@@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186 it definitely is as much as hurling lol. You can check with your stick in lacrosse as well, albeit with limitations. What you all would call “chopping” is legal in lacrosse and is actually quite important for defensive plays, and you can hit their hands as well as their stick. Beyond that though, the rules for contact are basically the same in both sports. Both are very physically demanding sports with a good amount of contact and are largely played at an amateur level. They’re really more similar than they are different
i played lacrosse in high school. its a pretty brutal sport. as a defense, my objective was to hit the guy really hard til he dropped the ball. the first week i started playing, i saw a kid get his femur broken from a tackle.
I used to do that too I would run into someone and give em a shoulder regardless of how tall or tough they were. A wall of muscle running at you with speed was how I took people out. Hurling is great fun.
***** You must be on the British channel. There's no way you can play a sport where you're 'running for your life' and be fat. You don't see fat soccer players and they don't run half as much.
JT Folstad thats funny i saw my buddy break a kids femur that was on defense... he just plowed right through him.. the ambulance drove onto the field to scrape up the body lol
***** Lemme be more clear i want to see them react to it so they can get a better understanding of it. It would be very entertaining as a Canadian to watch.
+Nero ZeroHero . You say "we", but I'm pretty sure you don't mean that "skinny red-headed guy." What he was saying is 'don't mock a sport that you can't stand up in.' Just like all the fun you guys make of our football. People die each year playing football, but you guys never fail to mock it as being sissy.
+Adam That wouldn't work there is even gaelic footballers going off to australia to play it so we are pretty familiar with it .Though with these videos they get people who have no interest in sport whatsoever
I live in the U.S. and I have some family that lives in Ireland and plays hurling and I was pretty good at it. The reason why was because I have been playing lacrosse for 10 years. I appreciate both sports, both fun to watch and play
This game has been played in America for hundred of years before Western settlers came here; games used to be played with up to a thousand people aside as was sometimes used as an alternative to war.
Someday lacrosse will be as big as American football here in America. And it should, it's the first all American sport. The Native Americans created it.
And people also thought that American football would never become America's national pastime, but it might as well be at this point, since baseball isn't that important to us anymore.
Just so you know your wrong... Lacrosse is the national summer sport of Canada. Im american and have been playing lax my whole life its actually very fun and exciting when you learn to understand it and play the game right
"Is it on horses?" "There's no contact" (in Lacrosse) "That can't be his real name" "He looks so American rich" Is Ireland really in that much a bubble of ignorance?
It was first played by Iroquois indians in what is now the northern united states, thus it is american. But a version of lacrosse originated in Canada, but modern lacrosse resembles how the native americans played.
Every one of these "Irish people watches international customs" vids is just constant- "hurling, now that's a sport" or "look at these e numbers on this candy" followed by whinging and a false sense of superiority like the sun comes out more than thirty days a year there. I lived there for 2 years, liked it fine, but christ almighty, the whinging is non goddamned stop. Irish who never have visited America are nearly unbearable in their pomposity. The crying about other American food is the most ridiculous. This from the country who gave us Supermacs, sausage rolls, chip shops, carvery lunch and the full Irish? Cop on to yourselves. The butter is good, the milk is good, the cheese is good. Your country gave us beans on toast, but we gave you the beans. Ease up a little, the dry shite act is really getting old.
You don’t need to be rich, white or talented to play lacrosse. You only need 1 thing and that is to be committed. A lot of time and effort needs to be put into lacrosse, not just money. But it is all worth it when you get out on the field because lacrosse is a blast.
As a girl who plays lacrosse - I know that girl lacrosse is completely different than boys lacrosse- I'd just want to watch them play lacrosse. Like when that one guy said "I'd like to see more contact" he just needs to keep in mind that this is a big contact sport next to American football. I don't think that they're keeping an open mind that there are rules about contact in the sport itself. So, conclusion, I'd want to watch them play lacrosse and see how they deal with the the whole contact, especially if they "want to see more contact." :)
I'd like to see more contact-Guys helmet flies off. Also you should know every sport doesn't allow back and head checks. Another than that this vid was moist
I feel like as an English person I'm the middle man between America an Ireland. Like we play Lacross in school but we don't have professional teams poncing up sky sports.
