What's your lacrosse related pet peeve?

[radlacrosseguy]

moving picks.
what a bunch of junk.
AND
returning players who have graduated who try to coach. ugh.

[Hollister28]

arm guards slidiing everywhere

when your taking the faceoff and your hard mesh is still inverted and the ball is on the tip of your stick and all your thinking is, "this pass will be ugly"

when your about to score and someone throws a horrible pass

when attackmen try to shoot behind the goalline extended

Attackmen trying to be the hero

Goalies clearing it 2334 feet over you

Horrible kids who have all the sweet equiptment

Horrible kids who complain about not playing yet on the sideline they talk about what there doign when they get home, waht there weekends like etc.

When you make a bad play then someone else does the same thing but ends up scoring and the coach congradulates them saying they did everything right

HAvign a crappy Pre game warm up

when you have a wedgy in the middle of the game and you cant pick it because your glvoes are on or your running an iso

When you have a wide open shot and your coach tells you to pass
then that person drops the balls and it goes the other way

On man up when you dont want to ruin the play but you have a perfect shot

Kids who twirl there stick as cradling

PEA SHOOTERS

Goalies running with the ball everywhere

When your taking a faceoff and you work your A#$ off and the other middies dont get it and back away

HAving the 3rd line out wiht 10 seconds left of the game and the other team gets the winning goal

Losing to the same team 3 times but you played amazing

Football players with a lacrosse stick

People who dont attempt to use there off hand no matter what

STRINGING A STICK AND THE SIDEWALL IS TOO SHORT!!

wiating for the fields to clear 1 month into lax season still playing in the gym. on the concrete

Useless Lacrosse Drills

Getting called out and the coach doenst realize it wasnt you that made the bad play and after ranting for 10 minutes on how you suck oyu tell them it wasnt you and the team says its someone else and he goes, "Oh" and jsut stops and never says sorry. kinda hurt my feelings =\ lol

EXCITED FOR THE GAME THE NIGHT BEFORE AND CANT GET SLEEEPPP!

oh theres more, plenty moree haha

[luckyusafa13]

only happened first year, but when you go to scoop up a ground ball and plant your head into the ground and rack yourself. :DOH:

[m2daRizzle]

When somebody comes over and starts messing with your sticks with out asking. Whats the deal with people always wanting to smash your pocket? Or when somebody drops my stick or places it pocket down.

[Greg.]

When your wide open on the crease no coverage and some kid decides he has a better shot 10+ yards out with coverage, then he misses the shot anyways.

[sixpaxlaxer95]

who do you play for? yea I play goalie for Greene Turtle and my schhol and pikesville wreck. Anyways im 12 and It gets me pisssed when they miss those clears. I also hate when ur defenders dont listen to what u say.

[boyslatin4life]

mine is when team captain isnt amazing thinks he rules eveything and when you throw a perfect pass to him and drops it and starts yelling at you for a bad pass haha

[Mid21]

as well as all the above, emphasize on missing the scoop, and hitting the post.

[GatorsLax]

as a coach:
free clears
not clearing the crease
substituting on defense
not having middies back
stick/equipment penalties

[tomahawk]

I'm an old time defenseman......As I get older (grandmaster)- I observe midfielders who want to reclaim the glory days.......fast break....here that mid comes- typical slide by all 3 d men with some attachman open.....no pass- just a weak attempt at a restraining line shot- I played in a game at a trny- no kidding- happened at least 10 times- after a while- I started hammering- no stick up- I went straight at them- my attackman was good-open everytime...never made the pass.

Same thing happened in another recent alumni game- I can see it in their eyes....the guys winds up- hammered him....he whined heavily as he ran off the field- he got no sympathy from his attackman as they sit 8 yards left of the goal....wide open.....

[SNCLAX26]

practicing in a gym with white walls with a white ball and you get a perfect pass but you lose the ball and it hits you in the facemask

living in wisconsin so you dont get to practice outside til after spring break 1 week before your home opener

when goalies throw a hissy fit when they get scored on when it was really an easy save

when you make a good defensive play only to look back and see the ball rolled into the net after it hit your stick

having nothing better to do in the library so im writing about all the thigns a hate instead of doing my homework

[laxman222]

when kids think there so good and they play football and all they do is hit no stick skills
thats gay

[Uber Lax]

when a bad pass comes to you, usually bounces. But you should still catch it, but u miss it. the whole team moans your name and you try to argue it should have been a better pass.

when you break yourk shaft cuz u throw it at a concrete wall when you miss a ground ball during an indoor game. (guilty)

when you play goalie, and a defender passes to you but its a sh!t pass, and the ball goes rite out front the goal and they score.

