Intimidation from Equipment

[Jephman]

Today was my first Field Lacrosse game. Mainly being a box man, it was interesting, but still fun. It isn't too serious a team, but we are trying to get to Nationals. Field not being too big in Canada, it's somehwat easy. The team we have to beat 2 out of 3 times (We lost one...) have matching CPX's. When I first saw them, I felt it was very intimidating. Has anyone ever felt this? I am suspecting more teams down south have matching equipment, but for those who don't, do you get intimidated?

P.S. The helmets rocked...

[Dewdrop]

It is sometimes intimidating for teams to have matching pads, helmates, but you get over it once the game starts.

[laxiceman]

Sometimes, I do, but only if I can see that the team is talented. One time we played a team with matching helmets, arm guards, and gloves and we kicked them around the entire game. The matching stuff made me respect them less, because here were kids with team macdaddies and they didn't have that much talent, etc. etc.

[fenwicklax89]

i think it certainly adds to the intimidation, if they have the skills to back it. its almost like if the team is good, it makes them look even better having matching equipment

[cgv1016]

NESLL always has vent ap's. triads, and defts and it is a tiny tiny bit intimidating

[PowPow]

Eh, in the MIAA it was rule that all teams have matching helmets.

Plues most of them had school gloves.

It wasnt intimidating becasue we had to it, but i can see where your comming from.

[dragonlax]

often have i feel concerned over teams gear....ok no i havent. but i can see why you say that alot of kids on my teams say it when we go up against teams with matching gear. but i just see it and think hey i wish my team wasnt poor.

[11laxboy11]

the helmets where actually pretty ugly jephman is lying yellow will silver and black looked pretty bad i think.....

[slinkyspine]

Today was my first Field Lacrosse game. Mainly being a box man, it was interesting, but still fun. It isn't too serious a team, but we are trying to get to Nationals. Field not being too big in Canada, it's somehwat easy. The team we have to beat 2 out of 3 times (We lost one...) have matching CPX's. When I first saw them, I felt it was very intimidating. Has anyone ever felt this? I am suspecting more teams down south have matching equipment, but for those who don't, do you get intimidated?

P.S. The helmets rocked...


You're on my team... lol.


Damn, the Razor backs had sexy CPX's. I was the guy who didn't know what the hell was happening, with the dyed revo pro. I played Pole, and Mid.


I wasn't intimadated. I was laughing, since they were not very good and we will win, next time. Alas, I won't be there :(

[crazylax13]

NESLL always has vent ap's. triads, and defts and it is a tiny tiny bit intimidating

i hate NESLL kids they think they all that and when there team losses they blame it all on there teammates, but whenn i played against AAU it was a little intimidating looking at all those matching CPXs in the youth game compared to my Stryke Z :nahya:

[MACDADDY]

ya but its not the gear. its the skill. id pick awsome skill everyday than awsome gear(idk maybe).

[Brandon303]

My high school team played St. Michael's Boys College (you know, the St. Michael's Majors of the OHL). They had a bunch of players missing and so did we so we figured we'd still get the crap kicked out of us (their team consists of Jr. A players). Anyways they showed up with matching everything in the pouring rain and mud. Well all their gear got ruined so my team played better and better.

They still ended up beating us but it was cool seeing our team improving as their jerseys got dirtier.

[MedinaLax21]

in our league we play a lot of indian teams and they have all these dyed heads and they match thier uniform and all the kids have these dye jobs done its insane thats the only thing thats ever really intimidated me cause the equipment part is mostly the rich kids who suck buy the good equipment plenty of those on my team too.

[dta06]

equipment dosent intimidate me. last year in my summer league i was the only one with adrenalines,a clh2, and brine throttle longpole. when everyone had cpx's pc shoulder pads and macdaddy. but i ended up owning a lot of those people

[bobtrack]

Today was my first Field Lacrosse game. Mainly being a box man, it was interesting, but still fun. It isn't too serious a team, but we are trying to get to Nationals. Field not being too big in Canada, it's somehwat easy. The team we have to beat 2 out of 3 times (We lost one...) have matching CPX's. When I first saw them, I felt it was very intimidating. Has anyone ever felt this? I am suspecting more teams down south have matching equipment, but for those who don't, do you get intimidated?

