Women's lacrosse is usually the butt of every other athlete's jokes, but there are worse things in life than playing lacrosse. I mean you could be a foot fairy who flops every time a defender gets near you. At least you're a hard ass who takes no sh*t. If you play lacrosse, you know these things for a fact.
1. When coach sees how "in shape" the team is during pre-season conditioning.
2. This look:
3. Envying Paul Rabil's trick shots.
4. Trying to get out of the bus with gear like:
5. How to spot a goalie from a mile away:
6. Buying these in bulk because you know SOMEONE will forget one:
7. When the refs keep making bad calls.
8. Coming home after a long game to this:
9. This beautiful view at the start of the season:
10. When you're looking to quick-stick a shot into goal.... and hit the goalie in the chest.
11. How you feel after playing midfield the whole tournament.
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12. Losing your voice because you need to sound like a dying bird to defend goal.
13. You've almost broken your ankle 12 times because of a stray ball at practice.
14. When someone yells "HEADS" you tuck your head between your knees and pray to Jesus that you'll survive.
15. You've broken a few fingers from being checked in the hands.
16. Your parents before a game.
17. When you go for a ground ball but hit a defender.
18. Being compared to the soccer team when in reality we're better than those foot fairies.
19. Getting big while playing defense.
20. Dealing with getting hit with a stray shot on goal while playing post.
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