Most of the girls who join the Gulls have never held a stick. This page is for the parent who keeps hearing about lacrosse and has no idea where to begin.
Stick skills take a season to learn. The athleticism underneath them takes years, and she already has it.
Reading space, timing a run, and playing angles transfer almost directly. Soccer players usually understand the field before they understand the stick.
A lacrosse offense runs on cutting, spacing, and give-and-go passing. Basketball players recognize those patterns immediately.
Hand-eye coordination and shoulder mechanics show up fast in stick work and shot power.
Lacrosse is a lot of running. An athlete who is already in shape can spend practice learning skills rather than getting through it.
Club lacrosse runs in the fall and the spring, so it works for families whose primary season sits somewhere else on the calendar. We would rather she be a multi-sport athlete than a specialist.
Lacrosse is a running game. Players carry a rubber ball in the head of a stick, move it up the field with passes, and shoot on a goal. It rewards speed, field awareness, and quick decisions more than size or strength.
It is one of the fastest-growing girls sports in the country, and it has been growing in Savannah for years. Colleges across the Southeast keep adding programs, which means real opportunity for athletes who start now.
There is no body checking in women's lacrosse. Players do not wear helmets, pads, or gloves. They wear goggles and a mouthguard. Stick contact is limited and officiated closely.
Long before it had a French name, the game belonged to Indigenous nations across this continent. The Haudenosaunee call it Tewaarathon. The Ojibwe call it baaga’adowe. It was played as medicine, as thanksgiving, and as a way to settle disputes between nations without going to war. Games could run for days across fields miles long, with hundreds of players on a side.
Closer to home, the Muscogee and the Cherokee played stickball across what is now Georgia, using two sticks instead of one. The Cherokee called it the little brother of war.
The game is still theirs. The Haudenosaunee Nationals compete internationally as a sovereign nation, and they are set to play in Los Angeles in 2028, when lacrosse returns to the Olympics for the first time since 1908.
The women’s game came later. The first recorded match was played in 1890 at a girls’ school in St Andrews, Scotland, after the headmistress saw the game played in Montreal and brought it back.
The list is short. Girls lacrosse is one of the cheaper club sports to enter, because the women's game does not use pads.
Not sure what to buy? Email us at play@gullslacrosse.com before you spend anything. We would rather point you at the right beginner stick than have you guess.
Pick whichever one matches how ready you feel.
Chicks with Sticks is built for players who have never touched a stick, kindergarten through 8th grade. It is the lowest-commitment way to find out whether she likes the game.
See current clinics →Send a question about age groups, timing, cost, or how any of it would fit her schedule. A real person answers.
Contact the club →When she wants a team, tournament rosters are organized by graduation year. Program details and current registration all live on one page.
See programs and register →Six Sundays is enough to find out whether she likes the game, without committing to a season.
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