Box lacrosse, also known as boxla, box, or indoor lacrosse, is an indoor version of lacrosse played mostly in North America. The game originated in the 1930s in Canada, where it is more popular than field lacrosse. Lacrosse is Canada's official national summer sport. Box lacrosse is played between two teams of five players and one goalie each, and is traditionally played on an ice hockey rink once the ice has been removed or covered. The playing area is called a box, in contrast to the open playing field of field lacrosse. The object of the game is to use a lacrosse stick to catch, carry, and pass the ball in an effort to score by shooting a solid rubber lacrosse ball into the opponent's goal. The highest level of box lacrosse is the National Lacrosse League.
A box lacrosse goaltender (or goalie)
Ball players, a colour lithograph by George Catlin, illustrates various Native Americans playing lacrosse.
National Lacrosse League action during an All-Star Game in 2005
Windsor Clippers (OJBLL) runner in 2014.
Lacrosse is a contact team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively modified by European colonists, reducing the violence, to create its current collegiate and professional form.
Men's field lacrosse game between North Carolina and Duke
Ball-play of the Choctaw – ball up by George Catlin, c. 1846–1850
Ball Players by George Catlin
Richmond Hill "Young Canadians" lacrosse team, 1885