coils

[Garor]

What are the advantages of coils, and do they need to be strung on leather?

[unta8]

coils are stupid.

[mdawg]

coils provide a more sturdy track on the pocket. i believe this to be true anyway. they should be strung in leathers. they also look cool.
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[LatinBabe]

besides add weight and look cooler.. they do nothing that twists don't. what they do, do is force the ball towards the center of the pocket.

[kryptic]

coils are stupid.

explain your opinon.

but i agree with latinbabe

[dionysus]

I'm not a coil fan, I haven't found much use for them and I've strung a lot of sticks with them.

[cooldevil938]

I've strung tons of pockets and i have come to like coils in the spot between the outside leathers and the sidewalls. I feel it creates a more defined channel than twist. And it doesn't add that much weight to it.

[Garor]

Any worth on a goalie pocket?

[crazylax42]

coils are ok if you know how many their needs to be, but it's not worth the trouble of figuring out a good ratio yourself. Really time consuming

[dionysus]

I can't think of much benefit on a goalie stick.

[endoftheline]

yeh because a goalie stick is so wide they wont help channel the ball anymore but you could string the pocket as deep as u want if you had mesh with coil sidewalls.

[cooldevil938]

Like endoftheline says the only purpose of having coils on a goalie stick would be to make the pocket extremely deep. Other than that they wouldn't really do anything.

[LAXatt]

coils create friction so wouldent they add to the whip alittle

[cooldevil938]

Yeah they do if you have a pocket with a lot of coils in it. This is why the homegrown pocket is such a pain to string without whip. The more coils you have the more whip and the harder it is to get rid of it.