Lacrosse is a weird sport. I did my GCSEs at a private school in England and it was an all-female sport there, sans helmets; then I see it on Teen Wolf, and it's like bloody rugby. Personally I don't see the appeal in either form, but after hearing LeatherJacketGuy tell the leprechaun-laughing-while-playing-football joke, I could stand to watch a game played by a team of leprechauns -- strictly on a field of fresh grass, of course.
The sport is intended to be intense and "brutal" by current standards, considering it was originally created as training and then a replacement for war. As in real, close combat, hacking at each other with weapons, war. La Crosse, WI is pretty widely acknowledged as the birthplace. So maybe next time some of my fellow commenters should do .5 seconds of research before assuming it's a "rich white kid sport".
Like, the idea is essentially that if you beat the shit out of someone with a stick, you're less likely to do damage than if you beat the shit out if someone with an axe. It's socially acceptable warfare with clearly defined rules and regulations.(much like the origins of the olympics)
The number1 sport is gaelic football soccer no2 hurling no3 rugby no4,but each of these sports are number 1 in some aspect.Soccer would have the most fans ,but the local league is not popular.Gaelic footballl has much higher attendances and rugby is catching up but in terms of participation its way behind the other sports.Hurling is confined to about a quarter of ireland,but is a religion there and probably has the highest average attendance,but a good bit less than gaelic football total attendance,because less games,but it has more of aheritage aspect then any of the other sports
***** helmets aren't optional anymore and the way you describe a Hurley make hurling sound like a sport where you fight to the death. A 'Wooden Axe' it isn't shaped anything like one its more curved less sharp.
Lacrosse is actually the fastest growing sport in America, and like most newer activities, will take a little bit to fully take off. I've seen towns where half the town comes out for its school's games and it's a tradition. Baseball is actually in decline, and hockey and lacrosse are pretty much cousins. It is mostly people with little experience of the sport that think of it as a "pussy version of football for rich white kids that can't play baseball." It takes athleticism, thinking on the run, and strength to play well, never mind hand eye coordination. For all the Irish out there, I don't have much experience on curling, but I'm sure they are both good sports, and like most sports, should not be compared. The reason it is seen as a rich white kid's sport is because of the cost of equipment, as well as the cost of summer travel teams or lessons, which can be in the thousands. Other than that it is a sport which a lot of people enjoy, and more so every year.
yo hi I did look it up, and there was one link saying rugby is, two saying lacrosse is, and one say obstacle course racing is. I guess they are all fast growing, whether rugby or lacrosse is I really don't care, my point was that it is growing a lot so that's why a lot of people judge it preemptively without knowing it.
plus, this sport is not played by only rich people, its played by people with heart and devotion who love the sport, you people in this video are so stereotypical. plus you wouldnt believe half the things these college kids do to play this good
Played Lacrosse in high school once (then I moved) and it was a lot more brutal than this. We would bulldoze into each other, hack each other and all that; never left a game without bruises.
GR!MACE High school tends to have more body checks because kids hold the ball longer. Once you're on a college level you learn to get rid of the ball and make a pass before you get run over.
I played highschool lacrosse 05-08 and it was pretty brutal. The skill level was pretty high, everyone could move the ball fast, but since a lot of us also played travel hockey there would be some pretty big and devastating hits. Played middy/long pole mid and would be black and blue after the games. Not sure on the rules now but back then shoulder pads and kidney protectors were optional if I remember right. Oh and there would be the occasional asshole who brought a wood stick and use it sporadically just to break some bones.
Having played lacrosse for most of my life I must say we need to get these guys to play some lacrosse so they understand that A) The ball can be knocked out of your stick VERY EASILY B) You can't overplay a guy on defense because then he can pass you easily C) Lacrosse is actually a difficult game to play D) NO HURLING PLAYER WOULD DOMINATE AT LACROSSE
I think you'd find the best lacrosse player would get a rude shock amongst top hurlers. look at any All Ireland hurling final between kilkenny and Tipperary in recent years. actually most AI hurling finals.
