AboutJonathan Edwards Expertise I'm a former All-American goalie and have played every position at all levels.
I also coached a high school program in Massachusetts for four years where I helped a number of athletes go on to play college ball in all divisions. Currently I spent much of my time between Massachusetts and Calgary, AB Canada where I have had a chance to work with a number of box lacrosse players who have gone on to play field in the US. Currently I run two blogs. www.lacrossegoaltending.blogspot.com for goalies. As well as www.yourbestlacrosse.blogspot.com for field players. I also run the number one lacrosse newsletter for goalies and the number one conditioning newsletter for field players.
Experience I was a high school All-American who was recruited by a number of Division 1 schools. I have also been a coach and ran a high school program for four years. I have coached at summer camps and also run my own website for goalies as well as a lacrosse fitness site.
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Question QUESTION: I am a 13 year old goalie from baltimore, and i am trying to string my eclipse with 12 diamond mesh. But, whenever I string it, it just doesnt work out. Are there any tips you could give me on stringing a goalie head and breaking it in?
ANSWER: Hey there Brice. Can you tell me more what types of problems you're having? Is the mesh not holding a pocket? Is it too shallow? Give me some more specifics and I can help you.
Is this Facebook Brice?
Jonathan- The Goalie Guru
www.LacrosseGoalieTips.com
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QUESTION: yes this is facebook Brice and this is a follow-up on the question i asked:
i am having trouble stringing basically the whole stick, i cant seem to get it right and i always get really frustrated.
Whenever i feel like i'm stringing it right, the pocket is always really shallow, but when i try to deepen it, the sidewalls are always screwed up.
So, if you could give me a walkthrough or if you know what i am doing wrong, could you please send that my way?
Answer Brice I've got that same stick with the twelve diamond and it broke in beautifully so I think you may be doing a couple of things.
1) When you string it up don't tie off the bottom of the pocket. Leave the string at the throat out.
2) Don't string the pocket straight to the sidewalls and then let them out. Try and string the sidewalls with some distance between the mesh and the head that looks like a normal pocket. This way the sidewalls don't set too early and then are too hard to redo.
3) Also, don't string the pocket straight down the sidewalls. This never works in my opinion. You may be stringing every hole, or every other hole, but then when you let the sidewalls out they look screwy. On mine, about halfway down the sidewall I actually skip a hole in the mesh. It makes the mesh sit in the head of the stick better.
(Note: This is really hard to explain via an email. I hope this is making sense.)
4) Before you string up the stick, soak your new mesh and stretch it out. Then when you're done stringing it suspend the head between two chairs and put a weight in it. Let it dry overnight. I usually put three balls down the center of the pocket and then put a weight on top of the balls so that the pocket stretches just where I want it. As it dries over night you'll get a nice deep pocket and the mesh will already have been wet so it shouldn't shrink much the next time it gets wet.
5. After all that, then tie up the string at the throat.
Hope that helps Brice. Let me know if you need anything else and I'll be glad to help.
Jonathan - The Goalie Guru
www.LacrosseGoalieTips.com
