Thursday, May 9, 2013

My teammates

From left to right: White OG Edge head; Chrome Silver Proton Power.  Both have mid pockets, lots of hold, and a little bit of whip.  The Edge barely whips at all.

Strung these for a couple guys on the team, Evan and Scott.  I took these with me during an underway because I knew I'd have a week out to sea to get the mesh broken in and work the pockets until they were exactly how I wanted them to be.  Turned out to be a good idea, I was able to keep my mind off of the typical underway nonsense.  Sheesh... life out at sea can be rough at times.  But, in any event, here's a picture of my work.  I did not copy down the patterns, but prettymuch both of them start with 3 i's, and then either a double or a triple, and then i's all the way down.

I love stringing older sticks for some reason.  They are so wide that you can really tug down hard as you can to get a tight channel that would pinch illegally in a head made today.  Kind of an added challenge when carrying the ball, but I think that this along with the fact that older heads are a bit heavier than newer ones makes this a perfect training tool.  Wallball and shooting practice, maybe some groundballs with an old-ish head will make it all easier when you're playing in a game with a lighter one.  Just my 2 cents.  More posts to come.

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