the only guys who should try it are players who can back it up. but if you're that good, scoring goals works a lot better than talking.

nice! i'll be telling my players EXACTLY that. well said.

[abomb]

ive heard a lot of of guys do this either by wistling or coughing or saying a something funyy but my question is it legal topurposely do this to mess the guy up on the FO???

No. It would be automatic possession for the other team. That is unless your sick and coughing but you would have to tell the ref that and the player your facing off against. but even then, chances are the ref will still call the penalty.


I usually trash talk their player who gets alot of goals and plays really physical.

[itsthatkid]

y but my question is it legal topurposely do this to mess the guy up on the FO???


It's not legal in the least, but worth the small risk you take. Just be subtle, and if you're man is crazy tense and willing to jump on any noise, go for it. Free possession. Just don't screw up, or you'll feel like a fool.

[northlax44]

like everyone's said, its not a good thing to do.
i'm no angel myself, but I don't start it, i just finish it

[Rosie411]

i dont trash talk but if i get caught up in the game and score a goal or get an assist ill yell or do something (like a michael strahen stomp) but i just play with alot of passion, i think its ridikulous to trash talk your oppenent.

[HVlaxa7]

if they bring it on...bring it back..haha

[Artjom]

The only thing I do is to talk very nicely to my opponent on the wing. I just say things like "Hi", "How are you doing?" etc
No point in talking bull, that is what I think at least.
Lacrosse is about respect considering it's ... "heritage".

Greetings
Artjom

[flyer11]

i cant Stand traSh talk. The other day in a indoor game theSe kidS were running uP the SCore, and they were DroPPing f bombS like crazy. Then i hit one into the boardS. And Punched another kiDS hand in the handShake thing. It degrading to the SPort of Lax. Im gonna be the firSt to tell u i reSPonded wrong, but when you yell at a kid 2 yearS younger then you, and SAy raciSt commentS, SParkS fly...

TRASH TALKIN IS WRONG

[luckyusafa13]

well in high school i played both lacrosse middie and soccer keeper. i never trashed at middie (well except to help a d-pole realize that while he put me on the ground the ball still ended up in his goal) it didn't make much difference, but as keep i trashed the forwards non stop more for my own personal amusement than anything else, it got me really psyched up for the next save, so for me its more about how it affects me than the other guy but like Ctown said... BACK IT UP!!!

[the wister]

i cant Stand traSh talk. The other day in a indoor game theSe kidS were running uP the SCore, and they were DroPPing f bombS like crazy. Then i hit one into the boardS. And Punched another kiDS hand in the handShake thing. It degrading to the SPort of Lax. Im gonna be the firSt to tell u i reSPonded wrong, but when you yell at a kid 2 yearS younger then you, and SAy raciSt commentS, SParkS fly...

TRASH TALKIN IS WRONG
GRAMMAR IS WRONG. Yours that is. Please please please only capitalize proper nouns and the first word of a sentence. That's kind of low to punch someone's hand at the end of the game, just drop yours out if your pissed, even admitting it was wrong, that's a pretty shameful move.

[fhslax2207]

I am a face off middie and when i go up to take a face off before we go down and sometimes when we are down i either sing or hum usually jazz or something calm for some reason it gets to most other face off middies but no trash talking i let my play do the talking

[Uber Lax]

trash talking is bad IMO. If you have the ball and are passing it around acting cocky to intimidate them, that is fine. But trashing them when they cant do anything to you is low.

[ethslax12]

i dont trash talk necessarily, i just throw in random comments, just to get under their skin, only after i can tell how they will react though, because each player reacts differently

[lax-crazy]

I just played essex on sat. They were running there mouths the whole game, we were up by 4goals with 3:45 left in play. when one of there players pushed ours into there bench, and they mobbed him, so our team kinda .... well showed them what up state NY is made out of.. Funny thing is after all was said and done we were 2 man down. Even though they iniated it. They caught up to us and took us into OT. We pulled off a win, but when we thought about it, that fight could have been the game.

[laxrat11]

when I took faceoffs when I was little I used to hum the mario theme song...idk....im retarded like that

[Fulltoneguitar]

My high school team that I play on prefer to do bird calls to communicate and to piss off the D-men

[laxmj1992]

I'm all for trash talk, as long as you can back it up.

[laxmj1992]

Someone wants to trash talk me they are going to feel it.

That's exactly the point of trash talking. You hear them running their mouth and you want to hurt them. You are then overly aggressive and pick up a penalty.

[Sardo]

trash talking is just a way of making bad players look tough, cause if you were really good you wouldn't need to talk trash or use any other form of siking the d out at all you could just school them and make em look silly without ever saying anything

[andoverlaxer]

i know this is wierd but if you say good job to the other team's player after the play it makes that person go eASY ON U lol

[cbstringers]

when I took faceoffs when I was little I used to hum the mario theme song...idk....im retarded like that

i do the same kind of thing. at the start of every game i end up getting a really annoying song in my head and I sing it the whole game. sometimes the D guy gets annoyed but most of the time he just laughs, thinks im a joke, and then is very surprised when my team is up 2-0 three minutes into the game just because he thought the singing attack man was a joke.

[DubGoalie23]

Dont mean to hijack the thread but..
Do you think that Goalies should trash talk even if they are good?

As a goalie I would say it depends on the situation. The only time that I will talk trash is if I have been denying the opposing teams offense the whole day and they try to get into my head. In that situation, I would run by their trash-talking attackman at a timeout or pause in the game, and pat him on the back and say something like "Your doing well, sally", Scrubs style. So only talk trash to get right back at them, and to keep on your own two feet, by continuing your self-confidence. :bye: :flamed:

[HdGLaxWarrior]

I just played essex on sat. They were running there mouths the whole game, we were up by 4goals with 3:45 left in play. when one of there players pushed ours into there bench, and they mobbed him, so our team kinda .... well showed them what up state NY is made out of.. Funny thing is after all was said and done we were 2 man down. Even though they iniated it. They caught up to us and took us into OT. We pulled off a win, but when we thought about it, that fight could have been the game.

eh. i heard a different story last night. although it was from the essex side. the truth is somewhere in between them.

[MiddieMan05]

I used to be a really easy target for trash talking because I was small and didn't talk much. Although I'd have the skills to play, I was too shy and humble to take it myself and so trash talking just got to me. But I've since changed and just ignore trash talkers. I've never done it, and if you have a good player against you, trash talking shouldn't do much at all.

[faceofflax15]

I do sometimes when I get pissed off..

But my buddy humms circus tunes when he has the ball, it freaks people out haha.

[612lax]

in every sport i play people will trash talk at me or whatever but i'm generally really focused when it's game time so i don't get affected. i don't trash talk either; actions speak louder than words.