How to Make a Lacrosse Pocket

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Take the shooting strings off your head so all your have is your mesh on your head.

   (Do not thoroughly clean all of the conditioner out of your mesh, just rinse well.) ,, With the dryer very close to the pocket, very slowly keep going over the whole pocket front and back until it is completely dry. ,, (At this point your stick may be illegal, so adjust your back string to your desired tension).
   
   You may also tighten the sidewalls. ,,,
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   Step 2: Go into your bathroom and rub a small palm-full of hair conditioner on the front and back of your mesh and on the shooting strings

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   Step 3: Rinse off the outside of the mesh with very hot water.

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   Step 4: Pound your pocket in with a ball wherever you want for about 15-25 minutes (it may seem like a while but it's worth it).

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   Step 5: Do the "ball under the butter knife" trick

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   Step 6: then grab your hair dryer and while the mesh is still wet

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   Step 7: set your dryer to high and very hot.

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   Step 8: Take the ball out from under the butter knife and pound it all over the pocket a few times

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   Step 9: because the heat may have stiffened the pocket up everywhere.

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    Step 10: Pound it in the front and back right where you had it under the knife.

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    Step 11: Put your shooting strings back on.

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    Step 12: Also- Another easy way to create a perfect pocket is to always stretch your mesh before you string your stick.

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    Step 13: NOTES: If you don't have a pocket maker

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    Step 14: then get a lacrosse ball and stick a hot screwdriver through the middle

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    Step 15: and voila!

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