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if wooden shafts are legal or illegal in NCAA and USLIA play?

unless there's been a rule change i haven't heard about... survey says... LEGAL

Wood shafts are legal, just not functional. Titanium is lighter and gives a player more velocity on a shot and better checking ability as a defenseman. No reason to play with a wood shaft other than to slow your shots and checks down.

Wood is within the rules. You can pay a fortune on some of these metal Alloys but Wood is the best way to go. Wood is Good!

I'm long past playing in anything but summer league and alumni games, but I remember the look on a middie's or attackman's face when the wood came down on his thumbs! I remember that feeling too! Ouch!

Also, I wonder if a wood shaft might not be an advantage on faceoffs? However, for the most part I agree with Coach Peterson. If you are going to shoot the ball, you're better off with an alloy or titanium shaft.

Wood was fun though!

Catlax wrote:I'm long past playing in anything but summer league and alumni games, but I remember the look on a middie's or attackman's face when the wood came down on his thumbs! I remember that feeling too! Ouch!

Also, I wonder if a wood shaft might not be an advantage on faceoffs? However, for the most part I agree with Coach Peterson. If you are going to shoot the ball, you're better off with an alloy or titanium shaft.

Wood was fun though!

Back in my old days...we used wood in the spring to build up arm strength and then switched to aluminim for game times. Against teams we didn't like we loaded our D-poles with sand or nickels. THAT HURTS! he he he

But I would NEVER suggest that to anyone now...

If you weren't fortunate enough to be playing lacrosse in the days when the crooked arrow was king and graphite was the wave of the future ( boy those things snapped like twigs didn't they) let me tell you. I will take a solid check from titanium over a solid check from a wood shaft any day. Talk about beat up after a game.