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The Field
Players, Coaches and Officials
Equipment
This section is about the playing field.
The World Lacrosse rulebook covers this topic in
rules 1 and 2 (pages 4-9)
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Equipment
In this section:
• Field dimensions
• Used terminology
• Purpose of field lines
• What if dimensions cannot be met?
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Team bench
area

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Coach walk
area

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Substitution
area

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Substitution
gate

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Sub waiting
area

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Score/ time
table

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Field dimensions:
Length: 91,4-100m
Width: 50-60m

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Endline

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Restraining line:
22m from goalline
34m from endline

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Center circle
with center line
for draws:
9m diameter

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12m
from
endline
to goal

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Goal circle/
crease:
3m radius

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Goal line:
in the middle
of the crease

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Hash mark

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Goal Line
Extended
(GLE)

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dot

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10m
from
goalline
to dot

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Direction of play
Goal attack area Goal defense area

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Advantage
Flag Area

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15 m Marking
Area (MA)

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presentation
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1: First hashmark
2: Second hashmark
3: Third hashmark
C: Center hashmark
GLE: Goal Line Extended
Between each hashmark
there is 4m
GLE
3
2 1

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Lacrosse goal:
• 1.83m x 1.83m (6ft x 6ft)
• Placed 12m from the endline on the goal line
• Pipes and goal line form goalmouth
• To score a goal a ball must completely cross
the goalmouth
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What if official dimensions cannot be met?
• Shorten the midfield (space between restrainers)
• If restrainers are too close to center circle because of this, there
might be a second set of restrainers used for the draw
• Width of the field should be maximized within safe margins
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