Hi All

[Mozza15]

Hi all, my name's Sam, i'm 16 and am from Doncaster near Sheffield and have never played Lax before and wondered how i can get into the sport and if anyone knows of a club near me?

Thanks alot,
Sam.

[WHEELAX2]

Welcome to the forums..

the best way to get into lacrosse is to search all over this forum, read posts, and read, read, read.. whatever you can get your hands on.

[Mozza15]

Yeah, sorry, copy and pasted it from a primarily english forum but nobody really knew.
My bad.

Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England.

Sam.

[WHEELAX2]

YOu're kinda lucky.. you're in a good area for lacrosse. I know sheffield university has a team, and there are many clinics and camps in the area. you're east of Manchester, north of London, and south of Liverpool, right??

try checking the English Lacrosse site

[Mozza15]

Erm, i think we're east and north of liverpool...or east and south, but either way we're only JUST north/south of it. But London is 5 hour away, Manchester 2 hour-ish, Liverpool 3 and half?...At a guess.

Thanks
Sam.

[WHEELAX2]

Erm, i think we're east and north of liverpool...or east and south, but either way we're only JUST north/south of it. But London is 5 hour away, Manchester 2 hour-ish, Liverpool 3 and half?...At a guess.

Thanks
Sam.


I know UK Lacrosse puts on warrior camps in the summer.. check out their site

www.uklacrosse.com

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Welcome to the forums. Just make sure you follow all the rules and search.

[Mozza15]

Will do.
Thanks for the welcome and forgot to say thanks to WHEELAX for the welcome aswell, so, thanks :).

Sam.

[Mozza15]

could anybody tell me if the warrior starter kit on http://www.uklacrosse.com/ is any good please?

Thanks alot,
Sam.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

If you're just starting out, it looks pretty good. I dont know if it's overpriced because I dont know the conversion rate between dollars and pounds.

[LaxCrazy17]

Welcome Sam! I'm glad you want to get into the sport, you are contributing to the masses who are insanley obsessed about the sport, if your not now, you will be trust me. lol. You might want to try to search sticks and there are hundreds of threads about peoples just starting to play lax. If you need to know any more just post here or if you want to you can PM me. Unlike Wheelax2, I live in Ohio, so for location Wheelax is your man! Good luck and I'm glad to help!

~Robin

[Mozza15]

Cool, thanks for the welcomes!
Glad to find the first few people who replied are pretty sound...hate getting flamed when you're new to a forum!

The conversion rate is something like $1 to 85 pence something like just over a third.

I was thinking about just buying a stick and ball, throwing at the wall and borrowing the rest of the gear untill i definately want to keep playing. Sound like a good idea?

I'll search begginer sticks and everything, but i have looked my self already and thought this would be pretty good http://www.prolaxshop.co.uk/ .

Thanks alot,
Sam.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Welcome Sam! I'm glad you want to get into the sport, you are contributing to the masses who are insanley obsessed about the sport, if your not now, you will be trust me. lol. You might want to try to search sticks and there are hundreds of threads about peoples just starting to play lax. If you need to know any more just post here or if you want to you can PM me. Unlike Wheelax2, I live in Ohio, so for location Wheelax is your man! Good luck and I'm glad to help!

~Robin

So you're saying New York > MD?

[Mozza15]

Sorry, didn't notice the site didn't give direct links...go onto that link, then mens lacrosse, complete sticks, 1/4 way down the page-Brine Motive.

Thanks,
Sam.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

Yeah, I'd go with your second idea. That way your not out 150 pounds.

[Mozza15]

:) Do you think i should practice a bit on my own then go to a club or i should go to club and ask if i can give it a try straight away? I'm leaning more towards playingaround a bit first because i don't want to look a total p*llock hehe...but i want to get playing asap lol.

Sam

[LaxCrazy17]

So you're saying New York > MD?

Wait what? I'm confused.

[LaxCrazy17]

Yea, you might wanna practice a bit before you get out there with guys who already know the game, probably pretty well. Wall Ball, and stick handling is a big thing to practice. After you feel more comfortable with your stick skills and stuff, get out there and give it all you got!

