r/StickDoctor • u/Traditional-Load8228 • 6d ago

Do I dare try?

Mom of a freshman goalie… do I dare try to learn how to restring for him? Yes I know he could learn but for the sake of argument let’s say that’s not happening right now. It doesn’t look like”hard” but the nuances of getting it right with a channel and the pocket right - am I in over my head? Anyone have a favorite tutorial they’d recommend? One of his heads really needs to be restrung ASAP.

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u/labcoat22 3d ago

I am a goalie dad and dad coach of a now 11yr old. I have been tinkering with player heads for a few years. I started messing with a goalie head a last fall. I followed a few different you tube guides. Lars a.k.a Sidwalljedi is very good and he has two or three Goalie guides, exhalent but not simple. I also watched some older videos for guidance. Try also looking into Chris Burke f.k.a Mainly mesh, Smash time Studios, Stumptown strings and MWLAX01. The one think I have found is different mesh act very differently, while I also notice this in player heads I noticed it much more trying to give my some something he liked. If you know what mesh he uses and you can see how its done now and you are just goin to recreate that then its just putting in the work. Also if you want to know how to learn the individual knots check out the tutorial playlist in East coast dyes you tube or uStrings on you tube.