I really like seeing this sort of thing happen because whenever I try to explain hurling to people, I always have to compare it to lacrosse because of the sticks, so it's nice seeing that my comparison is shared by the Irish.
normally i just ignore the ignorance in these vids, but some of these guys were my teammates, and it pissed me off to hear people belittling the physicality and skill it takes to play lacrosse. I really wish you guys would send them out there to play the sports
john kehoe You can't judge a sport until you've played it. I can't judge hurling, but it looks like an awesome sport, don't get the hate :( Just because you've never played lacrosse doesn't mean u should automatically think its a shit sport.
john kehoe The problem is you're only looking to compare a sport you love to a sport you don't understand. I would never compare the 2 because a) they are nothing alike, and b) I don't know enough about hurling to talk about it. Sure lacrosse players may not bash into each other without any padding, but acting like you don't have to be in peak physical condition, and be prepared to get whacked by a 6 foot metal pole on a daily basis is just ignorance. Let somebody break a metal or wooden pole over your arm/chest/stomach, and see if you don't gain a little respect for the sport. Not to mention the extreme amount of talent it takes to play lacrosse.
gamestarr16 also, the game is 100% full contact as long as you don't hit them from behind, and as long as you aren't completely malicious with your stick, or hit them in the head with it, hitting them with your stick is perfectly legal. 3 minutes of a hour long game doesn't do it justice.
i like lacrosse o.o it's a sport that was invented by aboriginal canadians and so it has a long history in north america (though of course the original game was modified quite a bit by european immigrants to the americas into what's now the modern game of lacrosse) where i'm from in canada quite a few people play it and it's not considered a sport for only rich people :p love the video :) i'm not really sure why, but i love your videos of irish people reacting to stuff lol xD
the people that originally played it, the iroquois, live on both sides of the border. the difference between being aboriginal canadian and native american is just what side of the present-day border you fall on and has like nothing to do with the traditional territories of the indigenous groups of north america. :p anyway it was on the canadian side of the border that the modern version of the game was made.
Lacrosse is quite old actually. Eastern Woodlands people (East Coast American Indians) used it as a way to settle disputes between tribes without losing lives through warfare. Traditionally it was pretty brutal because that might be the only thing standing between your tribe getting the resources it needs or starving in winter.
As an Irish Lacrosse player this is hilarious.
THRONE LACROSSE What do think Joe, time to show them a little box?
Where's the vids Joe? I'm suffering through a throne video drought
Same
THRONE LACROSSE God I love the sport! I live in a lacrosse neighborhood though! LoL
Italian lacrosse player here :)
lol he said lacrosse isn't a contact sport. you will realize once you play
Devin Haber not as much as hurling
@@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186 feck yes
@@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186 it definitely is as much as hurling lol. You can check with your stick in lacrosse as well, albeit with limitations. What you all would call “chopping” is legal in lacrosse and is actually quite important for defensive plays, and you can hit their hands as well as their stick. Beyond that though, the rules for contact are basically the same in both sports. Both are very physically demanding sports with a good amount of contact and are largely played at an amateur level. They’re really more similar than they are different
@@Fatblue246 hurling is to lacrosse what rugby is to football. Men's sport vs little boys sport 😂
As a player the quote "there are more subs than bystanders", perfectly describes lacrosse. It's a great sport that doesn't get enough recognition.
fax
@@adamrogers2760 facrosse
yet somehow ive never played with more than 6 subs
i played lacrosse in high school. its a pretty brutal sport. as a defense, my objective was to hit the guy really hard til he dropped the ball. the first week i started playing, i saw a kid get his femur broken from a tackle.
I used to do that too I would run into someone and give em a shoulder regardless of how tall or tough they were. A wall of muscle running at you with speed was how I took people out. Hurling is great fun.
