In-Line Skating Lacrosse Netball Paddleball Pool Rugby Running Sailing Skiing Soccer Softball Swimming Sports Orgs. Lacrosse, a Native American invention and the national sport of Canada, has long been popular on Long Island. So much so that the region is considered a lacrosse hotbed and fertile ground for recruitment of college players. Each year, count on several All-Americans in men's lacrosse from Long Island high schools.
Most schools also have girls' lacrosse programs.
Long Island has its own professional lacrosse team, the New York Saints. The indoor lacrosse team plays at the Nassau Coliseum from January through April. And most of the colleges in Nassau and Suffolk have men's and women's lacrosse teams. The Long Island Indoor Lacrosse League will host winter sessions at Woodbury Racquet Club and at Point Set Racquet Club in Oceanside. The league also conducts a lacrosse school and an MVP camp run by former All-American Brooks Sweet.