The Rules
The rules of women’s lacrosse differ significantly from men’s lacrosse, most notably by equipment and the degree of allowable physical contact. Women’s lacrosse does not promote physical contact, primarily because the only protective equipment worn for this sport is a mouth guard, sometimes and face guard and thin gloves. Stick checking (with several rules applied), and not body checking as in men’s lacrosse, is permitted in the women’s game, but only in certain levels of play. Sometimes checking can lead to body checking; while this is still not permitted in a women’s game, some referees will allow limited body checking. Women’s lacrosse also does not allow players to have a pocket, or loose net, on the lacrosse stick.