Lacrosse deserves an olympic place

Like i said before lacrosse is one of the most physically taxing sports in the world. Lacrosse players have to train incredibely hard just to play in D1 in college. If players have to put in so much work into a sport then it has to be in deserves to be in the olympics. Sports like table tennis and archery don't demand that much out of you, training for these sports are all repetition, for example in archery shooting for the bullseye 100 times everyday will make you hit the bullseye almost everytime you shoot. However, lacrosse you have to train your physical strength, your speed, your agility, and your endurance. This means running every other day, weightlifting everyday, and doing speed and agility drills. When you think thats already tough enough, you have to train your stick skills too, i mean practicing throwing, catching, dodging, shooting, throwing fakes, and most importantly improving your off-hand (putting your stick and your non-dominant hand). Paul Rabil, who hold the fastest shot in lacrosse said, " In college I could shoot the ball a couple pennies over a dollar, but nowhere near towards the 110mph threshold... now I do get in some serious shooting every day or so, and stuff like lifting and yoga has helped me with power and torque" (Fanbase.com)This is all alot of hard work that requires dedication, why not reward the truly dedicated by giving them a chance to compete for the gold?

Lacrosse's Growth

For those who argue lacrosse is not even that big, not in the U.S. or even the world, your wrong. Lacrosse has been growning significantly in the U.S.  And think even if you hate the sport, if it were to become an olympic event that means the U.S. could win more medals, over other countries plus does anybody really watch table tennis in the summer olympics...exactly lacrosse can easily fill that void.

What doesn't make sense

Now it says that 33 countries need to be registered as "lacrosse playing" countries by the IOC ( International Olympic Committee). What doesn't  make sense about lacrosse not being in the olympics is that, lacrosse was played in the 1904 Summer Olympics, with only 3 teams, and later in the 1908 olympics with 2 teams. Today we have 23 countries playing the sport, if we could make it olympic with only three countries in the past, then we should be able to with 23 countries today. Plus if lacrosse were put in the olympics for only a year, then other countries would see it as a chance to win medals, causing it to spread and have more contestants for the next olympics.

Lacrosse should be in the Olympics

Lacrosse is one of the oldest sports in history, "Lacrosse was considered the most widely played team sport of its time in North America with regional variations played with either one or two sticks of differing structures. In all it's forms the Native version of lacrosse was an athletic contest of great skill, pride and spiritual significance" (athleticscholarships.net). Lacrosse is physically taxing sport in more ways than one, Lacrosse requires endurance,speed, agility and intelligence. For more background info, click here

Lacrosse Should Be an Olympic Sport

Lacrosse is an intense sport, its been around for centuries, and it takes a great amount of athleticism to succeed in, it doesn't make sense for it to not to be in the olympics. The Requirements for an Olympic sport are... . Lacrosse has been demonstrated in the olympics 3 times in 1928, 1932 and 1948, not to mention it was an olympic sport in 1904 and 1908. With all its olympic ties and debuts it has to be an olympic sport.