why did you choose....

[Laxergirl]

why did everyone choose where you play? meaing defense, attack, middie, goalie etc etc. i play center (middie) because i am real fast, have pretty ok defense and on offense i try to always look for the best play for my team, whether its a pass or a shot. so i guess pretty sound all around skillwise. but if i played guys lax, id want to play mid or defense so i could really lay into people and whack them with my stick :laugh

[kryptic]

Attack - because it was a natural transfer from hockeys's wing. I've always loved putting the ball in the back of the net. Dodging, speed, and agility has always been strengths (football RB). But my first coach wanted me to play middie cuz I had the second fastest mile time on the team.

[sumSum]

I play defense because I enjoy stopping the other team from getting a goal more than I do scoring one. To me, defense is a true test of one's skills. You have to be a great communicator and team player to really make a good defensive unit.

As they say, "Offense wins games, defense wins championships."

[cooldevil938]

I originally wanted to play attack but then i relized how fun it is to hit people so I moved to defense. I deffinitley made the right choice. Plus girls love guys with longsticks.

[thestizzle]

well for goalies this is a kinda hard question....pretty much cause i love it. so for me its more ilke "why didnt you chooose to play goalie"

[pntbll687]

defense all the way. my first year was in 8th grade and i just brought my football mentality to defense. In my third year playing I got my varsity letter as a sophmore.

[timmy]

i'm a big kid, and i like to hit. do the math.

[exile lacrosse]

well...my first year playing my coach just stuck me in on defense at our first practice and i was good at it so i didnt try anything else. sometimes i wonder what it would b like oto play attack or how good i would b at it then i realize: "wait, hitting people is fun. why would i want to be the one getting hit?"

[midman17]

you know what I used to like but quit was goalie I loved that feeling stoning people I'm sure other goalies do too but now I play midfield because I like to be an offensive threat and I defensive threat and I like helping on ground balls because I would hate to sit in goal and wait for the ball to be picked up and couldnt do a thing so I can help now.

oh also I like breaking/bending/denting shafts :angel with the fatboy also I can be more aggressive and throw checks.

[FredtheCat]

I started off at middie because I'm fast and have good endurance, but lately I've been playing LSM/defense because I'd much rather shut down the opposing team's top player than score a few goals.

[TRELAX]

OK-
I just started playing last winter so I was born a box player.
I played wing for like one half and decided "this is boring" and moved to face-off midde. Stayed there and was well over 80% that season.
School tryouts came (inaugeral season) and I was ranked #7 out of 61 kids for tryouts. I was the fourth middie ranked, however.
I started on LINE 2 as a wing, because my coach is all about power-facing, not finese, then moved to LINE 1 wing, then he decided to make me a Man-Up team only middie.
I got really frustrated with my playing time and asked if he'd give me a spot on attack, he did, and I shared time with two players for the two wing spots there the rest of the year.
Summer came around and I started taking face-offs outdoor. Our HS team does not use a fogo so I'll try out as the face-off middie for line one or for the left attack spot next season- really depending on what the college coach i'm talking to wants me to work on.
Face-offs = the most fun part of lax.

[onlyliving4lax]

i play D and attack. D because it awsome, and attack beside i could handle the ball.

[TRELAX]

^ what school do you play for?

[faceitoff]

i used ot be attakc. mainly because of the goal scoring thing. but once i got interested in the art of facign off, i was a midfielder.

but on varsity im just theyre ***** aka fogo.

[MassLax25]

I play Attack. I'm not that fast because of an ankle injury, so Middie was out of the question. I am told I am a good feeder from x and can dodge well, so I play attack.

[lzlax09]

Attack because I like to score and make the pass that leads to the goal. Also I played defense in soccer and hated it so I wanted to play attack and im not in shape to play middi.

[bayhawkslax333]

i play middy because im fast and in shape and can take the face off didnt get to choose got stuck there

[NickBritt]

I play Middie because its the best and most important part of a lacrosse team. I started running cross country and swimming for my high school for the soul purpose of getting into the best shape i can be in to be able to play middie that much better... As middie i dont have to wait back for someone to pass me the ball(attack) but i can sprint over level someone and get the GB. Its a good feeling. Also faceoffs are almost a whole other postion... when i take them its such a rush and skill because you can read the persons decion just by looking at his stance and you are always learning and inventing new ways to take the faceoff... Attack and Defence are also important but middie does both of them and more... hell i even jumped infront of a shot once when the goalie was cought behind the net. I started out on attack scored a little but i decided to play middie and i'm never changing again.

[zizuhyte]

I play in the goal because nothing gets you more hyped than bein able to stop what the rest of the team couldnt.