when you restring a pocket over and over again, but for some unknown resaon the pocket ends up uneven.

when middies stand still during clears

when you play nidoor winter leages with a white cieling and white walls with bright white lights and you play with a white ball and you can never see anything.

when your team does stupid drills and its 3 on goalie shooting, and some cocky idiot decides to shoot full speed from the edge of the crease, but he misses and hits you in the legs or the knee.

when your team sucks because at practice the only offensive drills you do involve fast breaks or being man-up, so when it comes to a real game nobody knows what to do.

when, on a face break, no defender takes the point and the shooter gets a 20 yard wind up and rips a shot from the 15 yard line undefended.

when people forget to keep their eye on the ball and they just look at their man

when people forget to keep their eye on their man and they just look at the ball

when you tell someone to watch their man behind the goal at X, they chase him when he dont have it. and when you tell him to not go after him, he doesnt even chase him behind when he has the ball.

when you are on your man, and some kid on your team decides to switch on you and one man gets open.

when your middies and defence and other teamates blame you for not saving an undefended goal from 15 yards out.

people that dont wear cups in games, and complain about how "that ball almost took off my balls" and they are scared to go back on the field.

[jab3]

When my school's football coach says that lacrosse players AREN'T REAL ATHLETES and that lacrosse is the chess of sports. I'm not really sure what he meant by the last comment, but I'm assuming he meant that lax players are nerds or something. I'm sure it wasn't that we have to think more cause he wouldn't give lax that kind of credit.

It's really sad cause I'm from Louisiana and our lax programs are just starting down here, and it's arrogant people like that that piss me off. The guy has no idea what lacrosse is about.

[Beafly]

Agreed, soccer socks are terrible.

[GraniteD-PoleB!]

The jv kids at my school carry around their sticks all day at school and craddle without a ball.

[Dill.Lax36]

Balls that you loose, but can still see but cant get to -.-
Clipping your ankles with your boots.
Getting your foot stomped by a massive attacker.
Side wall String breaking.
Being called for an Illegal pocket when it never is.
Passes hitting the tip of your head.
Being Subbed.
Chin straps coming undone when people check your helm.
People will Multi-Coloured Mesh
People Who cover their whole pole in Medicine Tape.
Missing a ground ball and having to stop and turn around.
Edit:
Ball hitting you in the shins.
Ball bouncing just before your head.
Getting dust, sand, dirt etc... in your face then looking like an idiot wandering around.
Dropping your pole.

[zero cell0]

as a middie:
-when other middies are moving slow
-when you make a perfect feed and attack man drops it
-when you have to run back and forth constantly because your team is giving up turnovers like it's candy on halloween
-when you miss a scoop and look like a moron
-when you, somehow, slip while making a dodge
-when your cup pinches you instead of protecting
-when your coach makes a little toss to you that you miss because he's 2 feet away and you weren't expecting it
-when you're line gets subbed and you weren't the least bit tired
-people who use electrical tape instead of normal tape
-shoulder pads that "flap"
-when parents yell at refs and coaches when they don't know what they're talking about or their son wasn't being put in but he sucks
-not cutting enough sidewall string to finish your pocket
-little kids who beg to have their sticks strung and expect you to do it immediately
-people who think lax is stupid that have never seen a game, i live in georgia so it's all football and basketball
-when sucky people brag about how good they are
-definitely wen it bounces right of the end of your scoop on a nice feed
^^when you make that feed
-my endlessly muddy floodplain of a practice field

[balax1916]

-mouthgaurds
-crummy refs
-people bashing on soccer cleats
-when butts break
-dyed heads
-expensive equiptment
-people to chicken to scoop through - they just flick the ball somewhere else

[ML_LAX09]

as a middie:
-when other middies are moving slow
-when you make a perfect feed and attack man drops it
-when you have to run back and forth constantly because your team is giving up turnovers like it's candy on halloween
-when you miss a scoop and look like a moron
-when you, somehow, slip while making a dodge
-when your cup pinches you instead of protecting
-when your coach makes a little toss to you that you miss because he's 2 feet away and you weren't expecting it
-when you're line gets subbed and you weren't the least bit tired
-people who use electrical tape instead of normal tape
-shoulder pads that "flap"
-when parents yell at refs and coaches when they don't know what they're talking about or their son wasn't being put in but he sucks
-not cutting enough sidewall string to finish your pocket
-little kids who beg to have their sticks strung and expect you to do it immediately
-people who think lax is stupid that have never seen a game, i live in georgia so it's all football and basketball
-when sucky people brag about how good they are
-definitely wen it bounces right of the end of your scoop on a nice feed
^^when you make that feed
-my endlessly muddy floodplain of a practice field


I 100% agree, that is terrible.

