Monday, October 16, 2023 will forever go down in history as a game changing moment in the growth and popularity of lacrosse worldwide. This was the day it was announced that lacrosse will once again be included in the Olympics, in 2028, for the first time since 1948 and utilizing the newly established “sixes” lacrosse discipline.

In this blog we will discuss the science behind the cardiovascular requirements to play sixes lacrosse and how they differ from box and field lacrosse, as well as the art (science?) of picking your team based on those physiological requirements; alongside skill requirements.

In this video, we will primarily examine the Canadian offensive attack from the World Sixes Championship final in 2022, also looking at some of the tendencies of team USA. We will also look further into the ways in which the majority of the goals in this game were scored.

There is certainly a case for “the best defense is a good offense” when you consider the 23-9 drubbing Canada put on the USA in the Gold medal game of the 2022 World Sixes Lacrosse Championship in Alabama, USA. However, the old saying “defense wins championships” also checks out and for me, combined with elite Defense to Offense transition, which was the secret sauce in the Canadian blow out in Alabama.

As of September 24, elite lacrosse is officially over for the summer season with the conclusion of the Premier Lacrosse League playoffs and Archers LC being crowned 2023 field lacrosse champions, as well as the Burlington Blaze winning the Minto Cup and the Six Nations Chiefs winning the Mann Cup up in Canada. This got us thinking about what’s next to look forward to before the start of the upcoming NLL season in December? With all of the talk about the possible Olympic inclusion of lacrosse in 2028, the next most interesting event is the Women’s Super Sixes event being held in Oshawa, Ontario, October 6-8. In light of this event and also to celebrate last summer’s World Sixes event in Alabama, we will be doing a Six for Sixes, 6-part sixes blog/vlog series over the next 3 weeks, breaking down all things Sixes lacrosse (The Game, The Defense/Transition, The Offense/Special Teams, The Science, The Rules & The Future).