Do you think lacrosse is similar to basketball

[Ryan2]

?Do you think lacrosse is similar to basketball?

[crazydrew86]

the foot work is symmilar and so is the zone defense so i voted yes

[flyersrule9733]

it is kinda similar. actually lacrosse is related to just about every sport (besides golf and nascar, but they arent sports anyway, and baseball too, but no one cares about baseball)

basketball- plays (pick and roll), the whole idea of passing it around, defence
hockey- shooting, field set up, defence
football- physical
soccer- running and how its played

its basicly all the sports combined

[ptlax79]

lacrosse is similar to basketball in the ways of passing around, also the defense is similar because of zones and man defenses

[PMRaiderLax6]

Last year, my JV lacrosse coach took us inside to play basketball to help us with our defensive footwork. You can say they're very similar.

[shooter]

I voted kinda, because the plays used are very similar.

But basketball sucks big time.

[spenny]

ive been told, (by someone not known for making stuff up) but havent been able to confirm it, that James Naismith (basketball's creator and one of my grandfathers professors at Kansas) was a lacrosse player, and that he was adapting lax for a larger ball and indoor use

(one of the box guys will have to tell you whether box predates hoops, i dont know.)

[j-money]

hmmm
sounds interesting

[RichWutLax]

for box yes it is alot like basketball ... the pick and roll , give and go , coaches like you to set up in a "house" or tight box for defense , theres a "point Guard " creaseman is like a forward and then theres shooters... but im not too sure about field

[fenwicklax89]

it is kinda similar. actually lacrosse is related to just about every sport (besides golf and nascar, but they arent sports anyway, and baseball too, but no one cares about baseball)

basketball- plays (pick and roll), the whole idea of passing it around, defence
hockey- shooting, field set up, defence
football- physical
soccer- running and how its played

its basicly all the sports combined

i disagree with football. the fact that lacrosse, or any other contact sport, involves contact does not meat its like football. the two are almost polar opposites.

[j-money]

for box yes it is alot like basketball ... the pick and roll , give and go , coaches like you to set up in a "house" or tight box for defense , theres a "point Guard " creaseman is like a forward and then theres shooters... but im not too sure about field
agreed
i think feild is alot like soccer
its just played with 1 extra midfeilder
same postions

[ekajsk8er]

Yes. The footwork, defensive slides, and the way the offense is set up and worked are all very similar to the field game. Not so sure about box though, I think its more hockey than basketball, but it still has it's similarities.

[Pitibear]

4 categories of sports:

type 1: both teams on field, going in opposite directions

type 2; each team on it's own side of the field, sending the object of play onto the other team's side.

type 3: one team on the field, the other team tries to send the object of play into the field in a prescribed manner.

type 4: both teams off the field, take turns sending the object of play onto the field in a prescribed manner.

Category names & examples:

type 1: "football" games; football, soccer, lacrosse, hockey, hurling, etc.
type 2: "tennis" games; tennis, badminton, volleyball
type 3: "baseball" games; baseball, softball, rounders, crickett
type 4: "target" games; archery, bowling, darts, curling, billiards

Curiously, all form of racing are "target" games by definition...in track & field, your body is the object of play, and you 'propel' it "down the field in a prescribed manner," that is, get there the fastest.

so, you can say in this context, that lax and basketball are in the same category of sport...

there is also a lot physically in common: speed, agility, flexibility of the players' moves...tactically, playing off the ball and defending are very similar...all in all, it fits into the "kinda" category...

Good poll, dude...

[KnightsLAXDad]

Box lacrosse is even more like basketball. You could take pretty much any basketball play and use it in box.

[BuckWyld]

If I need to describe lax to someone who has never seen it, I generally compare it to soccer and hockey, not basketball although all four are similar

[WHEELAX2]

yes.. a lot of the game play resembles basketball.. especially when compared to box lacrosse.

many of the defensive skills, footwork, formations, etc.. are shared with basketball..

it'd be a good idea to play basketball as a warm-up for lacrosse.. :idea:

[OldGoalie]

ive been told, (by someone not known for making stuff up) but havent been able to confirm it, that James Naismith (basketball's creator and one of my grandfather's professors at Kansas) was a lacrosse player, and that he was adapting lax for a larger ball and indoor use

(one of the box guys will have to tell you whether box predates hoops, i dont know.)

Looks like there's some validity to your story:
http://www.ncecbvi.org/students/tyson/bball/b-ball3.HTML

"American rugby (football) was the game Naismith considered most interesting, but tackling made it too rough for an indoor sport. Tackling, however, could be eliminated if players were forbidden to run with the ball, but could move it only by passing or batting it to another player, with the use of the fist prohibited. The game of lacrosse suggested the type of goal to be used, but the goal would be horizontal so players would have to throw the ball in an arc, thus limiting the force with which it was hurled. That idea came to Naismith from his memories of a childhood game he had played with his friends in Bennie's Corners, Ontario.

"I recalled from my boyhood in the lumbering camps of Canada," he recalled, "that when we played a game called 'Duck on a Rock,' the goal should be one that could not be rushed, and that the ball could not be slammed through. This called for a goal with a horizontal opening, high enough so the ball would have to be tossed into it, rater than being thrown."

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[chslax24]

it's similar in a way to every sport. Thats why I like it so much:clap:

[roycegracie47]

I've always been of the mindset that watching and playing hoops will help develop better lax skills. There are many facets of the game that translate well (considering the aforementioned origins of the modern game). Defensive play in basketball is especially one are of interest as it definately helps your zone and man skills, but there is also a good amount of offensive skills that can also translate over to ones lax game. I think it is the most beneficial to field middies as the full-court game involves transition by all players whether they are offensive or defensive minded (in the case of boxla players this is good for everyone then). Conversly some guys who have only played basketball can find their skills a good advantage to have coming over to the game while they develop stick skills, Coaches will find themselves with a good group of D middies. Plus you always have to wonder what that massive center would look like striding up and down the paint with a long pole to take care of buisiness.