How to String a Lacrosse Stick

How to String a Lacrosse Stick Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, my name is Garrett Barker, and today I’d like to talk on a subject that interests me a lot; lacrosse. More specifically, I’d like to teach you guys something I’ve picked up over the years. Some of you might be like Sammy or Paul and automatically dismiss the idea of lacrosse based on a previous bias they have made from baseball. But according to multiple sources such as Sports Illustrated and Business Insider, lacrosse is by far the fastest growing sport in America. This affects all of us because, well, we all live in America. Plus, I can almost guarantee you know someone who plays this sport. But I’m not here to convince you of this sport’s magnitude, I actually wish to explain how I string my lacrosse sticks. First you need to understand the lacrosse stick. It’s broken up between the head and the shaft/handle. The shaft can be made of anything from aluminum, wood or composite material whereas the head is almost always made up of plastic. Some heads are flimsy, some heads are sturdy. It all depends on what your personal preference is or what you are trying to accomplish. Performance is also affected by how you string the pocket on the lacrosse stick. You can make the pocket any depth in different locations on the head, more or less hold, release points, there’s so much you can do. At the same time, there are restrictions. There are rules on how deep or how shallow the pocket can be, even the amount of hold. Hold is how well the ball stays in the pocket. The pocket is the mesh of a lacrosse head. Now that you have some background, let us begin. To start, you need to pick your mesh. Mesh comes in so many styles from hard to soft or 6 diamond to 12 diamonds (the amount of diamonds across the width of the mesh. For beginners, I would suggest traditional hard mesh from the brand Jimalax. Once you have picked out your mesh, you need to stretch it out. When you buy mesh, it is