What Makes a Good Box Lacrosse Stick?

What makes a good box lacrosse stick

Field lacrosse and box lacrosse require different tools, and one of these tools is your stick. In this quick read, I aim to identify several key traits needed in putting together a good box lacrosse stick based on my experience and popular trends around the box world. What makes a good box Lacrosse stick? The […]

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 […]

Traditional Thursday: College Legal Pita

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Talking college legal pita pockets! If you want to use traditional in college, the best way to do it is to string a low pocket with your leather and cross lace, and then let the pocket move up in the head as it breaks in.

Getting To Know the LAS Community

Forum Friday

This week’s Forum Friday is awesome. So much of what we discuss as lacrosse players, especially in the LAS Community Forums, revolves around stringing. So why wouldn’t we want to get to know each other…through our stringing!

No Pocket Necessary

No Pocket Necessary

Lacrosse is the Creator’s Game. There is so much more to it than X’s and O’s, and literally anyone can play. Every player, at some point, gets their own chance to create.

Top String Tuesday: Chenango Tutorial

Chenango Top String Tutorial

Created as a potential solution to the new college lacrosse head and shooting string rules, the Chenango Top String causes a really tight channel and a natural “U” in your shooters.

Maverik Spider Stringing With Colton

Colton Raichl with you again to show you his way of stringing up a Maverik Spider 17. Colton had never used a Spider before, and really likes the way it turned out. The shape of the head allows for a very nicely formed mesh pocket. Here is a tutorial.

Mesh Stringing Tutorial With Colton Raichl

Colton Raichl here to show you my way of stringing up a head. I have been stringing for about 4 years now. I have strung almost every head on my high school team, a few on my college team, and a couple more for anyone who comes in to the Bend Lax Shack during the summer!

Video: Mesh Pocket Stringing by Krieg Shaw

From Krieg: My pocket is pretty specific to my stick, in that the head I use is wider than most, and really stiff. This makes it great to string with a deep channel, and keeps the head sturdy enough to not whip out when I shoot or pass.