they should put some grip on it, if you are trying to move your pocket i recommend a ball and a screwdriver, this thing will slide to wherever ur pocket already is, other than that, its wonderful i got a warrior pocket pounder for free via lax points with it...DO NOT BUY THE WARRIOR POCKET POUNDER, i know it looks cool and all, but its poorly built, its a ball with a screw through it on the end of a scrap piece of shaft....you could make one in 5 min that is better

k so seriously i need a detailed instruction cuz i hav no freakin idea how tis thing works

you drill a hole in a ball about the same size as the screw driver heat them up a little and put it in you can also glue it in the hole if your worried about it falling off but if you drill the hole just a little smaller it should be fine w/o

not at all, you put either end in the pocket, force it down as far as you can and put the metal bar through both ends of the sidewall section

can it be used for goalie sticks

no dude it is too small

it fits into the side of your head to stay in place so it will only work for normal sized heads

Its pretty good but it normally only works where you want the sweet spot, which leaves a little hump to where it would catch the ball. It works nicely with a pocket pounder because the stretcher starts the area then the pounder makes the whole head broken in. I'd say buy this and make your own pocket pounder with a screwdriver and a ball. Thats what I did.

great tool to break in pockets. works on all heads and requires no effort. see if you can borrow a friend's though, 19 bucks seems a little steep

take a ball, put it in the pocket, and stick a butterknife through the sidewall strings and wall. leave it overnight. unless your like a store, then it seems useful.

its really good 2 pound pockets with escpeccially cuz all u do is tighten it and leave and u got a pocket

i luv this!!!!!

1. take lacrosse ball and put in lacrosse head 2. put butter knife in through sidewall over ball 3. thats it. so if u buy this ur really lazy and retarded.

that's what I thought too, but this is faster and breaks the pocket in better, and it is a must have for breaking in trad and custom pockets.

i take a ball and leaveit in my stick using pens and it seems to work just fine is it worth it to get this

it makes a rounder pocket

and takes way less work, and breaks in the pocket even more.

pens might work ok but this is more adjustable and gives u a better pocket

If you have canadian mesh then this is on the verge of being an absolute necessity. You could use a ball and a pen but this is cooler.

I tried to use this in a game and the Ref gave me a 5 minute penalty... It isnt very easy to catch either...

This has to be the funniest thing I have ever read.

same

are u kidding me? i think im going to cry by the way the ref should have given u a 10 minute penalty :P

????? wat did u do to get a 5 min. penalty... by the way it saunds:did u put it in ur pocket while u were playing???

yep the retard put the ting in his pocket

the reff should have taken your stick and told you to go home and never play lacrosse again, wow, r u serious kid

that's hilarious whether you're making it up or not!

i couldnt pound my pocket the night before with my glow-in-the-dark dildo because i was pounding my tight anus instead. so i put this in my stick before the game and got penalty :(

i'm sure everybody can relate to that

ur effed up

due tht hilarious even if ur making it up

thats becuz u left it there too long and its ur fault not 2 adjust ur strings 2 were u can throw good

well for starts, the more you crank it the deeper of a pocket you get, so obviously you cranked it to much

to conceal it in your shorts and when your team is on offense to secretly put it in your head and when you're playing defense continually beat the s#!t out of your attackman with all natural hickory.

the same thing happened to me I went in with my brand new pocket stretcher and idk why but it made me play like CRAP! I couldent catch anything and ground balls were impossible. I think it may have been taking up too much of the pocket but it may have just been a coincidence. Anyway as soon as I removed this apparatus from my head I went back to normal.

dude, r u retartded u need to just stop playing lacrosse.

the ref should have taken ur stick made u go home and tell u to never to play lacrosse again

this things works perfectly every time, i recommend buying it

nice nice

how does it work?

you put that middle bar under the plastic on both sides and twist the crank(but before you do that you'll want to wetten the net first

this thing can break your head if you stretch it to much

thank you

it works pretty good but breaks pretty easy if u like a deep pocket

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for any one who has no idea how it works don't worry about it, i had no idea how it worked but i ended up buying it anyway, its hard to explain without a picture but once u get it u can figure it out. works really good

that description didnt help at all to explain how it works

k can u like giv me a detialed instrustion of how this thing works cuz i hav no freakin idea

which one makes the pocket deep and how long does it take to make it deep?

i like the strecher better but it really depends on what you want. if u put it in at night and leave it in it should be perfect by morning but the pocket will ook kinda wierd

get it wet first, then pound it for a while. after it gets nice and pounded in take it and stretch that out... god im a pervert

haha

ur a retard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! read da rules homie

what are you talking about?

do people soak the pocket first like with the butter knife and ball trick?

I've done it before but its only a temporary thing

you pretty much have to soak it in water with a brand new pocket before you break it in.

This is not made to break in your mesh pocket. This is made for stringers that string custom pockets around a ball.

it is made for custom stringing, but it will work with mesh.

Just go out and play wall ball or just break it in yourself or just do it with ball and knife in warm water lawlz.

you put it in...and you get one of those pointy pockets...and it isn't even that deep of a pocket...

Just got one of these today and strung up my proton. I slapped the pocket stretcher on the head and left it there for a few hours. After about 5 hours, i took out the stretcher and the pocket was formed perfectly. I don't have to deal with pounding the pocket or using the butter knife trick (it worked, but not all that great) This stretcher works wonders. I'm leaving it on my stick over the night so a nice pocket forms.

what is the butter knife trick??

all you do is put a ball in your pocket and slide a butter knife into the mesh or the sidewall, so that the ball is putting pressure on the net.