***** Gay sport Hurling? Ha! That's funny. You've obviously never watched Hurling. It's organized chaos with a heaping helping of violence stirred in.
***** You must be on the British channel. There's no way you can play a sport where you're 'running for your life' and be fat. You don't see fat soccer players and they don't run half as much.
You know who's a great role model for us defensemen? Tucker Durkin, that guy is a true tank defensemen.
JT Folstad thats funny i saw my buddy break a kids femur that was on defense... he just plowed right through him.. the ambulance drove onto the field to scrape up the body lol
I didn't get why they weren't impressed with it.... Until I looked up hurling
+Gurteg Bedi exactly haha!
Hahahaha
😂😂
exactly!
Welcome to ireland boi
hockey next? Stanley Cup Final is here
***** But im Canadian. I wanna see if they know what it is
All of them seem to like full contact sports, so ice hockey would probably be enjoyed. :) Also I'm an insane hockey fan so…
***** Lemme be more clear i want to see them react to it so they can get a better understanding of it. It would be very entertaining as a Canadian to watch.
*****
I've seen ice hockey in many countries outside of the US and Canada, and they are nowhere near as violent as the NHL :p
***** why is the national hurling league in such high demand
Lol
The skinny red-headed guy wants full contact, he would be crushed. Are those his arms or just two bits of spaghetti hanging down then.
+M. Horsman He didn't say he would play it though, just watch it.
+M. Horsman hhahahah
+M. Horsman Even though we play Hurley, which is full contact and pretty similar to lacrosse
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+Nero ZeroHero . You say "we", but I'm pretty sure you don't mean that "skinny red-headed guy." What he was saying is 'don't mock a sport that you can't stand up in.' Just like all the fun you guys make of our football. People die each year playing football, but you guys never fail to mock it as being sissy.
"It's like quidditch."
Sonya Steadman Not really
Lol it really is
Irish People Watch Australian Rules Football.
Adam Curry Dude it's on tg4 every weekend.
Everybody watches there's Auzzie rules clubs in Ireland
Adam Sure we would all know Aussie Rules from the International Rules games. Great sport though so it is.
+Adam That wouldn't work there is even gaelic footballers going off to australia to play it so we are pretty familiar with it .Though with these videos they get people who have no interest in sport whatsoever
+Kieran Fitzgerald used to be but haven't seen it on their in a long time
I live in the U.S. and I have some family that lives in Ireland and plays hurling and I was pretty good at it. The reason why was because I have been playing lacrosse for 10 years. I appreciate both sports, both fun to watch and play
"There's more substitutes than there are audience members" DONE xDD
This game has been played in America for hundred of years before Western settlers came here; games used to be played with up to a thousand people aside as was sometimes used as an alternative to war.
Passes it to the man and...boom goes the dynamite. Haha solid reference.
lets go maryland(my home state)
"... .. ..there's about 5 million substitutes standing around!..." .
.., .. .. ...CLASSIC review right there! I loved that!
Mexican from Chicago that plays and loves lacrosse
La Capone
Mexican in Cali
"He looks so American rich." Hahahaha
Someday lacrosse will be as big as American football here in America. And it should, it's the first all American sport. The Native Americans created it.
I'm a fan of lacrosse and I'm pretty sure that day will never come
And people also thought that American football would never become America's national pastime, but it might as well be at this point, since baseball isn't that important to us anymore.
Lacrosse is Americas actual first sport created by Native Americans way before there was any basketball football or baseball.
Corey Hall hurling is older than Lacrosse
Here in Canada Lacrosse is huge, stadiums are full.
This is an Iroquois medicine game. Traditionally played for the creator by that group of Native Americans. This is the original American sport.
Im a mid fielder and im also Irish and lacrosse is prob the best sport ive ever played
Lacrosse into American opinion is the greatest game
"more contact"
lawl
I was one of those 12 fans..great game. Go terps!!
it was invented by native Canadians, and actually our native sport, and that ball is friggen hard as hell
This. Idea. Is. Genius.