[26Easy]

I play Middie because I am the fastest and strongest kid on my team I just started taking face-offs this year and I'm starting right now...I would rather play attack but I'm more useful on middie

[maclax16]

I play attack cause i couldent cut it as a midde and i am lazy at defence

[faceitoff]

Originally posted by NickBritt
I play Middie because its the best and most important part of a lacrosse team. I started running cross country and swimming for my high school for the soul purpose of getting into the best shape i can be in to be able to play middie that much better... As middie i dont have to wait back for someone to pass me the ball(attack) but i can sprint over level someone and get the GB. Its a good feeling. Also faceoffs are almost a whole other postion... when i take them its such a rush and skill because you can read the persons decion just by looking at his stance and you are always learning and inventing new ways to take the faceoff... Attack and Defence are also important but middie does both of them and more... hell i even jumped infront of a shot once when the goalie was cought behind the net. I started out on attack scored a little but i decided to play middie and i'm never changing again.

THAT'S dedication

[redsox5459]

i play middie because everyone thought thats where id be the best cuz im fast

[attacklax]

my first year, after a few practices, my coach put me at attack, said its where i belong, and it turned out pretty well

[BTlaxripper]

I play attack because my stamina is not so great.

[blckout20]

My neighbors who I played hockey with started playing lacrosse a year before me. They would be passing around and always would ask me if I wanted to play and I'd say no and would go play hockey. Eventually one day I was over just watching them shoot and I saw a massive 6 foot stick in his garage. I asked what it was and when my friend told me it was a defense stick I picked it up and never put it down. And now we play one on ones and everything all the time and we r 3 of the best players in the school. I am the only defender on r team who can covor either of them one on one. Unlike in hockey I am one of the best players on my team for lax so I've dedicated all my time to practicing lax and not really any to hockey since.

[Jjaylax09]

i was a middie when i ripped the muscles and ligaments in my ankle and my coach put me in goal because i couldnt run... three years later i am still there

[Dave691]

I started out playing middie because my dad played middie back in his day. I sucked though. The coach said "We need a guy with some balls to play goalie". I figured... hey, I played catcher in baseball and at the rate I'm going I'm not going to make the team on middie, so I volunteered to play goalie. The next year I started on Varsity.

[Knate]

since i played goalie in hockey and there was no other goalie i decided to play net in lax too

[LaxGoalieLZ]

At the time the people i played with didnt have a goalie so i started playin keep (with a catchers chest protector and no helmet) . IF i didnt play keep i would probably play D or crease attack.

[BossDj]

i played midfield when i first started, then next year for my middle school team in 8th grade i got moved to attack because they had enough middies, 9th grade i played attack and then in 10th grade we got a new jv coach and i got moved back to middie

[LAXatt]

i play all over(Attack...middie...lsm...defense)...i enjoy all aspects of the game...especially checking :agree

my coach switched me to middie from attack because i was good at defense as well as offense

so now i play middie:clap

[lax_warrior]

i started playing attack but since i was so fast and we didn't have enough guys so i started playing middie

[bigOHlax]

i started playin middie just to get in better shape for soccer, which was my main sport. but then i began to like lacrosse much more and i was much better at it then soccer, so i switch my main focus to lax

i was actually moved to attack for like 3 games, but i couldn't stand waiting for the ball to come back to me, and knowing i could be getting the ball back myself
so i had to stick to middie

[NickBritt]

Thanks laxergirl this forum gave us all a good chance to brag about ourselfs :-P

and oh yeah i wanna start lsm that sounds cool

[Htownmiddie9]

I originally wanted to play attack because who doesnt love to score,but then on our first day of team practice our coach just put me at mid and eventually i started taking face by our second game n now i wouldnt wanna play any other position.I was also the best conditioned player on the jv and could go back and forth with at getting a bit winded.plus i love laying kids out getting the ground ball running to the goal and scoring or dishing out an assist.

[Longest]

I started playing when I was 19, too late to become an attackman really. I didn't really relish the thought of being a middie. And I thought it would be a blast to pound on people with a stick. Hence, defense.

Dan

[pumba]

my coach told me i would b good at att

[GIattack]

i played attack because i was to small to do any type of defense i would just get ran over but im qwick and have good stick skills so i was put at attack

[Poppingseed]

i was a natural middie, cause i was fast, and dodged real well, and was an overall crazy *** mo fo....

[BBlaX]

coach put me on attack because of my stick skills

[UILAX16]

i went to attack because we only had 1 other guy, and my friend was attack so he helped me learn the position, plus im not the fastest guy. so attack is the best position for me.

[WestSideLa X eR]

I was a FO guy and had fast hands so some of my friends said to try goalie. Got in goal with a mid stick at first without any pads, helmet, but it was still fun. (The shot at me from FAR away).
I get more of a rush stopping a shot than scoring one