Tuesday, April 12, 2016



Ugandan Lacrosse Team Grows the Game

The “Creator’s Game”, otherwise known as lacrosse, was developed by the Native Americans in the northeastern part of the US in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, and in Canada in Ontario and Quebec.  It has been said that it was created as early at 1100 AD and has made a large growth in the sport in the past century as it is now a large collegiate sport in the NCAA and has a successful professional league.  The game’s purpose was originally created as a tribute to the religious figure called the creator and was basically preparing for war.  The game made its way to the Olympics in the early 1900s and had teams from Canada, US, and Great Britain. The game has grown recently across the United states all the way to California and the western parts of Canada.  Europe has also had a few nations such as England, Germany, and the Netherlands to name a few. 
            The growth of the game can be attributed to successful lacrosse players moving through the high school, collegiate, and sometimes professional levels to then go on and use their knowledge to teach men and women throughout the world.  When I thought of globalization and lacrosse the Ugandan Lacrosse team came to mind as they just recently competed on the global scale in the FIL World Lacrosse Championships.  The men from Uganda travelled more than 8,500 miles to get to Colorado to play various teams throughout the world in 2014.  This was such a big deal because the majority of these men came from poverty and the Joseph Kony-led army terrorizing their communities.  The coaches of this team include collegiate stars such as Andrew Boston (Delaware), Tom Schreiber (Princeton), and Tanner Scales (Virginia).  These men went through University coming from wealthy families to teach the men of Uganda the sport of lacrosse.

            Globalization is a main theme of this image as the idea of lacrosse is spread socially throughout the world.  From a game that originated in northeastern US spread all the way to Africa and made its appearance on the world stage through the dedication of successful lacrosse players in the US and Canada.  The Ugandan lacrosse team debut will be remembered forever by the lacrosse world.

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