Euro Lax

[Buc_em_up]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4P0maRCbeg[/youtube]

This video is pretty cool, it reminds me of how a lot of our teams started out. The intro especially captures how I feel every time I suit up (a little sarcasm, but not really) haha.

There is a one of our kids playing on the Austrian National team this fall so I wonder how much European lacrosse is played by study abroad students. Any stories?

[lgriemsman]

Great post! It is nice to see the sport in other parts of the world.

They did a great job in sponsors and marketing.

Best wishes to Vienna!

[Adam G]

The intro, aside from looking like an established STX advertisement, is pretty cool

[schelitzche]

I studied abroad in Sweden the Fall of 2001. I contacted a team out of Stockholm and actually played in a Fall tourney with them. The team I played on was the FALK Lacrosse Club. One of my teammates was also a guy who played for Butler who was studying abroad at the same time in Copenhagen. We played in a Fall Ball tourney in Stockholm and it was a blast. Very amateur as the sport is just starting there as well. Most of those who made up the 4 mens teams in Stockholm were Americans who were now working/living over there.

It was a great experience and fun to see lacrosse making its way into Scandanavia!

[OklahomaLax45]

one of our d-poles is in spain right now...he's played a few pick up games there, but nothin crazy due to all his equipment being stateside

sure would be fun to take a team over to one of those tournaments in europe though. the OU Rugby team did that a few years back when they went to england for a tournament.

[Buc_em_up]

We had 2 LSMs in Spain who both played and a middie there now who isnt playing, but I have a couple buddies from high school who have/are playing in the UK but I hear the same thing, its mostly Americans and its pretty beginner. Also had a kid who was on the German National Team at my HS and he didnt even make the team.

[Tim Whitehead]

I spent the fall playing in the South German League. I was playing with a Swiss team, mostly beginners, mostly university students. While the lax community there is quite small, it is growing and is very enthusiastic. Each team seemed to have at least one American on it, but most players were Euros. The quality isn't great, but there are some very good players. The beginners all seem to be very interested in improving, and listen and learn very well. It was a lot of fun, and I highly recommend going over there to play for a while if you get the chance.

[fsucoach]

I am privileged to be an Asst. Coach of the German National Lacrosse Team. It is unbelievable how it has grown and how much players have improved in just the past 4 years. I will be in Germany with Head Coach Jack Kaley (NYIT) Jan. 10-14 to pick the National Team for the European Championships in July held in Finland. This is the first year we anticipate having all Germans and no Americans, a tribute to the games growth and popularity.

On a personal note my daughter just married on of my German players, they met at the European Championships two years ago and really hit it off at the World Games in Canada.

[USTLAX06]

I played for a team in Australia that was brutal but played some pretty good teams (there was a team out of Melbourne there that was really good and had a player from the national team, I believe). The team I played for had a guy on it who was captain for the UK national team way back in the day, so it was an eclectic group to say the least. We played against a squad that had a bunch of players from the U.S. on it. I believe I saw a helmet from Michigan, UNC and Louisville out there, but it was a few years ago. It was a lot of fun, but there were certainly plenty of other distractions for me to enjoy in a city named Surfer's Paradise.