I have a matrix and the screwdriver/pencil and the ball wern't working so I bought one of these and its great. It isn't hard to use at all, just put it in and twist until it starts getting hard. Once you get it, you will understand what to do. BUY ONE

aweseme...works good too

Is this good or should i get the Warrior pocket pounder

get the pocket stretcher it is sweet the pounder is to much effort and it dosent work as well get this!!!!!

i don't have it but i do have the pounder and all it is is a ball on a stick thats it.... im guessing that the stretcher is much better

how does it work

The work great.

all u need is a butter knife & ball put ball where u want poket slide knife thru stik or mesh over ball make sure it is applying pressure on mesh wen u dont tuch it leave overnight

wat if yo have a matrix? it wont werk

it works....my friend did it (the knife thing) with his matrix so... yea it works

use 2 pens, i accidentall used a serrated butter knife and it cut some of the fibers of a custom pocket i strung. the next day i caught a hard pass right before a game and it broke the pocket i worked on for hours. BE CAREFULL

Should i buy this, i have a vapor and i pinched it slightly, its not that narrow but would it work, help me please. should i leave this and buy some Debeer enigma shoulder pads, HELP!!!!!

buy this it is the best thing i have done to improve my Game!!!!!!!!

how does it work

its self explanitory

is this thing really worth 17 bucks!? and has anyone found a better way to break in pockets?

Does it work on goalie sticks too?

No its WAY 2 small only on regular heads

I took one of these on a plane to a lacrose tournament and it took like 15 minutes to get it past security

i am juststarting out in net and wantd to know if this works on goalie sticks.

nope

This thing worked awesome for me. I have a cyber and it fit well into one of the slits but you have to put it in vertically and then twist it because the cyber is fairly pinched. On somethng even more pinched like a matrix it might not work at all. However, if you get it to work for you it makes a kickass pocket.

all the reveiws say it works but how?? how does it work how do u even ge tit in it looks really weird

JUST PUT THE BAR THROUGH THE SIDEWALL, AND TWIST IT INTO THE STICK

this suck

I wasnt quite sure how it works in the first place so i need and explanation also would it work on a revolution?

y buy 1. I made my own. Its a little crude but it works. In stead of spending 15-20 $ i made 1. Unless u r not a craftsman dont have tools by 1. otherwise dont mak it.

Its great for the lazy player (me) to pound a new pocket or one ruined by the rain, damn I hate the rain...

how dus this thing work? i dont have it but its wierd lookin

u put the metal things in the side walls and the screw the wooden things until the other side starts pusing into the pocket

how does it work?

depends

i have a matrix head, and the throat is really narrow, think this will work on it?

sorry im posting so much on this but its godlike...yeah it works on the matrix.. and that movie kicks ass

yea my friend has one

no it does not but the pocket pounder does

actually i just got both a matrix and a strecher and i pretty much does really easily

yeah definently

yea, it just takes some work to get it in and out.

dude i have a bionic and its super piniched even more than a matrix and it works like a dream

do u put it under the sidewall or in on of the holes (on the bionic)

If you are serious about your lacrosse this is a must have it really works

hey i ve used this thing to, and i think its great. but i also want to know if you play for Roxbury in NJ? do you?

forget my last comment, i figured it out. look, i bought the thing and its amazing. perfect pockets in no time at all. BUT: i have a vapor and its nearly impossible to get it onto the sidewalls without chewing up the sides and exerting alot of effort. be careful in buyig this if you have a narrrow or pinched head. otherwise- IT RULES!

is the little ne for womens or what? is thebig or little one better?

the bigger side is mainly for building the pocket, the smaller one is the exact size of the ball, so when it is used, a perfect little home for the ball is formed

What type of stick do you have, and what type of stringing. Because I heard from somebody that it doesn't work on certain types of sidewalls.

i have an x2 with hard mesh...since the sidewall stringing on monster mesh and all of its imitations are different im not really sure.

Does this thing work on all sticks, or does it only work on certain shaped sticks.

Not only does this thing work, it works like you wouldn't believe. I had what i thought was a perfect pocket, but this thing made it even better. The ball feels like its glued to my stick.

it works on all sticks, thats me, always avoiding the initial question

how long does it take to break the pocket in?

i dont know...it depends. if you leave it in for one night youll get one good day of practice with a nice pocket. in my case, i went on vacation and left it in, and now my pocket just stays in place, i still use it though, just incase

how do you get the thing to work

You put the metal piece flat thingy under your sidewall, both ends sticking out. Then you screw in whatever end you want into the pocket and leave it there for awhile. come back after awhile and you have a perfect pocket!

Also you want to make sure you use the right end. One end is bigger than the other for forming the pocket or making a channel for your lacrosse ball.

it takes like a few hours. I put it in in the begining of the day and leave it in my locker. by time for practice my pocket is perfect. DO it like 3 or 4 times and ur pocket is amazing

Just untie the back, tie it up down farther, put this in, stretch it as far as it'll go, and leave it over night. if you have a really hard mesh like six diamond, it'll form and stick real fast. My friens has six diamond, and put it in only a bit, and the next day the pocket was just as deep without it.

just leave it in ur pocket overnight n in the morning ull have a great pocket