I love lacrosse it's my favorite sport
You show them lacrosse and you don't show them Canadian teams playing? Blasphemy
Tbh no one cares about Canada if you see a country vs that country video they always compare America.
+Anna B like not being a hater I love Canada and all but it's true
+Anna B It's Canada's National aboriginal game, dipshit. We allow Yanks to play it. And we laugh when they do.
No they should have showed Native American tribes playing
Im American and I agree with you. Canadians are brutal whenever I play them
Curling is Canada's national summer sport. I am Canadian. I have never watched a full game of lacrosse.
Just so you know your wrong... Lacrosse is the national summer sport of Canada. Im american and have been playing lax my whole life its actually very fun and exciting when you learn to understand it and play the game right
Tyler Cleary
WOW! I don't know why I said curling. I know lacrosse is our national summer sport. I guess I had a temporary brain fart. :P
Lacrosse, not hockey, is Canada's national sport. Both rock.
Hardly recognized Paddy without the silver/white hair. Like the silver look best.
Wow. North Carolina and Maryland played today in the national championship.
Should do an Irish people watch indoor lacrosse.
"Is it on horses?"
"There's no contact" (in Lacrosse)
"That can't be his real name"
"He looks so American rich"
Is Ireland really in that much a bubble of ignorance?
Christian the Muslim Jew nah Americans are the most ignorant
@@fearmorpiercemacmaghnais7186 deosnt seem that way from this video.
Lacrosse does exist in Ireland.. Some of the older girls on my team just got back from a tournament there!!
Sophia• •Moore very small amount of people play it
People don't understand how much contact there acuturly is in lacrosse do they
You show them a Canadian sport in an American league smh
ShimoGames Lacrosse was invented by native Americans, so no, it is not a canadian sport.
Yeah in Canada and the US but we adopted it as our national sport so it's Canadian. Plus more Canadians play it per capita than Americans Bassrocker19
I definatly thought the Canadian national sport was hockey?
It was first played by Iroquois indians in what is now the northern united states, thus it is american. But a version of lacrosse originated in Canada, but modern lacrosse resembles how the native americans played.
*****
Though this was before USA was a thing and that area was occupied by the british.
They should do this video again but with professional NLL box lacrosse instead of these middle ranked uni field lacrosse teams.
Every one of these "Irish people watches international customs" vids is just constant- "hurling, now that's a sport" or "look at these e numbers on this candy" followed by whinging and a false sense of superiority like the sun comes out more than thirty days a year there. I lived there for 2 years, liked it fine, but christ almighty, the whinging is non goddamned stop. Irish who never have visited America are nearly unbearable in their pomposity. The crying about other American food is the most ridiculous. This from the country who gave us Supermacs, sausage rolls, chip shops, carvery lunch and the full Irish? Cop on to yourselves. The butter is good, the milk is good, the cheese is good. Your country gave us beans on toast, but we gave you the beans. Ease up a little, the dry shite act is really getting old.
What are the names of the people that are in the videos? They're all so funny and I just subscribed yesterday. I love IRELAND! ❤
A hurling player would get rekt
has anyone got covered in blood or died in lacrosse
Probably
watch more hurling and see that its more than lacrosse
ya
Brand1n N amen
Do one with box lacrosse field has like no heavy contact
He said the kid who lost his helmet looked "American rich". My first thought was he looked British:>D
Looks like they want to see more contact. Do Irish People Watch Box/Indoor Lacrosse
nope, not at all
You don’t need to be rich, white or talented to play lacrosse. You only need 1 thing and that is to be committed. A lot of time and effort needs to be put into lacrosse, not just money. But it is all worth it when you get out on the field because lacrosse is a blast.
Far too much respect
king Henry would absolutely dominate at this
As a girl who plays lacrosse - I know that girl lacrosse is completely different than boys lacrosse- I'd just want to watch them play lacrosse. Like when that one guy said "I'd like to see more contact" he just needs to keep in mind that this is a big contact sport next to American football. I don't think that they're keeping an open mind that there are rules about contact in the sport itself.
