Swedish Lax

When I heard there was a lacrosse team practicing in the northern part of Stockholm I had to go check it out.  I had done some research on the team I was going to play with and on multiple webistes it said that the team was the second best in all of Sweden so I was a bit nervous going into practice.  I forgot that lacrosse is not a big sport in Sweden at all and there were only a total of 4 "teams" in Sweden. 

 

Ya, so thats me right in the middle! There were a total of 8 players at practice and 3 had never played before.  The field was not really even a real field.  It was the size of those small fields that small children play soccer on and there were no field lines.  I was the youngest there the other girls/women were in their mid twenties or older. 

It was very nice to go out and exercise and get to know some more people even if it wasn't the hardest lacrosse practice I have been to.  There was one girl from Great Britian who is a professional lacrosse coach and another girl from Germany who played lacrosse in college and run this team.  They were really fun to practice with! 

Overall it was a really fun experience and nice to get my stick back in my hands, but I'm not sure if it is worth an hour drive each direction every week when I could just find a place to play wall ball.