[HVlaxa7]

when you you are playing attack and just standing at the restraining line or at half field and the defender just starts tapping you with his stick.

[TOP SH3LF]

-Teammates who DO NOT ever get back on Defense even when the change of possession is their fault entirely. You made the turnover you can at least jog back or even walk back dude, you don't need to pout at midfield, blame your stick, and wait for a chance to cherry pick.

-HACKS - noun - Toolboxes who have little to no skill who decide to intentionally hurt other people rather than learn how to play defense or get a loose ball.

- Speaking of hacks, getting whacked in the only spot that isn't padded (ie. the wrist bone or upper arm)

[hardshott]

important positions, but not really lacrosse players.... theres a good reason both have "go" in the term...when they are trying out for attack, midfield or defense, the coach tells them to go to the sidelines.

[kgncoughlin]

definetely the people who are just there to hurt others

people not being able to pass and catch

the ball hitting off of the top of your head

[Lax4Life 54]

Missing scoops and passes because it makes you look like you suck

[conorgillhero12]

1. losing the ball
2. loose sidewalls suck
3. when the refs call a foul for the other team but then you do the same thing and they dont call it
4. when you get creamed from the back and they dont call it
5. your stick gets warped on a face off and the ball wont come out on a break away (middies)

[tuss_lax08]

When you score and then it doesn't count because your toe barely crossed the crease.

[oviedolax]

when you play goalie and you have 10+ saves and you still lose because your offense cant catch, pass or shoot.

[mhslax21]

so far in the 3 games we have had a total of 3 goals not count that were in, and one be taken away for illegal stick that wasn't illegal. Yeah that one guy that said JV players cradling all day is annoying i have one that worse. We were a first year team last year and we had this kid that didnt try we are now varsity this year and he didnt make it so he manages, but brings his stick and carries it around all day and cradles and he doesn't even play, or on the team. He doesnt even do anything as a manager but the coach and other people feel to sorry for him to tell him to go away... rant over...

[hockeylaxer514]

-when people have bad form when they throw or shoot
-when people snatch at the ball
-when people throw/catch with their hands really close together (gloves touching)
-when people refuse to use their offhand
-when people think they're better than you when they're obviously not
-FOGOs
-when people rip shots right in to the goalies stick
-shooting with balls that were left outside and now have no grip left on them
-yellow balls (or any colors other than white or orange actually)
-breaking a head when you finally have the pocket perfect
-crispy gloves
-people who try to go through 4 guys and get put on their butt instead of pulling out when they get doubled and cant dish
-people who have seizures with their stick when they try and dodge
-people who shoot sidearm/underhand on the run but always miss the net
-sticks with a lot of whip
-sticks with a bag
-pockets that sit really low
-knee socks
-people who wear pants in games (other than goalies)
-flamboyant colored sticks/mesh (pink, neon green, etc...)

yeah thats about it...a lot of stuff just really pisses me off i guess

[BCGoalie56]

when you play goalie and you have 10+ saves and you still lose because your offense cant catch, pass or shoot.

totally agree! I had one game, the best game I ever played, went for 28 saves! However i only went like 60% on clears because my middies couldn't catch, my long poles who work with me daily had no problem but the middies act like they had never been cleared to before, it was annoying and we lost 8-4. 2 years ago. Still a lil bitter.

[DashLAX18]

Checks to the ankles..
Defensemen who have no talent so they just hack as hard as possible..
Running with the ball for an hour cause the rest of your team is just watching instead of getting open, seriously nothing sucks more.

[mohiganlax31]

defintely missing passes or looking like an idiot trying to pick up a gb

[bhslax3]

when baseball players compare about their practices, when they couldnt last one lax practice.

[torreylax]

As a defender when slow LSMs or Defenders over play.

[LaxGuy86]

Either not getting low enough on a gb, chopping into the ground, and falling or newer players that don't wanna listen to your advice and tell you to shut up.

Or a combination of the both... "Shut up, I know how to get a ground ball, watch..." And he proceeds to hit himself in the crotch with the butt of his stick.

^ True story.

[<<RANGER>>]

People who are new to the sport but think that they are good and know everything and try to tell returning players what to do.

[Shawanamomma]

when ur coming down on a fast break and ur attackmen just look at u dumbfounded and u get laid out <----- happened this week in practice

[laxmann1993]

When you get injured and are out for the season.