So, conclusion, I'd want to watch them play lacrosse and see how they deal with the the whole contact, especially if they "want to see more contact." :)
I saw that Maryland unc game
They r in for a treat
Should have shown clips from NLL. Go Rocks.
I would think they would show Canadian lacrosse since it is our national sport
i;ve never even seen lacross on tv before
ermahgerd i love lacrosse
Depending on how the team plays they have more or less contact. But it's all about the safety of the players
First ever Lacrosse for me as well....very odd
I'd like to see more contact-Guys helmet flies off. Also you should know every sport doesn't allow back and head checks. Another than that this vid was moist
Maryland!!!
HEY!! AMERICAN LACROSSE PLAYER!!
I feel like as an English person I'm the middle man between America an Ireland. Like we play Lacross in school but we don't have professional teams poncing up sky sports.
neither the Americans the top lacrosse is play in college level where the players don't get paid with money
+angelkuba98 I thought there was a professional arena lax, that is on a compact field with more hits.
+Limen The indoor league is National League Lacrosse and there is also an outdoor league called Major League Lacrosse.
Just wanted to point out that there was a level beyond college. Although I stopped watching after I left UMD--GoTerps!
Hurling is amateur as well even though the final attracts 82000 spectators
I’m Irish and I play lacrosse
why do loads of people (not all) outside ireland think our only sports are GAA sports? We have soccer and hockey and all other sports too
Lacrosse is a weird sport. I did my GCSEs at a private school in England and it was an all-female sport there, sans helmets; then I see it on Teen Wolf, and it's like bloody rugby. Personally I don't see the appeal in either form, but after hearing LeatherJacketGuy tell the leprechaun-laughing-while-playing-football joke, I could stand to watch a game played by a team of leprechauns -- strictly on a field of fresh grass, of course.
Irish people watch box lacrosse!!!
Passes it to the man... And boom goes the dynamite
They should watch box lacrossed
Next do Irish people watch hockey
Why didn't they show them a Fighting Irish game!
Show them some Box Lacrosse
Ireland has a National Lacrosse team so..
Here in the US Lacrosse is a rich person's game.
Have them watch an ice hockey game if they want to see more contact in a sport.
Or box lacrosse
I wonder what they'd think about indoor lacrosse...
I was there for this game lol
Go Terps! Way to stomp the Heels!
We need more Americans watching Irish stuff. In legit almost every video, the Irish are so negative towards all the American stuff. Lol
Lol North Carolina has a 50 or more roster and they don't play any freshman, sophomores, and rarely juniors.
Do Americans watch riverdance for the first time.
The sport is intended to be intense and "brutal" by current standards, considering it was originally created as training and then a replacement for war. As in real, close combat, hacking at each other with weapons, war. La Crosse, WI is pretty widely acknowledged as the birthplace.
So maybe next time some of my fellow commenters should do .5 seconds of research before assuming it's a "rich white kid sport".
Like, the idea is essentially that if you beat the shit out of someone with a stick, you're less likely to do damage than if you beat the shit out if someone with an axe. It's socially acceptable warfare with clearly defined rules and regulations.(much like the origins of the olympics)
How about watching American bull riding for the first time?
I didn't even know that the Irish were not familiar with this sport. What sports ARE the Irish familiar with? I guess soccer, maybe rugby?
+Edward Cimino The big sports in Ireland are soccer Rugby and GAA sports.
+Edward Cimino hurling is Ireland's national sport. It has some similarities with lacrosse actually.
The number1 sport is gaelic football soccer no2 hurling no3 rugby no4,but each of these sports are number 1 in some aspect.Soccer would have the most fans ,but the local league is not popular.Gaelic footballl has much higher attendances and rugby is catching up but in terms of participation its way behind the other sports.Hurling is confined to about a quarter of ireland,but is a religion there and probably has the highest average attendance,but a good bit less than gaelic football total attendance,because less games,but it has more of aheritage aspect then any of the other sports
theres not as much contact because everyone is way too fast lol
"My sports are better and your sports suck"
- Everyone, always
lacrosse is a deceiving sport. it looks super easy but it takes a lot of skill
Exactly right
Have you even played hurley
@@TheCarolinewalsh you mean hurling? yeah. it's similar
Doesn't even look easy to me
Fastest game on two feet!!
