Lacrosse is not an endurance sport, no matter how much running is built into practices. It is a sprinting (power) sport. Short bursts of acceleration, sudden deceleration, violent changes of direction, and rapid re-acceleration define this game. Watch film, do it, and count how often an athlete moves at a steady pace for longer than 20 seconds. Almost never. The game lives in five-second bursts.

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