Make a Lacrosse Pocket
This "How To" guide will teach you how to break in new mesh and make an awesome pocket.
Steps
- Take the shooting strings off your head so all your have is your mesh on your head.
- Go into your bathroom and rub a small palm-full of hair conditioner on the front and back of your mesh and on the shooting strings
- Rinse off the outside of the mesh with very hot water. (Do not thoroughly clean all of the conditioner out of your mesh, just rinse well.)
- Pound your pocket in with a ball wherever you want for about 15-25 minutes (it may seem like a while but it's worth it).
- Do the "ball under the butter knife" trick, then grab your hair dryer and while the mesh is still wet, set your dryer to high and very hot. With the dryer very close to the pocket, very slowly keep going over the whole pocket front and back until it is completely dry.
- Take the ball out from under the butter knife and pound it all over the pocket a few times, because the heat may have stiffened the pocket up everywhere.
- Pound it in the front and back right where you had it under the knife. (At this point your stick may be illegal, so adjust your back string to your desired tension). You may also tighten the sidewalls.
- Put your shooting strings back on.
- Also- Another easy way to create a perfect pocket is to always stretch your mesh before you string your stick.
- NOTES: If you don't have a pocket maker, then get a lacrosse ball and stick a hot screwdriver through the middle, and voila!
Warnings
- Be careful of creating too deep of a pocket.
- Be careful with the hair dryer, risk of electrifying.
- Be careful with knife, risk of cuts.
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