No contact? I have played lacrosse for 16 years and have broken 13 bones (9 being my right thumb) Lel
You should probably quit, or get better at it hahaha
***** helmets aren't optional anymore and the way you describe a Hurley make hurling sound like a sport where you fight to the death. A 'Wooden Axe' it isn't shaped anything like one its more curved less sharp.
Played hurling for 10 years never came across a sharp point because its not properly sharp. The part about the shins is true tho.
Lacrosse is a full contact sport
***** then you sir are a bitch
Lacrosse is actually the fastest growing sport in America, and like most newer activities, will take a little bit to fully take off. I've seen towns where half the town comes out for its school's games and it's a tradition. Baseball is actually in decline, and hockey and lacrosse are pretty much cousins. It is mostly people with little experience of the sport that think of it as a "pussy version of football for rich white kids that can't play baseball." It takes athleticism, thinking on the run, and strength to play well, never mind hand eye coordination. For all the Irish out there, I don't have much experience on curling, but I'm sure they are both good sports, and like most sports, should not be compared. The reason it is seen as a rich white kid's sport is because of the cost of equipment, as well as the cost of summer travel teams or lessons, which can be in the thousands. Other than that it is a sport which a lot of people enjoy, and more so every year.
JJ Hooles Sorry to burst your bubble, but rugby is the fastest growing sport. look it up.
yo hi I did look it up, and there was one link saying rugby is, two saying lacrosse is, and one say obstacle course racing is. I guess they are all fast growing, whether rugby or lacrosse is I really don't care, my point was that it is growing a lot so that's why a lot of people judge it preemptively without knowing it.
JJ Hooles I got you man. Thanks for the clarification. I just look at the date the articles were published.
JJ Hooles wow. A well thought out, informative, and rational youtube comment. I didn't think those existed
Yeah I mean I'm a middle class black guy and I play lacrosse
plus, this sport is not played by only rich people, its played by people with heart and devotion who love the sport, you people in this video are so stereotypical. plus you wouldnt believe half the things these college kids do to play this good
hey look it's the crooked arrows kid again
As a black american who grew up with a bunch of rich white friends, I will respectfully agree that _most_ lacrosse players are quite affluent.
Played Lacrosse in high school once (then I moved) and it was a lot more brutal than this. We would bulldoze into each other, hack each other and all that; never left a game without bruises.
GR!MACE How long ago? Like football, lacrosse used to be more brutal but it's become pussified.
M Dev 08-09 in California and then I moved and played football where it was heavily pussified.
GR!MACE High school tends to have more body checks because kids hold the ball longer. Once you're on a college level you learn to get rid of the ball and make a pass before you get run over.
I played highschool lacrosse 05-08 and it was pretty brutal. The skill level was pretty high, everyone could move the ball fast, but since a lot of us also played travel hockey there would be some pretty big and devastating hits.
Played middy/long pole mid and would be black and blue after the games. Not sure on the rules now but back then shoulder pads and kidney protectors were optional if I remember right. Oh and there would be the occasional asshole who brought a wood stick and use it sporadically just to break some bones.
Never have left a game without bruises and never left one without returning bruises.
"I'd love it if it was full contact and they didn't respect eachother." Time to show them box lacrosse!
I'd love to see these people actually try the sport as opposed to watching it and bashing on it...smh
Well, that's how Americans judge other sports such as football, rugby and hurling
Dakota Morris They play the sport it is based on. The sport that has less pads and more skill.
+Brem Exactly!
Dakota Morris well hurling does make this look like child's play
Brem bang on
They shouldve showed them notre dame. Cause. Fighting irish.
and I'm not rich at all or native American
Same
is this randy wikson
+Dakota Clink im one of those things. ps im poor af
+Chayton Thompson your n8v American ?