[Mozza15]

:D Will do....can never get bored iwth hitting things at walls..played squash since i was 5.

I'll order my stick sometime soon and a ball and enjoy myself.

Thanks alot for the help and if there is any more info on clubs near me it's much appreciated.

Thanks alot,
Sam.

[LaxCrazy17]

What exactly is squash? What kind of stick are you getting? Everyone here will tell you that getting a stick is all about preference, if you don't already know that yet. Gald I could help! :)

[Mozza15]

Squash...
Thinner racket than tennis, same length in the head, smaller grip/handle and lighter easier to handle frame. Small rubber ball, little bit smaller than golf ball...4 walls; one big square one at front, rectangle same width, 1/2 height of the front wall. Two walls connecting the two at the sides ( a rectangle with a right angle triangle on top to get a sloping boundry on the side. You hit the ball off any of the walls aslong as at some point it hits the front wall with out bouncing. You have one bounce before your shot. Ball has to be inside the area of the walls and above the boundry at the bottom of the front wall...Brief rulings.

Stick i was thinking of getting is a Brine Motive...link and directions to the stick are posted above by me.

Sam.

[LaxCrazy17]

O ok, I see. I don't know too much about squash. Thanks for filling me in! Cool a Brine Motive. Very cool. I like the temptest, which are for girls. Yea, I'm a girl. :)

[Mozza15]

lol.
Good for you :) lol.

It's not a big game bit it's fast and alot of skill involved.

Sam.

[LaxCrazy17]

Thanks Sam. Yea, I think I might have heard of it, but I don't know much about it.

[Eclipse]

So you're saying New York > MD?

Lets not turn a thread about trying to help sam into another NY Vs. MD thread.

Welcome Sam, good to get more international users on TLF

[syracuselax3]

welcome to the forums.

yeah the brine motive is a great stick to get as a beginner..

also, like they said, you should practice around a bit, get both hands good, then play with them

[Mozza15]

:D Will do...really looking forword to it :) order my stick n ball asap and see if i can stay afta school in the field hockey nets and on the gym walls :)

Sam.

[TAITERSALAD31]

sam,
welcome buddy, first off i know sheffeild has a lacrosse club there.. i believe its run by one of the Coups brothers.... your best bet is to check out www.englishlacrosse.co.uk , you should be able to find contacts on there somewhere, as far as the gear goes with uklacrosse, call them and talk to keith... he's a good guy and will set you up nice... tell him tait sent you,, you should get a decent deal

[Mozza15]

Cool, thanks alot.
I've bene on english lacrosse and all i could get was that they hold camps for girls and if i'm a teacher i can get equiptment :S maybe i've missed something but i looked eveyrwhere i could find.

Thanks for the welcome and the help and i'll give them a ring sometime soon,
Thanks again,
Sam.

[TAITERSALAD31]

on the website... go to "about ELA"... there is a contact us button.... use that to get a hold of them.. they are extremely nice people and will do whatever they can to get you onto the sheffeild team and give you contacts for the team

[Mozza15]

Cool thanks alot man :).

Sam.

[Mozza15]

I can see an "about us" and a "contact us" but not and "about ELA" :S maybe i've missed something? I'm on the UKlacrosse site, right?

Sam.

[Eclipse]

No go there

www.englishlacrosse.co.uk

There is an about ELA on the left sidebard

[BCdefense]

order several balls, they tend to disappear. trust me on this one! welcome to the sport!

[RichWutLax]

Welcome to the forums and the sport, yeah like BCdefense said order LOTS of balls if they go in bushes there VERY hard to find or maybe its just me but theres proabably like 50 of my missing lax balls in bushes around my house

[Mozza15]

Thanks for the help and welcomes guys.
I'll give ELA a ring soon :)

Thanks alot,
Sam.

[marylanduni]

welcome to the forums. this is a great place to learn lots of useful information you need to know a bout the sport of lacrosse. have fun!