[IronGoalie]

fast BREAKS!!!!!

[RaiderDBiscuit]

Kids who play other sports and talk about lacrosse being soooo easy when they couldnt last three minutes on the field.

Low sitting pockets.

Kids who think they are good becase they good one or two good hits in...a season.

Annoying attackmen.

Definitely knee socks.

If you have a colored stick: neon, green, pink, blue, etc, unless its a team color, you better be good.

Kids who think they have an amazing shot because they can score in practice two feet from the goal with no goalie.

Defensemen who walk around with short sticks (unless there is no need for a longstick to be carried around)

Kids with no offhands.

Way too much tape on your stick.

Poorly kept sticks, for example: mesh thats five years old, bent shafts (another pet peeve) tape thats turned colors

When your attackmen beats you in practice and wont let you forget it

[crosdog729]

i'm sometimes a goalie so... the fact that when im goalie at practice the coach will gladly setup shooting drills but not any clearing drills, and the kids who shoot underhand from point-blank.

[dubsman35]

definatly when my arm pads slide down. also, when i drop a pass or screw up a ground ball, i just feel like an idiot. but the thing i hate the most is when my scrawny goalies yell at me when a goal was non of our faults

[Southswell]

When the worst player on the team gets mad becuase you dropped a pass.
New tape that gives you blisters.

[Laxplayer027]

1. Losing balls to other teams.
2. When your practice jersey slides down your arms
3. Dumb Parents
4. Kids who wear knee high Under Armour socks and think their all that

[PowPow]

When public schools play private schools and public schools cheer when they get a big hit on one of us even when a penalty flag is thrown on them they think it means their good.

[itallianattack3]

lax balls are made to get lost

[IronGoalie]

i'm sometimes a goalie so... the fact that when im goalie at practice the coach will gladly setup shooting drills but not any clearing drills, and the kids who shoot underhand from point-blank.

Yeah totally agree. Same like when someone on your team volunteers to warm you up before the game, they crank it from 2 feet away. Get you right in the knee or elbow... :yumyum:

[esp407]

when you get called for a penalty like slashing when you didn't even touch them definitely.

[crosdog729]

Yeah totally agree. Same like when someone on your team volunteers to warm you up before the game, they crank it from 2 feet away. Get you right in the knee or elbow... :yumyum:

The thing is, the kids on my team have absolutely no accuracy so I ended up getting hit twice in the foot, once in the shin, twice in the knees, once in the helmet, and one on the hip.... all in one shooting drill from up close, I was in pain.

[RaiderLaX34]

Kids who think they are good becase they good one or two good hits in...a season.

hahahahahahah lets not same names buddy =P


i would have to say

When defensmen think they can play middie and say that they have wicked stick skills (although some do)

Kids who growl at you. ex "I'm gunna hit you in practice!"

Trainers who show up to the games to sit with girls in the stands.

When kids on the freshman team tell Varsity players they can beat them on faceoffs.

Fat kids. Rare but annoying, especially fat goalies.

People who play lacrosse just so they can say they play a sport and don't care about winning.

[brineman9]

i wear knee socks ......

[James8494]

:sad: when ppl have no idea what there doing and they dont ask for help

(i play D) when i bring the ball up and pass it to the attack and they drop the pass or lose it just as im gettin back over the mid line

I m d too and when i get the clear, get past a middi and attackman, than pass to my middi, the one who should be covering the attack middi , drops the ball . It becomees a fstbreak and they score
AGHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG:chair: :chair: GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG i hate that!!!!!!!!!!

[RaiderDBiscuit]

Brineman, as long as you pwn kids its okay. Some people just get annoyed cause the kids who wear them stink like poo.

[igottaplaylax]

letting goals in
getting blocked by your own D
free positions (i play girls lacrosse, I am a girl)
getting hit with the ball... and the ball still goes in
D not paying attention and getting called
when the attack isn't trying and it's shot fest on the goal
girls rules in general

[killerboots8]

coaches that dont coach.

[FWHS Mustang]

lazy idiots at practice who are horrible at lax, they cant scoop, so they pick it up with their hand.

[Skacrosse22]

when you mouthguard tastes like what you ate last.
when the velcroe on my elbow pads sticks to the sleeves of my practice jersey

[stoy]

and im like OMGWTFBBQ U STUPID ATTACKMEN!@$!$

not gonna lie i thought i was the only person who used the "omgwtfbbq" thing. good to know im not the only one weird enough to do so, haha.

my number one pet peeve tho... is definitely when i work my [no profanity] off, do everything right, and get no accolades for anything ive done to help the team. drives me up a wall..