I fail to see where they said anything about native americans??
Having played lacrosse for most of my life I must say we need to get these guys to play some lacrosse so they understand that
A) The ball can be knocked out of your stick VERY EASILY
B) You can't overplay a guy on defense because then he can pass you easily
C) Lacrosse is actually a difficult game to play
D) NO HURLING PLAYER WOULD DOMINATE AT LACROSSE
Praise
I think you'd find the best lacrosse player would get a rude shock amongst top hurlers. look at any All Ireland hurling final between kilkenny and Tipperary in recent years. actually most AI hurling finals.
+Fergus Flynn soon to be Waterford this year!!
Bradley Biggle Amen
Irish people watch Dating Naked
I really like seeing this sort of thing happen because whenever I try to explain hurling to people, I always have to compare it to lacrosse because of the sticks, so it's nice seeing that my comparison is shared by the Irish.
I live in Alabama, and most people here play American Football. Most people in this state haven't even seen a game of Lacrosse.
blakshema It's a Yankee sport they play up in New England.
blakshema I thought it was played mostly out West...
JHowesitgoing123 East coast. It is growing out West though
I live in Alabama and in my city lacrosse is booming!
Ariana Grande Florida too
No matter how much anybody tries no sport will ever beat hurling😊
Meabh Broderick spot on boi
normally i just ignore the ignorance in these vids, but some of these guys were my teammates, and it pissed me off to hear people belittling the physicality and skill it takes to play lacrosse. I really wish you guys would send them out there to play the sports
Really wish you could realise that when it compares to hurling the physicality just isn't anything near the same as it is in hurling
john kehoe You can't judge a sport until you've played it. I can't judge hurling, but it looks like an awesome sport, don't get the hate :( Just because you've never played lacrosse doesn't mean u should automatically think its a shit sport.
john kehoe The problem is you're only looking to compare a sport you love to a sport you don't understand. I would never compare the 2 because a) they are nothing alike, and b) I don't know enough about hurling to talk about it. Sure lacrosse players may not bash into each other without any padding, but acting like you don't have to be in peak physical condition, and be prepared to get whacked by a 6 foot metal pole on a daily basis is just ignorance. Let somebody break a metal or wooden pole over your arm/chest/stomach, and see if you don't gain a little respect for the sport. Not to mention the extreme amount of talent it takes to play lacrosse.
gamestarr16 also, the game is 100% full contact as long as you don't hit them from behind, and as long as you aren't completely malicious with your stick, or hit them in the head with it, hitting them with your stick is perfectly legal. 3 minutes of a hour long game doesn't do it justice.
Just look up our sport hurling and then you will understand
i like lacrosse o.o it's a sport that was invented by aboriginal canadians and so it has a long history in north america (though of course the original game was modified quite a bit by european immigrants to the americas into what's now the modern game of lacrosse) where i'm from in canada quite a few people play it and it's not considered a sport for only rich people :p
love the video :) i'm not really sure why, but i love your videos of irish people reacting to stuff lol xD
Bunny1412 Aboriginal Canadians? You mean the Iroquois.
Chase Sandlin
Thanks :) I first thought of them but wasn't completely sure
***** I mean that the specific group that made Lacrosse we're the Iroquois. But yeah that'll do, haha.
the people that originally played it, the iroquois, live on both sides of the border. the difference between being aboriginal canadian and native american is just what side of the present-day border you fall on and has like nothing to do with the traditional territories of the indigenous groups of north america. :p
anyway it was on the canadian side of the border that the modern version of the game was made.
I didn't even know that people thought it was only for rich people 'till today. I'm Mohawk though, so my family plays it together in the summer.
Lacrosse is quite old actually. Eastern Woodlands people (East Coast American Indians) used it as a way to settle disputes between tribes without losing lives through warfare. Traditionally it was pretty brutal because that might be the only thing standing between your tribe getting the resources it needs or starving in winter.
kinghf10 hurling is older than Lacrosse and was used by the Celts to gear up for war