Stringing Lacrosse Sticks - Stick Tech - Reader Tips #2
Stringing Lacrosse Heads
This STX Bionic is the first head I ever strung, which I did with hard mesh. I was scared to start at first because I wasn’t sure how I would do, but it was a lot easier than I thought. The pocket is very shallow, as I have not yet made a pocket.
The second stick was the first lacrosse stick I ever bought, a girl’s Gait Impulse. I did not know that it was a girl’s stick at the time since I was new to lacrosse. I was tired of the “traditional” pocket it came with, and decided to replace it. I put in the mesh from the old pocket on the Bionic, but the mesh was wider than the head, so I decided to do a “Landing Strip”-type pocket. Well since this was the second pocket I ever strung, I am somewhat proud of myself. It has a deeper pocket than it had with the old pocket (although it still isn’t that deep) and it throws with less whip.
I also have a tip for pinching a new head. If you have a new head and have not yet broken in the pocket, just do the “butter knife” method to make a pocket, and pinch the head at the same time. Drop it in a plugged up sink with some almost-boiling water for about 10-15 minutes, then drain the sink. Fill the sink again with cold water and let it sit for about 15 more minutes, add some ice cubes to the water if you wish. Afterward, you’ll have a nice pocket and a nice pinch!
Thanks for the site. Without it I would have never restrung these heads. – Taylor
February 22nd, 2009 at 11:44 am
Hello,
Im new to lacrosse and just got a cheap stick to just mess around with some. I got it pre strung but it came with excess mesh just hanging off the bottom. What do i do with that? im not trying to mess anything up. It just looks retarded.
March 3rd, 2009 at 7:31 am
first of all that top string it wayyyy too loose. If i were you i’d take it back to whoever did it and make em re do it.. tht can mess up your throws/shot more than you think
but after that if there is still excess you can do one of two things… cut the rest off or fold it over to the back of the pocket (which i highly suggest)
March 4th, 2009 at 6:01 am
dude just chop the exess mesh off, leaving at least a couple of diamonds after your bottom string. Or you could just leave it, check out all pro sticks etc, most players just leave the mesh to flow.
April 11th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
K you should try curling your mesh just weave your bottom string through the mesh and soak the head in water then do the butter knife and ball trick. e-lax the BEST!
April 15th, 2009 at 7:58 pm
cut and burn it, then curl it up. fraying strings makes you look like you have no clue what your doing
April 15th, 2009 at 7:59 pm
check out any van obanion, max mccool, etc. stick, everything is burnt and neat
May 5th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Obviously that mesh piece is not stretched out and who ever strung that( if it was you no offense) did a horrible job. you need to make sure that if it is hard mesh that the mesh is stretched to the sidewalls or you will never get the full potential out of a mesh strung stick and it will not catch and throw correctly unless you are an expert skills. There are many sites including my own precisionpocket.com that will help you out and teach you. I try to go around to a bunch of camps all over to teach strining a lacrosse head becuase everyone needs to know!
May 10th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
Go here, it’s a video of syracuse attackman mike mcdonald, you obviously need to learn how to string a stick.
http://blog.syracuse.com/orangelacrosse/2008/04/syracuse_attackman_mike_macdon.html
May 17th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
worst pocket ive ever seen, ever
May 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 pm
these pockets are horrible
. the strings are way too lose
May 31st, 2009 at 11:10 pm
not to bad ya loose but workable id use it i like a string job thatll throw high but still do a straight sidearm
December 20th, 2009 at 9:19 pm
i wANT TO STRING MY OWN STICKS AND I DONT KNOW WHERE TO START OR ANY WEBSITES WITH THE STRINGING TYPES. I NEED A LINK FOR A SITE
March 9th, 2010 at 10:00 am
do you know how to do the landing strip