Iroquois national indoor lacrosse team light show about the Haudenosaunee creation story and traditional dancing. The documentary "Spirit Game: Pride of a Nation" explains the meaning of lacrosse to the Iroquois people and covers the Iroquois Nationals in the 2015 WILC, featuring brothers Lyle and Miles Thompson. During the 2015 WILC, the first FIL sanctioned under–17 box lacrosse friendly took place between the Iroquois Nationals and Team Canada. The under-17 squads again faced off prior to the 2017 Heritage Cup. In 2015, the Six Nations held the inaugural World Lacrosse Challenge, an under–19 box lacrosse tournament featuring international club and national teams. The Iroquois fielded
Box lacrosse very different and do not lend well to one another. A defender is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring. Unlike in field lacrosse where some defensive players carry longer sticks, all box lacrosse defenders play with a maximum long stick. Defensive tactics include cross checking (where a player uses the shaft of his stick to push the opposition player off balance), body checking (where a player makes contact with the opposition player in order to slow him down), and stick checking (where a player makes contact with the opposition player's stick in