Lacrosse is a contact team sport played between two teams using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick.

The men's version is considered as a rough sport, with slashes and intense checks to the stick and body.

The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball.

There are many different ways to put mesh on the head of the stick, also known as "stringing the stick.".

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.

Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.

It has been a part of the official program of the Summer Olympic Games since 1964.

Basketball is a non-contact team sport played on a rectangular court by two teams of five players each.

The objective is to a ball through a hoop in diameter and high that is mounted to a backboard at each end of the court.

The game was invented in 1891 by Dr. James Naismith, who would be the first basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history.

Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field.

It was invented in 1887 in Chicago as an indoor game.

It was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground, softball, kitten ball, and because it was also played by women, ladies' baseball.

The name softball was given to the game in 1926 because the ball used to be soft.

Tennis is a racket sport that can be played individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court.

The object of the game is to play the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return.

The player who is unable to return the ball will not gain a point, while the opposite player will.