P.S. The helmets rocked...
hey what team are you playing for? I live in Alberta too and we have to beat out a team to go to nationals

[Storm21]

They had U16 and U19 provincials on the same weekend and around here the scorpians are the top team. It was a really rainy weekend and being that i am only 14 i didnt play that much. As i was standing on the sideline i was them come out from their bus custom gloves, helmnets socks shoes...everything. at everyone thought it was the U16 team and we where like AHHH, but it was a little intimidating

[Laxer1241]

My team just laughs and call the all matching teams betty crocker teams just to get comfertable before the game(that doesnt mean that i dont like matching gear just a way to put it past us). The only things that intimidates me is the big guys on the feild and skilled fast people.

[LaxMaxVince]

Im going into 9th grade, and many kids we play against are beginners/intermediate players. If the team that were playing against all have like really nice equipment and sticks, and im just gonna assume that theyre all spoiled and all suck and care about the equipment more than learning to be a better lacrosse player. So I just do the best I can and hope we win.

[Laxattack05]

Yeah... this team we played from washington had matchin CPX's with matchin Mac's... it was pretty intimidation considering our team is like this...

Half have Stryke's, three of us have CPX's, a quarter have CLH2's and the rest have Riddell....
Two of us have Macs, most have hypno's, some have STX exo gloves, and all of us wear different shorts....
and i have blue elbow pads when our colors are red and white....

[thefeeder]

my team has had kids who got their team helmet 4 years ago so they have cpro's. One or two kids have cpro titaniums. Most have cpx's or chrome cpx's. One really rich kid has a titanium cpx.

[sidewinder19]

that was intimidating going to box nationals and BC and ONTARIO andcouple other teams all had matching gloves,helmets,shoes,arm gaurds,and it was intimidating cause they had serious skills to back it up.

[Jephman]

the helmets where actually pretty ugly jephman is lying yellow will silver and black looked pretty bad i think.....

No, I mean't with all the logo's and stuff.

And Slinky, that was a pretty sweet red dye on the revo. Did you have black, curly hair?

Also, I didn't know wtf was going on either, so you weren't alone.

[Jephman]

hey what team are you playing for? I live in Alberta too and we have to beat out a team to go to nationals

Sherwood Park Triads. It's my first year playing so I don't know all the teams.

[slinkyspine]

No, I mean't with all the logo's and stuff.

And Slinky, that was a pretty sweet red dye on the revo. Did you have black, curly hair?

Also, I didn't know wtf was going on either, so you weren't alone.
negative, I got blonde short hair... I couldn't go to practice tonight, I sprained my ankle.



Thanks for the dye.


We might be getting helmets and intimadting them!

[laxin21]

right now in summer leauge you should see our team, we all have different helmets and different colors, none of us have the same type of pinny (not jerseys) and the only thing that most of us have are the school gloves. We still beat everyteam tho, we kinda get over that the other team matches, then we make fun of them

[sailorslax88]

NESLL always has vent ap's. triads, and defts and it is a tiny tiny bit intimidating


but the fact that they wear triads, kills all intimidation. plus NESLL isnt any good. we usualy play them at UMASS, and they arent anything special

[Jephman]

negative, I got blonde short hair... I couldn't go to practice tonight, I sprained my ankle.



Thanks for the dye.


We might be getting helmets and intimadting them!

That would kick! Or get custom Mac Daddy's or something. I had short, darker-brown hair. I am like 5'7". I have a black Triad ST helmet. I was that kid who passed, and the ball went straight up :loser:. Also, I got the neon green shooters and sidewall on me good 'ole Swerve.

See you around!

[LoyolaMiddie878]

one of the most intimidating teams i have ever seen approach a lacrosse field is St. Ignatius High School from San Francisco.

they have all matching everything. pads, helmets, gloves, sticks (color-wise), bags, pennys, uniforms, cleats, socks, eyeblack. everything. and plus they are very, very good. so the way they look + their reputatoin = intimidating.

[FPTraiderlax02]

but the fact that they wear triads, kills all intimidation. plus NESLL isnt any good. we usualy play them at UMASS, and they arent anything special
haha my school had a summer leauge that half the kids were on and we beat em 7 to 13 at a touney

[PuLsE_SpEeD]

my team is super non-intimidating...we just got team equipment but plenty of people (including myself) didn't get any...if you're going to be intimidated make sure it's by a players skill, not what they're wearing/using

[coqlax02]

feild is pretty big in BC.. i dont think you can do it so much east of here because it gets so cold in the winters but if you make it to nationals watch out for the BC teams i know for sure Coquitlam and New Wesminster are representing us if not a few more teams