goalie stringing question

[ninjagoalie]

I just want to know what pocket would give me (goalie) the least amount of rebound. and how the hell some college goalies get those huge a** pockets. i tried loosening the tail strings as much as i can but the ball always falls out the back.

[MClothier]

10d will give u a bag with little to no rebound once broken in. also its all in the way u string the sidewalls- titer top with a baggy bottom will give u no whip with a huge pocket. and use the search button- i ve seen like 3 threads on goalie sticks talking about essentially the same thing.

[ninjagoalie]

kk thanks man

[FaceOffMan4]

or jsut ask around im sure someone will know

[LaxxxDude]

dude theres really no secret u just need soft hands.

[Trilax03]

dude theres really no secret u just need soft hands.
yeah cushioning the ball when it comes to you is a big help with rebounds besides a big pocket...but yeah 10d is good and i use 12d and can get a pretty deep pocket...you just have to pound it in hard.

[AttackMan17]

keep your arms flexible, but rigid. When you feel the ball hit your pocket loosen your arm muscles up a bit, then once you feel that you have the ball, tighten them up. I also think that a deep 10d pocket will give very low rebounds if well streched.

[OldGoalie]

It also helps to play the stick angled so that the butt end is forward of the head. for example, on low shots, as you propeller the head down to the ball, you force your bottom hand (close to the butt end) more forward to trap the ball.

[Bex]

yo i got a nemisis for my head and i was wondering if i should up grade before my seson. i like the nemisis but i dont know whether to get the gardian, money, or eclips ive used the eclips before it was tight but i dont know if i should just keep the nemisis or get a new head give me some info. and if i do keep the nemisis should i get rid of my hard mesh? and if i do what should i put in it.

[AttackMan17]

yo i got a nemisis for my head and i was wondering if i should up grade before my seson. i like the nemisis but i dont know whether to get the gardian, money, or eclips ive used the eclips before it was tight but i dont know if i should just keep the nemisis or get a new head give me some info. and if i do keep the nemisis should i get rid of my hard mesh? and if i do what should i put in it.

The nemi is a great goalie head. I'd keep it, or get a new nemesis. :thumbsup:

If you like your mesh, keep it. But if you dont like it, alot of people will recomend www.jimalax.com 10d and 12d. Both are great meshes.

[Bex]

hey thanks

[goalieskcickay]

It also helps to play the stick angled so that the butt end is forward of the head. for example, on low shots, as you propeller the head down to the ball, you force your bottom hand (close to the butt end) more forward to trap the ball.

Funny story about this. A coach at Top Gun insisted that I try a perfectly vertical stick while in stance. (I used to angle it forward as you say)
So I tried it, and I felt only a slight difference, if any. So the counselers are playing a scrimmage, and his stick looks like this: / (<- Front of Goal)
So yeah, he's either a hypocrite or thinks I would play better with a vertical stick.

[stonewall]

to get a huge pocket with any kind of goalie mesh, the trick is to stretch the hell out of the mesh before stringing it, i normally soak mine in hot water to get it nice and loose before stringing. check out my other posts to see some of my pockets.

[stinisonfire]

Here's an old trick for soft hands.

Before warm up, tighten your bottom strings so you have almost no pocket. Take some shots, see how many rebounds you give up. After a while, loosen your bottom strings. You will see a major difference.

[stinisonfire]

damn you with your smart .. word i can't even spell.

If the ball is a bounce shot, you have to step to it and put your top hand over the ball.

[nemesis562]

if you want a bag, you need to loop the sidewall strings through 2 diamonds at times instead of one, or create an open-sidewall stick, which is better then closed, becuase if strung right it does creat less rebound, and the stick lasts for longer becuase there is more then one string on the sidewall. not to say that closed sticks are bad, becuase i have some, but open-sidewall sticks do have more perks. if strung right.

[laxordie14]

xeclipse, physics have no place in lacrosse. sounds like a lot of thinking. just get a deep pocket, my hands are not very soft, but i use a 10 diamond bag and have to try to get the rock to bounce out.

[gfgoalie28]

as for the stick part of the game, lacrosse is basically a lesson in physics.

[quickslick444]

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Ive yet to break it in..., so the pocket will be big by the end.

[Lionslaxer1]

i agree with everything stin said one i play lax with him 2 he is teaching me things hhere and there 3 i have a 12d bag about 2 anda half balls deep ask stin and it throws well. its all on how u string ur stick. i string my stick so i only have to wait for the mesh to soften up a little i dont have to worry about breaking it in. and yeah soft hands help. or you can use soft mesh but that has to be strung right in order for you not to get whip or it hitting the plastic. and what ever quikslick444 has odnt waist your time and money that has to be a high school thing i would never do anything like that. it as no point. i would understand a channel but y sut your mesh or put lethers save that for a middie stick or something being a keep is not a fashion show. you are the last line of defense not a super model

[stinisonfire]

xeclipse, physics have no place in lacrosse. sounds like a lot of thinking. just get a deep pocket, my hands are not very soft, but i use a 10 diamond bag and have to try to get the rock to bounce out.

If the only reason you don't give up rebounds is because you hvae a deep pocket then you're not a very good goalie.

Are you serious when you say there are no physics in lacrosse? That they have no place?

We need to have a common sense test instituted on tlf before someone can get a name on here and post. Mods?

[stinisonfire]

Quickstick, that's gonna look pretty but have fun moving that heavy head around. Not the Sentinel, but the mesh and such itself.

[laxgoalieking]

^^^^^noocle arm cults newest member, i strung a poimp a long tinme ago and it wasnt that great nothing that a 20d pocket could do, and it WASNT HAEVY AT ALL!

[MClothier]

stinison- giving up rebounds doesnt mean you're not a good keeper. i use a bagged out 10d and i bet im twice the goalie you are (i can prove it too). the pocket has nothing to do with the player- it helps, but doesnt make or break him

[dram183]

im surprised no one has mentioned loose double or tripple sidewalls. i always thought those stopped rebounds. (really loose ones)

[jpmahoney]

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Ive yet to break it in..., so the pocket will be big by the end.

could you post instructions for that pocket i tried it once on my eclipse and i could not figure out how many coils and how wide to cut the mesh so it ended up lopsided

[LaXgoAliE777]

im surprised no one has mentioned loose double or tripple sidewalls. i always thought those stopped rebounds. (really loose ones)
ya loose sidewalls deffinetly change the amount of reboung that you get, with looser sidewalls the mesh gives and that helps alot, but make sure you dont get them to loose

[Buzz1991]

to also reduce whip I put runners in it with a low pocket, sounds stupid but works well

[ETHS-Goalie]

if you are talking about loostening the bottom string when you said the tail strings, you deffinetally dont want to do that, Because when you get it wet at all it is going to whip out a **** load. What you want to do is just make your pocket deep by sidewalls

[laxordie14]

my bag threw very well, i never understood how, but it did. ill send you the dimensions and you can prove it with physics, you can also use physics to prove to me why you are a d0uche bag who doesn't understand sarcasm