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Game play consists of ten players per team on the field at a time. That's one goalie,

three defense men, three mid fielders, three attackers per team. Defense men prefer to

use long poles which are 72 inches long, and each team is limited to four poles on the

field at a time. All the other players on the field will use a short stick, which is

between 40 and 43 inches long. The game is played with a small, galvanized rubber ball.

It's important that you make sure that your stick is legal. Most common penalties result

from illegal sticks. To have a legal stick the ball must fall freely out of your stick

when turned at a slight angle. The depth of the pocket is also another important part.

To make sure you have a legal stick you should be able to not see any free space between

the ball and the bottom of the side wall. Also, your stick must be at least 6 and a

1/2 inches wide. And finally, the out of bounds rules are that if one team throws an errant

pass or player with possession of the ball runs out of bounds, the possession is awarded

to the other team. The only time this is not the case is when the team on offense takes

the shot that either bounces off the goalie, a post, or misses the goal. The ball is then

awarded to the nearest player to the ball when it goes out of bounds. Those are the

basic rules of lacrosse.