Lacrosse shafts have got to be the hardest product to buy. For an attack player, there’s about 100 to choose from. And it’s not like you can ignore half of them because they’re no good. There are at least 100 top quality shafts to pick from, and each one deserves consideration.
Whether you have broken your shaft, or just want to upgrade it really doesn’t make a difference. You’ll sit there, like me and scratch your head. What’s the difference between the Brine Scandium and the STX Titanium? Oh, and there’s a Warrior Titanium/Aluminium alloy, what’s up with that? Hey, there’s a composite too. What’s a composite? Oh my god, someone help me!
Search engines are your best friend. You can find all the information you want on the internet. How on earth did we do anything prior to the internet? You can find all the varieties of shafts from all the brands. You can find all the online stores that sell shafts. You can find all the blogs that commentate on the products. You can find all the forums that chat about the products. You can find out EVERYTHING about shafts.
But who has the time for all that?
This is my dilemma. I’m a very curious person who likes to know everything there is to know about what I’m working with, whatever it is. If I’m purchasing a lacrosse shaft, I want to know everything about lacrosse shafts, god damn it! There is no way I could find all the information I need to decide what lacrosse shaft I want to buy. There are not enough hours in the day year.
Then I stumbled over THE best lacrosse website in the world. http://lacrossegearreview.com/. It’s now my new home page! They have all the shafts for attack and the other positions. They also review and rate the shafts themselves. But the best part is the user reviews. People who actually own the gear share their thoughts about the gear and give it a rating. The website calculates an overall score for the lacrosse shaft, so all you need to do is pick from the best.
In the meantime, I’m getting to all the ground ball contents hoping that someone will come along with a massive hack and break my shaft. It’s too bad our defenders are so lame and can’t check to save themselves. I’ll be in the market for a set of arm pads earlier, I think.
