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Essay On How To Play Lacrosse

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Im sure that plenty of people in this room and in this school play sports. One of the sports that I play is lacrosse. In lacrosse one of the most important parts of your equipment is your stick. I will explain how somebody going into the sport should decide how to make their stick. To first start off on stringing or getting a lacrosse stick strung you need to determine what type of lacrosse head you need for your position. Usually for attack or midi, the best type of head to use would be a moderately thin head so that the ball stays in the stick. I say usually because for midfield, if you take the face offs you should have a very thin head so that you are able to pinch the ball. If you are playing a defensive position then it would be …show more content…

For players there are two types of shafts, short and long poles. If you are defence you need to have a long pole so that you are able to reach players that would be out of a normal players boundaries. For an outfield player you need to have a short pole so that you can shoot and pass without restrictions. In short shafts it is always better to have a lighter shaft so that you can move the stick faster. Once you have the main body of the stick, the next step is to choose the type of stringing that you want to have. There are two choices that you can pick from, traditional or mesh. Their is a third “category” but i am disincluding that because it is a cross between the two and is very uncommon and hard to make correctly. If you have all of your decisions set in stone you can move on to materials and your pocket. For a traditional stick you need to buy 4 leathers, cross string, and sidewall. For a mesh stick it is a little bit simpler. All you need is mesh, top string, and sidewall. You can get all these materials at a local sports store, such as comlax or monkey sports. Once you have all the materials you can either have somebody string it for you, or if you know how to string it you can do it yourself. But just remember you need to specify which type of pocket you want. Mid, low or high. Their is no real difference between them it is just

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