[Lax4life528]

I hate the weather. It is never good weather in Jersey. Today, it went from what felt like 80 degrees to 30 degrees. Rain sucks too. Lacrosse was never meant to be played in bad weather.

[CT AtTaCkMaN]

of course when kids are just there to hurt you, and have no real stick skills, just there to slash the (profanity) out of your whole body. And when i play attack, standing at the mid or restraining line, and the d man just rests his head on your stick or gloves, ts sooo wierd, and fing annoying, i'd move it away and everything, but he'd just keep tapping me and putting it back on. then id look at his face and be like, "dude, wtf?" yea, you have to experience it.

oh and also to add something kind of random, its kinda rare, but sometimes like when a goalie wears his rolled-up to his knees sweat pants, thinking he's really cool, and then during a game, while wearing them, and when the ball is at the other end of the field, he goes and walks up to the restraining line, holds his stick in both hands, and kinda puffs-out his chest, and raises his head, just standing there. i've seen it sometimes, it just pisses me off, lol, he thinks he's pretty darn BA.

[ATK.19.90]

Buddy passes most of all, especially at attack. Just because you can't catch doesnt mean you should assume I cant either and set me up for a huge hit.

Sacrificing your body for a goal by cutting across the crease, catching a great feed in step, and getting elevation for a shot before the hit, then shooting what feels like a perfect shot, taking a huge hit, and getting back up to find out that the goalie blocked it (or even worse hearing it hit the pipe). This is the worst because your whole team, especially whoever set you up for the goal, is dissapointed too.

Mismatching sock color/lengths.

D-poles going for nut shots on purpose. If youre going for my stick and just happen to miss a little bit, it's not a big deal; but if you do it on purpose.... the next shots coming right at your gut.

Players who give up after making a mistake. Especially if its a midi who turns the ball over then slowly tries to sub off WHILE YOURE ON DEFENSE.

Players who yell at refs.

Finally, missing any EMO or fast break. It just doesnt seem right when fewer, slower defenders and can stop more, faster offensive players. (This only applies for turnovers, not missed shots)

[lacrossekid7437]

when i see someone wide open, and like 7 feet away from the goal, and they miss

[Agent Orange]

Helmet mullets.

[n00bhaxxorD23]

When my coach has never played lacrosse in his whole life.

Tiny attackmen who look like Dobby from Harry Potter.

Rain in 35 degree Maryland.

Non-Athletic kids who try to play Middie.

[hoya223]

when someone cocky actually is better than you.

[kjalax3]

attack men with really long bright colored shooters

[ATK.19.90]

attack men with really long bright colored shooters

....You would hate me, lol. I had neon green and orange, separately, on my 2 backup sticks. I recently restrung them though, now one has basic white, one has navy.

[laxmonster54]

indecision...... :|

[smlaxTX08]

when i string somethin up but the mesh is loose especially up top and i can never get it tight so it ends of throwing terribly

[atkbeast]

:banghead::banghead:

my elbow pads pinch my upper arm where all my bruses r

plz help me

[faceofflax15]

-People who pass sidearm.

[ChiliPepper]

#1
Quote:
Originally Posted by moondog
I suppose I have another pet peeve:
Not ALL Newbies are bad, but it can be annoying when you see a newbie with the newest, shiniest gear that daddy bought for him because he said he wanted to play lacrosse.
This kid's got all the best stuff, and he hasn't/can't even throw(n) a pass, and you don't know if all that gear is going to rot in a garage, or end up on ebay in a week or two.
Once again, there's nothing wrong with newbies; you have to start somewhere--I just think its a little overboard to get a kid the best of the best of everything when you don't know if the kid's going to enjoy and/or commit interest to the sport...Trust me, it can be off-putting.
well said. i

hate rich boys who suck. and have everything new. mix that in with a bad attitude and you have a kid on my team who everybody hates.


well said. kudos to you

[mercenary]

when i underestimate an attackman and he completely burns me and goes to the goal

[SoCald]

-missing a wide open GB.
-people who think they know how to string and talk down your customs
-people stealing water at practice
-when new goalies think they know how to play dpole
-stubborn freshmen

[sjesuitlax]

- players that won't admit when they are wrong or make mistakes
- arm guards slipping
- smelly equipment
- goons that are just there to hit you
- missing a pass with no defenders playing you
- dropping the ball right on the crease

[laxstarr2]

the ball rolling off the top just irks me

[msjlaxr]

-losing lax balls
-when the person playing my position while im on the bench cant catch a pass
-when the person playing my position while im on the bench cant scoop the ball
-when i cant scoop the ball
-when i cant catch a pass
-when other players cradle with both hands at the bottom of the stick(this kid on my team always does it)
-armpads sliding down
-jersy getting stuck to velcro on sp's

[Crew_Socks]

Daddy ball. On my high school team we had 3 coaches. They all had kids on the team and got signifigant playing time. Only one of them was good. I just found out alst week that the head coach'es son was selected to the all-county team. He missed over half the games because he was sitting in a wheel chair. Even if he was fully able to play he is still fvcking horrible. Ok rant is done now.

