Proton Power stop

[Falconsmikevick]

does the ball stop on the proton power maek any difference? i saw it at sports authority the other day and really didnt like it, thought it was aotehr gimmick

[tkdlaxer]

how dare you! SHUN

the proton power is far from a gimmik..the stop helps to make the sidewalls stronger, and cut down on weight

[jedimasterPIMP]

What do you mean? How its elevated on like a little platform like it is. Its like that becuase the sidewalls are attached lower on the head than a normal one. Its supposed to add stiffness and stregnth, not really a gimmick in my opinion.

[Falconsmikevick]

i mean how its small and feels liek styrofoam or the soft part u attach velcro to

[Orange]

I don't understand how a ball stop can be a gimmick...

[Falconsmikevick]

its way different that your average ball stop, making u think some how its got to be better than the rest, and apparently it isnt, making i a gimmick

[MeRattack]

http://www.lax.com/shop/item.phtml?page=product_5824_front.phtml

its rectangle shaped, weird, but still a ball stop

[NuKoN]

its way different that your average ball stop, making u think some how its got to be better than the rest, and apparently it isnt, making i a gimmick


The Proton Power is a sick head bro... hate all you want, regardless of the ballstop its a sick head...

[Falconsmikevick]

no hate here, i have no problem with the head

[Lax101]

....It is a ballstop. It is a piece of plastic on the bottom of the head where you attach a piece of foam to. The only difference between it and any other ballstop is that STX removed all of the unnecessary plastic around it.


Wow. You guys really stop need to be using the "gimmick" word. You've all been brainwashed to think that if a head is a "gimmick" if it doesn't have an average pinch, weight, stiffness, or any characteristics on it that aren't exactly the same as any other head. Everybody please, look up gimmick in the dictionary.

[NuKoN]

Everybody please, look up gimmick in the dictionary.


Main Entry: 1gim·mick
Pronunciation: 'gi-mik
Function: noun
Etymology: origin unknown
1 a : a mechanical device for secretly and dishonestly controlling gambling apparatus b : an ingenious or novel mechanical device : GADGET
2 a : an important feature that is not immediately apparent : CATCH b : an ingenious and usually new scheme or angle
- gim·micky /-mi-kE/ adjective


OR


gim·mick P Pronunciation Key (gmk)
n.
A device employed to cheat, deceive, or trick, especially a mechanism for the secret and dishonest control of gambling apparatus.
An innovative or unusual mechanical contrivance; a gadget.
An innovative stratagem or scheme employed especially to promote a project: an advertising gimmick.
A significant feature that is obscured, misrepresented, or not readily evident; a catch.
A small object whose name does not come readily to mind.

[Falconsmikevick]

no, i dont mean the plastic part, i mean the foam part, its way different than any other

i have never heard of the ballstop being the plastic part u put the foam on (not to hate on you who think thats what it is)

[i live 4 lax]

I don't understand how a ball stop can be a gimmick...
i was thinking the same thing...

[Monzo]

...it's really not a big deal. Ball stops really don't have much of an impact on anything. I heard no complaints AT ALL about the proton power. From what I understand, it's a great head and I would love to have one.

[mdawg]

it is so a gimmick! my friends cousins best friend got one from mike powells sister in law and the ball stop broke in like a week! snapped clean in half!!!1111!!!!!!!! what a piece of crapppp

[lD lU lK lE 311]

I don't understand how a ball stop can be a gimmick...
Agree 100%

[Palmettolax45]

i have played with the proton power for 3 weeks from what ive felt its a great head and the ballstop makes no difference to any of it its just a little piece of plastic and it doesnt make it any better or worse and it is a very solid head (all around very good).

[lD lU lK lE 311]

Ya man the PP is a sick head and truly is sturdy. Great release too. :love:

[jackattack]

the sidewalls attached lower makes the throat more pinched also

[laxgoalieking]

it is so a gimmick! my friends cousins best friend got one from mike powells sister in law and the ball stop broke in like a week! snapped clean in half!!!1111!!!!!!!! what a piece of crapppp
man dont ypu have a power proton?and yes i caught the sarcasim, like mikey powell has a sister in law that gives out pp's.

[HRLAXER]

it looks a little strange but if it works.....

[twhittle03]

im not judging the head at all because i have never heard of it or seen it except pictures or heard anybody talk about it but i think the originator of this thread meant like maybe it isnt as great as another head priced the same and they just try to add the ball stop thing so they can add 10 or 15 bucks onto the price

i have no idea what a ball stop does if u are so bad at catching that it hits the ball stop.. uhh .. u suck

[HOLTLAX]

it doesnt matter its a good head half our team got them for free so ive heard alot of opinons and they all have been good

[laxmiddie10]

I have had the head since about mid-December and I absolutely love it! I was playing with a regular proton (slightly pinched) and this seems to be a huge step above the original. I don't know what it is, and I'm not going to make any dumb-a$$ remark about it being the release angle or the different shape of the head, its just better. But thats just my personal pref.

[Lax4Ever]

He means the foam that the ball stop is made out of. I still don't see how it can be a gimmik. It was never advertised saying you should get it because of the ballstop. I really don't even see the point of it. As long as there is one on the stick, it's legal. Other then that, it really doesn't make a difference since the ball should never hit the ball stop in a game anyway.

[MainLax28]

Just wondering how the stiffness on these are. I tried one out at dick's last week, but couldn't really do anything with it cause the sales people were watchin. I mean like for a pole

[LaxBoy92]

If you think the proton power is a gimick, go try out a pulse.