Lacrosse is a Territory Game. In this type of game, participants learn about and practise controlling an object, keeping it away from opponents and moving it into position to score, while sharing the same playing area as their opponents and trying to prevent them from scoring.
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Participants learn about and practise applying defensive and offensive strategies when trying to knock down other participants’ targets while defending their own targets.
Participants learn about and practise working as a group to invade another group’s territory and knock down their target.
Participants learn about and practise keeping possession of and intercepting a ball while wearing eyeshades.
Participants learn and practise working as a group to invade an opponents’ territory and to score a goal.
Participants learn about and practise working as a group to send and receive an object, while preventing an opponent from intercepting a pass.
Participants learn about and practise working as a group to invade another group’s territory and hit a pylon to score a goal, and preventing an opponent from scoring goals.
Participants learn about and practise playing a modified game of soccer while moving within designated zones.
Participants learn about and practise how to invade another group’s territory through a group tag game.
Participants learn about and practise moving effectively to maintain and gain possession of a space.
Participants learn about and practise applying offensive and defensive skills in a territory game. This activity reinforces the role of Protector traditionally found in First Nation, Métis, and Inuit cultures.