[ptlax34]

Def when the elbow pads slide down or when you could take a shot but you a see someone with a better shot and they drop the pass and don't even get a shot off AHHHHHH!

[pclaxer7]

has to be sprinting flat out on a ground ball and missing it completly. probably when i have a shot but decide to pass to the first year thats wide open and he either misses, or the ball falls out of his stick when he goes to shoot. the power cradle deff.

[Dill.Lax36]

Players who ALWAYS scoop ground balls with one hand.
Players who leave their stick out so far that its practically got a sign saying "Check here"
Attackers who do 10 turns and get nowhere.

[coplax44]

practicing everyday and that one person is still better than you
perfecting something and doing good and practice, but when the coach comes near you botch it

[winbricks]

perfecting something and doing good and practice, but when the coach comes near you botch it


the coach thing, without a doubt. and when you don't get recognition.

[LaxinGill15]

when crappy defensemen swing their sticks at ur ankles when they get beat:angry:

[baboonlax09]

when players on your team are afraid to get hit, so they dont pick up a ground ball

[WinnersLacrosse]

The Number one pet peeve of mine is when my butt capp slipps down even after i tape it

[LacrosseDan]

unsportsmanlike players
when 2 or 3 people show up to practice(this was a regular occurrence at my high school's sad excuse for a lax team)
n00bs who think they're the best player on the team
players who only come to games
players who give up
players who only make the team because their dad is coaching

[staattack11]

the thing that really pisses me off is kids who wear glasses when they play - at least wear contacts or sport goggles, its so stupid

[liamlax]

when players on your team are afraid to get hit, so they dont pick up a ground ball

omg yes. when they are scared so the flick it away.
mine is when a player on your team gets scared of a defender and runs away from a pass comign at him so he doesnt get hit.

[duffylax25]

when you are stringing a stick and u think your finished so u cut the end of the string but then u realize u messed up and the string is too short to tie another knot with.

also when u are taking a face off and u tell the kid who is playing middie Exactly where the ball will be and it is exactly where it should be but the kid isnt.

also when im in my backyard and crack my neighbors fence with a shot

[naderlax23]

while playing midfield defense, i finally took my first shot (which hurt like hell). My D-pole quickly picked it up while i was running downfield for the fastbreak, but then he threw me the buddy pass of the century.

People who would rather damn you to hell than let you shoot anyway but overhand.

Stringing a top-string and coming up just short enough so that you can't tie it off.

People killing EMO in the first 5 seconds with a dumb shot

D-poles that aren't very good, but they throw a ton of hard slap checks

getting poked in the throat

And finally... SLICK BALLS x 100000000

[NorthAtk13]

not really a pet peeve but its can be annoying, is goalies trash talking, especially after scoring on them.
-people dropping perfect feeds
-passes over peoples heads
-defensemen who hack, get burned and then just hack more cuz they got burned
- and getting stuffed on the crease

[greenshoelaces]

Definitely when I have a shot, but decide to be courteous to my teammates and pass to them, and they completely miss the goal (or don't even get a shot off)

Old, useless mesh on your stick that makes it seem like your playing with a slippery ball rubbed down with grease from Long John Silver's fish...

Or, the old mesh that you have left in your stash, but refuse to throw away for no particular reason. (or decide to save it just in case an annoying teammate of yours decides to ask you to string their stick...instead of taking 2 minutes to find a tutorial on an amazing website called...lacrosseforums.com...)

[middie16]

When tired middies dont sub off.

[rbuc22]

When you dont know someone is behind you on a fast break and they get a good check off and you lose the ball

People who are just meatsticks and have no stick skills

When coaches tell you to go easy on kids at clinics cause they dont have arm pads and you just look dumb

goalies who complain about the D but cant stop a beachball

When all the balls you practice with are old and slippery and you go to a game and the balls are brand new and you just cant shoot

[hjr432]

when middies don't pick up the ball all alone after a faceoff you would have won

[tenaciousd]

shiny warrior pads. warrior helmets (including stryke). warrior advertisements. referees calling penalties on tall kids. when the d doesnt 2 slide (or 1 slide). conditioning. kids who think they are good but suck

[Quagmire300]

My pet peeve is when defence men wait for you to pick up the ball the hit you as hard as they can right in the knuckles. One kid did that to me so I hit him in the face and got a pretty bad penalty. I also hate when you get a break away and drop the ball when you try to shoot.

