Comments on: Hot Pot Of Lax: Lacrosse Players Touching Pockets

By: zebralax

zebralax — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:14:00 +0000

first that is the worst picture for this article, they are clearly celebrating a goal by chest/shoulder bumping whatever and his hand isn’t at his hip. Nothing crazy there

I would have to agree with Josh, after any shot of mine or even after a pass if I see my pocket is inside out, i’ll quickly push it back. Why? I don’t know, I guess in my head the pocket is “normal” then.

So are guys playing with illegal sticks or do they push the mesh around just as an added protection? it probably goes both ways,

By: Josh Rottman

Josh Rottman — Wed, 25 May 2011 19:49:00 +0000

If you watch ASU play either Michigan or BYU on Fox Sports Net you’ll see that my boy Ryan Westfall will do that almost every time he shoots, and his pocket is no where near illegal. I’ve seen him do this since we were in 8th grade. It has nothing to do with pocket legality. What he’s trying to make sure is that if his pocket turned inside out at all when he was shooting, that it doesn’t stay that way before he catches the next pass. It may seem pointless, but I’ve caught myself doing it too.

By: Cam

Cam — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:40:00 +0000

That’s truly strange. I’ve never seen an official take any stance on whether or not a pocket is touched.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:18:00 +0000

I don’t know if they jump on it at the D1 level, but i know at the D3 and MCLA level around here, if you even touch the head of your stick after the ball crosses the plane on a possible goal, you get the flag, the goal gets wiped, and you go to the box.

i do think that not as many people are using illegal pockets anymore like there used to be, at any position on the field. There’s still ways to get away with it but in my opinion its just totally not worth it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 May 2011 16:10:00 +0000

The “best” pockets flirt the line during the test, and bag out during game play.

to me the bag does nothing but limit range and mess up mechanics, but i’m a pole so i don’t do too much shooting.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:48:00 +0000

Is it true that the refs are limited as to what they can do for a stick check? It doesn’t seem unreasonable if a ref were to push on the ball to see if the pocket will deepen because of a pull string or something, but I’ve heard that that isn’t allowed. I’ve heard of player rubbing the pocket against their leg after a goal before they hand it over.

I probably push out my pocket at every stoppage of play, it’s kind of like baseball players pounding their fists into their gloves; a nervous habit to make sure everything is OK with your gear.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:38:00 +0000

It doesnt make sense, because must players are jamming their fingers into the V or U shooters. My only guess is that they are too tight and would not allow the ball to be dislodged while doing the stick check. I think you should not be allowed to touch the head/pocket at all while on the field. That seems a bit much but if there is something going on here then that is the only way to stop it.
Lets not forget about goalies either, they are constantly pounding their pockets during the course of the game, lets just stop this as well.

I don think the guys at Denver need to worry about pounding their pockets… (Courtesy of Lax.com)