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Why I Love Lacrosse 2/10/2010
A few of you guys have already heard parts of this speech from me but I wanted to share it with the whole club. There are many things that I love about our great sport. Lacrosse is more steeped in tradition than any other sport on the planet(aside from running and swimming!) and it is native to our country! I love the honor associated with lacrosse. Our sport is different from most others because of its heritage.
One of the things I love most about lacrosse is the individual nature of our sticks. In no other sport is the primary piece of equipment hand made. I'm talking about the pocket of your stick. No two are the same and each is tailored to its owner(it should be anyway). You don't make your own baseball glove or bat nor are you forced to whittle a hockey stick. The lacrosse pocket is completely unique to all other sports because as long as the pocket is attached to the head, essentially you have strung it properly. Some heads have many holes for different stringing options(these I prefer). There is no wrong way to string a head and this leads to an infinite amount of possibilities in creativity. Our sport is unique because you can't just buy a head off of the shelf and use it in a game with any success.
It wasn't until the 1970's that the plastic head was introduced, before that it was up to a few skilled craftsmen scattered throughout the country. In the last 40 years we have lost some of the uniqueness of our sport with the plastic head but that has lead to reduced manufacturing cost and time and there for more lacrosse sticks in more kids hands! Last season I bet I strung half of the heads used by the 3/4th grade team and it was great to see the excitement in their eyes when they realized that they could throw all along, there stick was just kind of goofy! 99.9% off all new strung heads are not strung well and need to be adjusted.
Learning how to string a lacrosse stick can be a rewarding and even profitable venture! Every team needs a few stick wizards but it's my opinion that everyone learns how to string their own stick. If you can fine tune your stick it's much easier to stay on top of your game. Our club is proud to have Matt Young who offers his stringing services on our site listed somewhere to the left. I'm happy to string your stick as well or better yet, teach you how to do it! It's much easier than you think with the mesh that is available today! SLC will have official stringing kits for sale at the Kick Off Party on Feb 24th. They feature red hard mesh with black lacing or black hard mesh with red lacing. They look pretty cool and I worked hard at assembling them so go buy them and show your team colors! They will be $10 per kit and will be available with our other SLC gear like sweats, socks and more!
Great motivational story
Check out this story on walax.com! It's a great tale of determination and respect for the game that we could all use a little more of.
http://www.walax.com/?q=maple_valley039s_tyler_johnson_19812009
