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====Sports====
 
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A wide variety of sports are practiced by Clan warriors, providing an outlet for their competitive spirit and promoting physical health, teamwork and mental dexterity.  One of the two most popular team sports is lacrosse, played by warriors from Clans Wolf, Coyote and Fire Mandrill.  While similar in many respects to the original sport, in Clan Lacrosse each team starts with one hundred points, each goal scored awards fifty and any player carrying the ball may be hit with the butt end of the crosse.  The players' light armor incorporates sensors to register these hits, and any successful attempts within the designated target area subtracts one point from the team's total.  The game ends when one team is reduced to negative points or after one hour of play, in which case the team with the highest score wins.  Few Elementals play lacrosse, which is favored more by aerospace pilots (whose small size suits them in offensive positions) and MechWarrior pilots.<ref name=MWC68>''MechWarrior's Guide to the Clans, p. 68</ref><ref name=TCWK51>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 51</ref>
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A wide variety of sports are practiced by Clan warriors, providing an outlet for their competitive spirit and promoting physical health, teamwork and mental dexterity.  One of the two most popular team sports is lacrosse, played by warriors from Clans Wolf, Coyote and Fire Mandrill.  While similar in many respects to the original sport, in Clan Lacrosse each team starts with one hundred points, each goal scored awards fifty and any player carrying the ball may be hit with the butt end of the crosse.  The players' light armor incorporates sensors to register these hits, and any successful attempts within the designated target area subtracts one point from the team's total.  The game ends when one team is reduced to negative points or after one hour of play, in which case the team with the highest score wins.  Few Elementals play lacrosse, which is favored more by aerospace pilots (whose small size endears them to offensive positions) and MechWarrior pilots.<ref name=MWC68>''MechWarrior's Guide to the Clans, p. 68</ref><ref name=TCWK51>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 51</ref>
  
 
The other most popular team game is football, which in fact refers to three distinct variations.  Rugby is principally played by Clans Steel Viper, Ice Hellion and Star Adder, and revolves around moving an ovoid ball across the pitch to score one of three ways.  While traditional methods of grounding it or kicking it through the goal posts still exist, a third way involves tackling the ball carrier and forcing them to drop the ball, which earns one point.  Soccer is similar to rugby, with the two opposing teams attempting to move a spherical ball down the pitch and score a goal, though except for the goalie players cannot use their hands.  Like lacrosse most soccer players are aerospace pilots and MechWarriors and its fast pace requires them to develop strategies on the fly.  The third variant, "American" football, is played most frequently by Clans Ghost Bear, Hell's Horses and Smoke Jaguar.  Focusing on the execution of preplanned plays and teamwork, it is played almost exclusively by Elementals.<ref name=TCWK51>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 51</ref><ref>''MechWarrior's Guide to the Clans'', p. 69</ref>
 
The other most popular team game is football, which in fact refers to three distinct variations.  Rugby is principally played by Clans Steel Viper, Ice Hellion and Star Adder, and revolves around moving an ovoid ball across the pitch to score one of three ways.  While traditional methods of grounding it or kicking it through the goal posts still exist, a third way involves tackling the ball carrier and forcing them to drop the ball, which earns one point.  Soccer is similar to rugby, with the two opposing teams attempting to move a spherical ball down the pitch and score a goal, though except for the goalie players cannot use their hands.  Like lacrosse most soccer players are aerospace pilots and MechWarriors and its fast pace requires them to develop strategies on the fly.  The third variant, "American" football, is played most frequently by Clans Ghost Bear, Hell's Horses and Smoke Jaguar.  Focusing on the execution of preplanned plays and teamwork, it is played almost exclusively by Elementals.<ref name=TCWK51>''The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky'', p. 51</ref><ref>''MechWarrior's Guide to the Clans'', p. 69</ref>

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