What Lacrosse Position Should I Play Quiz
How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
See How You Compare
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- Move it back toward the top so the possession can be rebuilt
- Pass promptly, then relocate into a new supporting lane
- Draw the defender closer and look for a teammate slipping open
- Protect the stick and attack the remaining gap toward goal
- Shooting and cutting combinations
- Defensive positioning in front of the goal
- Long clearing passes that turn saves into possession
- Footwork and reaction drills against shots from changing angles
- Defensive footwork and approach angles
- Transition passing through the center of the field
- Dodging and feeding from behind or beside the goal
- Quick-stick finishing and shots from tight spaces
What Lacrosse Position Should I Play Quiz - Description and methodology of the test
Players choosing a role, returning to lacrosse, or comparing their strengths can use the What Lacrosse Position Should I Play Quiz to turn broad preferences into a focused starting point. This lacrosse position quiz is intended for anyone curious about contributing through scoring, coverage, transition play, goalkeeping, communication, or composure under pressure. The result identifies role affinities rather than proven ability.
What This Assessment Explores
Role preferences, not skill or experience, are measured. Scenarios cover creation, coverage, transitions, communication, pressure, and recovery. As a lacrosse position test, it frames these preferences as reflection, not identity.
The four dimensions are:
- Attack (0-12) reflects chance creation near the opposing goal, off-ball movement, and tight-space play: Supporting fit (0-4), Flexible attacker (5-8), Strong attack affinity (9-12).
- Defense (0-12) reflects containing opponents, protecting space, coordinated coverage, and impact without scoring: Forward-focused fit (0-4), Situational defender (5-8), Strong defense affinity (9-12).
- Goalie (0-12) reflects shot tracking, organizing defense, resetting after goals, and handling a concentrated responsibility: Field-role fit (0-4), Possible keeper (5-8), Strong goalie affinity (9-12).
- Midfield (0-12) reflects covering space, linking phases, handling transitions, two-way contribution: Specialized fit (0-4), Versatile option (5-8), Strong midfield affinity (9-12).
The highest score is the strongest affinity; scores within one point form a blended result.
Methodology and Evidence Context
Each item presents a game or practice situation with four response options. The choices contrast chance creation, transition support, defensive containment, communication, and pressure response, so the format captures preferences rather than demonstrated skill.
The questionnaire uses self-report preference matching. It produces one score for each role, but the answer-to-point weighting is not specified; no extra scoring rule can be inferred. For someone wondering what lacrosse position to play, the result offers a starting hypothesis about role fit rather than fixed placement.
Research by Akiyama and colleagues on match activity, Alphin and colleagues on drill intensity, Hauer and colleagues on player activity, and Ripley and colleagues on broader lacrosse demands supplies sport context for these situations. Those studies do not validate the online questionnaire or its four preference scales, and the questionnaire is not an adaptation of them.
Because answers depend on current confidence, experience, and self-awareness, read the result alongside actual enjoyment and feedback; no norms or reliability estimates are stated, and no clinical interpretation is provided.
- Akiyama, Kei, Takaya Sasaki, and Masahiro Mashiko. “Elite Male Lacrosse Players’ Match Activity Profile.” Journal of Sports Science and Medicine 18, no. 2 (2019): 290-294.
- Alphin, Kathryn H., Brynn L. Hudgins, and Jennifer A. Bunn. “Intensity Classification of Drills for a Collegiate Women’s Lacrosse Team: An Observational Study.” International Journal of Kinesiology and Sports Science 7, no. 3 (2019): 16-21. 10.7575/aiac.ijkss.v.7n.3p.16
- Hauer, Richard, Antonio Tessitore, Klaus Hauer, and Harald Tschan. “Activity Profile of International Female Lacrosse Players.” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 35, no. 11 (2021): 3207-3212. 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003253
- Ripley, Nicholas J., Tom Wenham, and Matthew H. Collier. “Scoping review of lacrosse: match demands, physical performance and injury surveillance.” German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research 55, no. 2 (2024): 167-181. 10.1007/s12662-023-00937-z
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