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For my classification essay I decided to write on the sport of men’s lacrosse. I chose to classify this topic because I have played lacrosse for about five to six years now and I am going to play in college so I know a lot about it. I classified the four different positions on a lacrosse team, which are the attack men, the midfielders, the long pole defenders, and the goalie, and the type of players that would perfectly fit in each position.  Classifying Lacrosse America’s past time is not baseball but the great sport of lacrosse which has been played since the time of Native Americans. However, the sport has changed quite a bit since it was played by the Native Americans. Today, it’s not used to prepare warriors for battle, the losing team is not killed after the game, and the ball is not a shrunken head, like it was when the Native Americans played. Now men’s lacrosse is played with eleven men on a team, four different positions, and one heavy rubber ball that can travel at a top speed of 111 miles per hour. My objective is to classify each position on team, and what kind of person would fit perfectly for each position. First, there is the back bone of the team, the goalie. The goalie can single handedly set the tempo for the entire game or change the momentum of a game in just one save. Some say that the bigger the goalie, the better, because the shooter has less space to squeeze the ball by, thus creating less of a chance for the opposing team to score. However, this is completely untrue. The goalie needs to be quick and agile on his feet and always ready to react. The goalie needs to be very smart because it is his job to see the entire field, anticipate every offensive players next step, and command the defense, all while trying to stop a ball traveling around ninety miles per hour from about ten yards out. The goalie needs to be just like a drill sergeant, always talking, always loud and always telling the defense what to do. Because it is the goalies job to make sure that the defense knows what is going on and to keep them in order.  The second position is the players that do the dirty work, and they’re the long stick defenders, more commonly known as D-Poles. The D-Poles are the muscles on the team. They need to be big and strong, but very quick on their feet, because it’s their job to keep the offensive players away from the goalie and his cage. They need to be able to take commands from their goalie without asking questions, and they need to be reliable to one another. For, it’s the job of each defender to slide and rotate to fill the gaps that are created when another defender gets beat by his offensive player. Lastly, the defender can’t be afraid to hit. When a slide and rotation occurs on the defense, the defender who is sliding to the guy with the ball needs to slide to kill so the offensive player never wants to come near the goal again.  The third position on the lacrosse team is the midfielders. These are the work horses and the most important players on the team. Midfielders can either make or break the team because it’s their job to contribute to every aspect of the game. The midfielders need to be able to run for very long periods of time, because it is their job to play offense and defense. This means that the midfielders, defensively, need to slow down fast breaks that may occur, and offensively, they need to be able to take feeds from attack men and capitalize by scoring. Lastly, the midfielders need to be very intelligent because they need to know both the offensive and defensive plays.  The last position on the lacrosse field is the attack men and these guys are the offensive middle men. Your attack men need to be able to take a D-Pole and make him look absolutely stupid by beating him. Than once the attack men beats his defender, it’s the other attack men’s job to draw slides to themselves so that the midfielders can become open. Once the midfielders are open, it’s the job of the attack men to feed a perfect pass to the midfielders so that they have a perfect shot and chance to score. Attack men don’t always get the spot light because their job is to make the midfielders look good, but in the end a victory is all that matters.  I have played lacrosse for around five years and I am going into college to play lacrosse, so I have seen and played my fair share of games. I am a goalie and the one thing that I have recognized after playing for so long is that each position on the field is vital to the success of the team. It is the job of the coach to make sure that the right players are in the right position. Then once the coach has done his job, it’s the duty of each position to do what they have been taught and hopefully the outcome will be a winning team.  dfielders, the long pole defenders, and the goalie, and the type of players that would perfectly fit in each position.