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If your lacrosse strings are too tight, too loose, or just generally out of repair, your playing will be negatively affected until you can get a restring. Many sporting goods stores offer this service, but any women's lacrosse player can save themselves time and money if they know how to restring their own stick.
While there are many customizable ways to restring a women's lacrosse stick, this tutorial will set you up with the basics for one of the commonly used styles. This guide will walk you through the steps of stringing a pita pocket, which has a channeled center that provides better hold and release than a traditional pocket.
Before starting this guide, get familiar with the types of strings used for a restring, as well as how to tie a poacher's knot.
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Prep the nylon strings for the pocket with a poachers knot.
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Create this knot at one end of each nylon.
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Tie a double knot on a sidewall string.
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Lace the string through the topmost sidewall hole.
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Skip a hole.
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Thread the end of the sidewall-string through the loop made via "stitch."
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Pull tight, towards the next hole.
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Repeat step 3 all the way down the side wall, skipping a hole each time.
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Tie off at the end. Repeat for the other sidewall.
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Ensure that the holes match up on both sides.
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Knot the top-string on one end.
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Thread the top-string through the topmost sidewall hole with the sidewall-string knot.
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Start each hole with pulling the string back to front.
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Pull tight!
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Feed the top-string through the 1st leather.
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Thread the top-string front to back.
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Pull tight!
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Start the same loop pattern on the next hole. (back to front)
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Grab one of the prepped nylons from step 1.
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Thread the top-string through the nylon poacher's knot.
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Finish the loop pattern by pulling tight. (front to back)
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Repeat Step 9 to tie in the second nylon.
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Repeat Step 8 to tie in the second leather.
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Pull through the top sidewall.
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Tie off with a knot.
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Lace all the 4 strings through their respective holes at the bottom of head.
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Push the leathers and the nylons to the desired pocket depth.
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Thread the pocket cross-string through both nylon strings.
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Wrap the cross-string up and around its adjacent nylon.
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Bring both of the string ends towards center to form a twist.
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Finish by wrapping the string around each nylon again.
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Repeat the twists and wraps in Step 13 until the end of the nylons.
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Pull the ends of black cross-strings through the same holes the nylon strings are tied off at.
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Thread the cross-string through the top of the leather.
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Bring the cross-string under the nylon and through the first twist of the black pocket string.
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Lock the string in place by bringing it back around itself and pulling down.
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Wrap the cross-string around the leather, front to back.
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Thread the cross-string under nylon and through the second twist of the black cross-string.
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Repeat this pattern (steps 15-16) until each twist in the pocket has been threaded through.
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Pull the end of the cross-string through the hole of the leather at the bottom.
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Thread the remining blue cross-string through the first loop of the sidewall string.
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Wrap the cross-string around the leather.
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Twist the cross-string around itself so it's "locked."
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Repeat steps 15-17 to string the other side. (inner and outer cross-string)
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Knot the two ends together to tie off.
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Repeat for the other blue cross-string ends.
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Thread the first shooting lace through the second hole down on the left side of the head.
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Weave over the blue cross-string.
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Weave under the leather.
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Weave over the nylon.
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Weave under the black pocket-twist.
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Weave over the nylon.
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Weave under the leather.
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Weave over the blue cross-string.
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Thread the lace's end through the second sidewall hole down.
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Return the shooter-lace over the sidewall hole.
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Create an opposite weave of over and under through each section.
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Tie off the shooter lace with itself, creating a knot over the sidewall hole.
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Cut off any excess lace, leaving about an inch.
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Pull the 2nd shooter lace through the 5th or 6th sidewall hole from the bottom.
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Weave the shooter lace under the cross-string.
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Weave over the leather.
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Weave under the next cross lace.
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Weave over the nylon.
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Weave under the center pocket strings.
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Pull the lace through the sidewall hole across from the starting point (5th or 6th up from bottom).
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Thread the shooter-lace back through the U-shape, inversing the over/under pattern.
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Tie off the shooting lace using both ends.
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Cut the excess off of all strings that are tied off with knots.
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Use a glue gun to seal all of the cut strings.
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Use a lacrosse ball to test the depth and tension of your completed pocket.
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Readjust as needed.
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This guide is a complete replacement of all strings. Each step per string can be done solo if only one string-part of the lacrosse head needs repair.
This guide is a complete replacement of all strings. Each step per string can be done solo if only one string-part of the lacrosse head needs repair.
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