[longstickmid20]

Mine is when my wingman misses a ground ball on my face-off when there is no one around him.

[lax_mid]

arm guards sliding arround.
stiff gloves.
new kids that think there the shiz nit and think they are better then you and they dont know what to do in games and buy stuff that looks cool or becuase its the "best" on the market.
BALL HOGS!

[rickybobby13]

little kids who think they are all that

[<<RANGER>>]

People who play lacrosse that are afraid to take a hit.
And can't catch
or throw
or shoot
or dodge
or even run

[stonewallgoalie]

when i get scored on.
end of story.

[bcfan83]

little kids who think they are all that
That and when kids say your wied because you don't play baseball. And kids that don't evan know what lax is and they say they could own you at it.....

[Conchita85]

1) parents telling you how to play.
2) Having parents compare there son to you and you didn't want to say they suck.
3) People in a game, who aren't paying attention and get hit in the helmet with the ball.

[laxobsesive359]

i hate kids that dont do anything in practice. They just keep stayin in the back of the line. Even if ur not good, try to get better. I hate it especially when they talk smack to someone 10 times better than them

[Maxlax5]

Untalented players who have the most expensive most obnoxious looking equipment out there. Example: All warrior players club pads, Superflys, Stiffi head on levitation shaft. Morale of story: warrior is expensive

[mhslaxer]

- sliding arm guards
- throwing a sweet cross-crease pass on a fast break, and having it dropped.
- throwing any good feed and having it dropped
- average players that wear all the 'best' (and most often most expensive and shiny) gear.
- being injured (had a minor tear in my quad, had to sit out for a week, hated it)
- coaches not looking when you do something awesome, but always seem to see you miss a shot
- although it seems to have been phased out in recent times, players that wear one high (knee length) sock and one low sock. you look like an idiot.

[sticksurgeon]

The worst thing that can possibly happen, in the realm of annoyances, i have pretty long hair for a dude it comes past my shoulders and on a clear i breathed in open mouth like four inches of my own hair and it got stuck between my mouthpiece and my teeth so it stayed, dam near threw up sprinting cuz it made me gag so bad, closest ive ever come to just chopping my hair off.

[jsdwyer91]

Yea people who are new who just buy all the expensive gear, or people who copy a good players stick, one thing that really gets me is if theres the mullet with the mesh, like if it's really long at the end

[laxpunk]

It's gotta be the Baltimore Lax Mullet from all the prepsters. It's actually kinda funny.

[mpls-lacrosse]

#1) Losing lacrosse balls, drives me nuts, i sometimes miss my goal, it hits the backstop and somehow disappears... :banghead: :guns:

2) getting the ball on defense as a middie, running it all the way down the field, passing it around to a trigger happy attackman who fires away a crappy shot which the goalie saves and turns into a fast break, meaning i once again have to sprint full field for the second time in 10 seconds.

3) when i string a stick and the string i just cut turns out to be too short.

[Noblelax8]

Heheh...

-Getting decked on the crease after a shot and asking a fellow attackman if it went in... makes me feel really dumb.
-Missing a grounder
-Dropping a pass because of the anticipation of a shot
-8 on 8s... please, bring enough players next time
-People asking what head my evo 2.0 is
-People thinking my spectra side walls (spectra is really strong sailing string, pretty thin) is fishing line
-Butts that when close at all to your jersey catch it (thats why I don't use rubber butts)
-goalies that question me... does it really bother you when i pace around you in circles?

[laxmaniac101]

- when a fellow attackmen tells you to pass the ball more when you are leading the team in assists.

- when a COACH tells you to pass the ball more when you are leading the team in assists

- new kids getting all the expensive gear (Warrior)

- people who shy away from ground balls because they are afraid to get hit.

edit: kids who score in overtime and celebrate by themselves instead of with the team

[LaxinGill15]

- when a fellow attackmen tells you to pass the ball more when you are leading the team in assists.

- when a COACH tells you to pass the ball more when you are leading the team in assists

YES! that happened at a tournament once like 2 years ago.. the coach said i wasn't passing enough when in ever game i had like 3 assists

[nclax8]

I hate when people miss passes on good scoring oppurtunities

[RedmondLonghorn]

I hate when somebody, usually a non-scoring mid-fielder, takes a bad shot when the attackmen are out of position to back up the goal. This invariably happens when we have struggled to possess the ball and really should be settling it down and looking for a quality scoring opportunity.

