New Women’s Lacrosse Rules? What Limitations Will They Have? Our Roundtable Discusses

USA's taylor Cummings runs towards Welsh traffic at the 2017 FIL Rathbones Women's Lacrosse World Cup, at Surrey Sports Park, Guildford, Surrey, UK, 18th July 2017.

Editor’s Note: This multipart series of our Women’s Stringing Roundtable on #TheGopherProject will provide insight from experienced stringers and representatives from stringing manufacturers. Today, we ask our roundtable what limitations the recent changes to the women’s rules will have on the game. Women’s lacrosse pockets have always had more restrictions than men’s pockets. With the […]

Women’s Head Technology: What Is The Future? Our Women’s Roundtable Discusses

Women's Pro Lax Opening Weekend

Editor’s Note: This multi-part series Women’s Stringing Roundtable on #TheGopherProject will provide insight from experienced stringers and representatives from stringing manufacturers. Today, we ask our roundtable about the future of women’s head technology. Women’s lacrosse pockets have always had more restrictions than men’s pockets. With the recent relaxing of the rules and allowing mesh, it […]

Brine Clutch 3X: Reclamation Project

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Today we’re reclaiming a Brine Clutch 3X on this week’s edition of #TheGopherProject. If you have read the previous reclamation project, you know what’s in store.  My goal is here is to take a head that wasn’t the commercial hit — that doesn’t mean it was a failure by the way — and see if […]

Tactik 2.0 Maverik Head Review

tactik 2.0 maverik head gear review

I’ve had the Tactik 2.0 for over two weeks. I like the Maverik Tactik 2.0, and can easily see working it into the gamer rotation.

Putting the ECD DNA To The Test

Impact testing will give you good predictability of a head weakening, but it’s not the worst thing you can do. See if the ECD DNA can withstand the heat.

What Is The Best Women’s Lacrosse Pocket? Our Women’s Roundtable Answers

wpll week 4 recap 2019

Editor’s Note: This multi-part series Women’s Stringing Roundtable on #TheGopherProject will provide insight from experienced stringers and representatives from stringing manufacturers. Today, we focus on what our Roundtable thinks is the best women’s lacrosse pocket. Women’s pockets have always had more restrictions than men’s pockets. With the recent relaxing of the rules and allowing mesh, […]

Smashtime Strings: Stringer Spotlight

Smashtime Strings: Stringer Spotlight

This month, let’s welcome Smashtime Strings, also known as David Swartz! David needs no introduction to the stringing community reading this, but here’s one anyway… Simply put, David is one of the top stringers in our community and a great ambassador for the game. If you have a question about “how” to string something, he’ll […]

Inside Weave Stringing Tutorial

Inside Weave Stringing Tutorial

Today we’re picking up where we left the off in the recent spotlight with Lars (AKA Sidewall Jedi). We’re going to look at another option to stringing to the inside with David Swartz (AKA Smashtime Strings): the inside weave! This technique applies the concept of stringing to the inside, but involves running the sidewall string […]

Reclaiming a Lacrosse Head: #TheGopherProject

Reclaiming a Lacrosse Head: #TheGopherProject

Today we’re reclaiming a lacrosse head. You can choose any lacrosse head and follow along. My goal is here is to take a head that wasn’t the commercial hit (that doesn’t mean it was a failure by the way) and see if I can construct a pocket that could turn this into a gamer. There […]