<P> For most penalties, the offending player is sent to the penalty box, which is located between each team's bench . Play continues without the player for a designated amount of time based upon the foul, however, most penalties are "releasable," meaning that the penalty ends when a goal is scored by the non-offending team . Technical fouls (such as offsides and holding) result in either a turnover or a player's suspension of 30 seconds, while personal fouls are generally penalized one minute . (Some infractions, such as playing with a stick that does not meet the specifications of the designated level of play, may serve non-releasable penalties of up to three minutes). The team that has taken the penalty is said to be playing man down, while the other team is on the man up . Teams will use various lacrosse strategies to attack and defend while a player is being penalized . Offsides is penalized by a 30 - second penalty . It occurs when there are more than 7 players on the defensive side of the field (three midfielders / three defensemen / one goalkeeper), or more than 6 players from one team on the offensive side of the field (three midfielders / three attack). The zones are separated by the midfield line . </P> <P> Lacrosse at the Olympics was a medal - earning sport in the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics . Lacrosse was a demonstration sport in the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics, as well as at the 1948 Summer Olympics . </P> <P> The men's professional Major League Lacrosse has used different field lacrosse rules from the international, college, and high school programs . With intentions to increase scoring, the league employed a sixty - second shot clock and a two--point goal for shots taken outside a designated perimeter . In 2007, the MLL was bolstered by a ten - year television contract with ESPN . </P> <P> Up until the 1930s, all lacrosse was played on large fields outdoors . The owners of Canadian ice hockey arenas invented a reduced - size version of the game, called box lacrosse, as a means to make more profit from their arena investments, and because severe winter weather in many areas limits outdoor play . </P>

When playing defense guarding an opponent is also called lacrosse