I am all for taking shots whenever they are open (and sometimes even when they aren't), but let's only do that when we have the shot backed up, mmkay?

[OJRlax]

i gotta wet my gloves so i get the hardenedsweat off em

[msjlaxr]

when little kids at your younger sisters travel soccer party pic up your gamer and 2 backups and play with them.

[AHS_laxer]

definatly when the pads slide down
when you can never get ur shooters the right way
when you cant scoop the ball and u look like an idiot trying to scoop it

omg, i feel like the biggest loser when I don't get the scoop. espessially when nobody is on you.

how about when your just shooting around and you are doing great until your coach starts watching and you miss 3/4 of your shots.

[NK Lax 17]

1) parents telling you how to play.
2) Having parents compare there son to you and you didn't want to say they suck.
3) People in a game, who aren't paying attention and get hit in the helmet with the ball.

I hate number one, my dad does it all the time. I'm thinking "Shut up, I'm the lacrosse player, not you. :banghead:"

I also hate people that are in the stands that scream at the ref for making a blatantly obvious call against a player. Quit moaning, he clearly cracked that kid in the head with his stick, just wait for the penalty to be over.

[GuitarnLax36]

dropping the ball and my pocket if its bad I want to die lol.

[Goooaaal]

i hate when u get an injury that makes u pee blood... ya thats right.. it sucks

[OJRlax]

ahhh thats not right. but yeah, i yardsaled myself the other day. i got pushed and lost control of my stick and dropped it.

[WhiteMarauder]

When Teammates are afraid to get the ground-ball, or run away when you need an outlet

[laxgoaliebm16]

teamates who look through the middle bar....

[laxtender101]

teamates who look through the middle bar....
I hate kids with bad tilt, Your basicly letting everyone know your a plug

[LeftyLSM44]

Losing balls in the backyard:banghead:

Kids with slow shots who shoot right into the goalies stick

Kids who try the swim and get it knocked out

[cclaxattack30]

-Kids who never try.

-Missing shots.

-Losing faceoffs

-Having to poop during games.

[psibley19]

My biggest pet peeve is having to practice during spring break, everyone else is at panama beach and we end up at some place far from the friggin party.

Quoted for TRUTH! Hated that but the end result was worth it. How about bad bounces on a torn up grass field, or other D men that don't communicate.

[mrlaxdude]

whenevur ur elbow pads slide down

when u look like a geek tryin 2 scoop the ball up
:devil:
when ur man just blows by uhttp://www.lacrosseforums.com/images/smilies/devil.gif

[fhslaxplayer]

i hate when i get called for a slash when i hit a persons own stick into there helmet....im not hitting their helmet they are

[seanB LAX]

when kids get wicked pissed and are too hard on themselves and teammates
and pull the Oh my God under their breath every time them or their teammates do something less than perfect

[LacrosseDan]

arms guards slide down. pads come undone. when kids pass to you sidearm and it either goes way in the air or down at your feet.

[jmizzlemecham]

i hate when i just string one of my sticks and i pass and it hits top wall or i pass right and it throws fine and then when i pass left it hits top wall

[wallabear]

my lax pet peeve is refs that make horrible calls at the end of the game when 1 team is up by 10 to help the other team or when the refs don't call the game equally.

[Calleymn]

it makes me super mad when i make a perfect feed to my teamate and either they dont catch it or miss the shot.
also when i miss a pass i get super pissed

[Midman03]

when kids that wear KNEE socks that go up past the end of their shorts

[cavslax03]

kids who make fun of the kids who care and practice
also, kids who try to hockey-shoot it into the net instead of picking up the ground ball

[LacrosseDan]

kids who make fun of the kids who care and practice
also, kids who try to hockey-shoot it into the net instead of picking up the ground ball

Definitely agree with you on this one. My team is the biggest bunch of slackers in practice, when we run in laps i can lead the pack speed walking and when I run hard people are always telling me too slow down, it pisses me off.

[raiderslax27]

defensemen who blame everything on the goalies and people who can deliver the hit but can't take a hit

[t24]

when people spell defense as defence.

[kwaydefense]

forgetting your cup but playing anyway in absolute fear... slackers... cheap shots... spoiled kids with good equipment and no skill... kids who tell defenders to ease up are definetly the worst by far though

[bobo48]

a late whistle on a loose ball foul, when you've already picked up the ball and have clear daylight to the goal