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Shot clock for lacrosse

Field and box lacrosse use very different clocks. Pick yours below.

Preset: 80 seconds (NCAA men). Change it anytime.

How long is the lacrosse shot clock?

NCAA men’s lacrosse uses an 80-second shot clock, NCAA women’s lacrosse 90 seconds. Box lacrosse, including the NLL, uses 30 seconds. NFHS allows states to adopt a 70-second clock for high school boys from the 2027 season.

Professional leagues have their own clocks, so set the time to your league.

The new high school rule in detail: high school boys lacrosse shot clock.

All sports side by side: shot clock rules by sport.

Lacrosse shot clock on a laptop screen, preset 80 seconds (NCAA men), counting down in large red digits on black, with Pause, reset and plus or minus one second buttons below
The lacrosse preset running on a laptop in one-device mode. On a TV with your phone as the remote it looks the same, without the buttons.

How do you use a shot clock in lacrosse practice?

Long clocks are hard to feel without a display. Seeing the time makes it easier to practice settled offense and when to push.

Want reps on the clock? Drill mode in Pro runs the clock, the rest and the next rep for you. Ideas: shot clock drills.

Can you use it on match day?

Training is the default: free, with the times you choose. For games, match mode in Pro follows NCAA lacrosse timing. The reset buttons become 80 (new possession) and 60 (reset).

Streaming the game? Put this shot clock in your stream with OBS, vMix, Streamlabs or YoloBox.

Questions

How long is the shot clock in college lacrosse?

80 seconds for NCAA men, 90 seconds for NCAA women.

And in box lacrosse?

30 seconds.

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