Rubber Practice
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I have been playing lacrosse for 26 years now, thanks to my neighbor who presented me with a Green superlight II when I was around 6-8 years old. I started playing in the rec league when I was 8 and really only had to bring the stick and possibly the gloves as Shove Park provided the rest, which amounted to only helmets for the younger players. Carrying around this minimal amount of equipment was easy, though over the years more and more equipment became necessary in order to maintain proper safety and to prevent injury. Shoulder, rib and elbow pads were added in addition to a mouth piece attached to the helmet. Goalies of course had chest and throat protectors.
When you went to practice or home when it was over, you would throw (add) all the pieces of equipment to your lacrosse stick. The usual order was helmet first slid down the shaft, followed by the gloves, ribs, shoulder and elbow pads. Fortunately the mouth piece was attached to the helmet, so you would not lose it. When you got to your destination, you shook everything off in order to get access to the stick, otherwise you would not be able to use it. This presented a problem at home for example, when you had everything put away nice and neat (mom was happy of course) and wanted to have a catch with your buddy. This called for you to shake all your equipment off all over the floor (mom then becomes not so happy!) in order to get your stick out.
Now to make it worse, the kids today use mouth pieces that do not attach to the helmet and they are constantly losing them, costing their parents and school money. With the spread of the game more people are playing as well which causes more piles of equipment to be all over the place, especially in a locker room of middle school kids. As a lacrosse coach, I see issues relating to middle school boys with where their equipment or mouth piece may be. As a defensive player, using a longer stick, the shaking of equipment into piles was slightly more difficult than the shorter stick of an attackmen or midfielder. To have something that could keep all of your together and not sprawled out allover the place would have been great to make my room and locker neater at times.
Now as a coach, I only bring the stick (coming full circle to when I started playing 26 years ago) but those occasions when I do play in the rec leagues or suit up against the younger ones for a fun day after the season ends, I am still stuck with the problem of the pile of equipment, which now means my wife is not happy!
David Gardner, the owner of Barefoot Painting and More, has played lacrosse for 26 years. Starting in the Shove Park league in Camillus, NY, the feeder program for the West Genesee Wildcats, he ended up playing through to the State University of New York College at Cortland where he was a 4 year member of the Red Dragons team. He has coached modified boys and girld JV lacrosse since 2003 (with an assistant stint in 1992 as well). He is currently putting together a member website for lacrosse players to improve their skills by sticking to the basics and learning how they can keep there gear in order at http://BasicLacrosse.com. To Find out more about David, visit his site and leave a comment at http://BarefootPainting.webs.com.
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The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute for Bass $10.95 The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute for Bass |
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Vic Firth Practice Sticks with Rubber Tip 5B $9.99 Vic Firth Practice Sticks with Rubber Tip 5B |
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The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute for Cello $5.9 The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute for Cello |
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The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute Violin $2.95 The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute Violin |
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The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute Viola $2.9 The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute Viola |
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The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute For Bass $9.95 The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute for Bass |
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Vic Firth Practice Sticks With Rubber Tip 5B $9.99 Vic Firth Practice Sticks with Rubber Tip 5B |
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The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute For Cello $4.95 The String Centre Ultra Rubber Practice Mute for Cello |
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Vic Firth Practice Pad 6 Soft Rubber $17.45 Available with soft rubber for quiet practice. Features a non-skid rubber base and an 8mm. mounting thread for use on a cymbal stand. |
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Vic Firth Practice Pad 12 Soft Rubber $30.49 Available with soft rubber for quiet practice. Features a non-skid rubber base and an 8mm. mounting thread for use on a cymbal stand. |
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Science and Practice of Rubber Mixing $270 Manufacturing rubber products requires the use of many additives. Therefore, mixing of the additives with the rubber is a very important step in the processing of rubber. There has been extensive research to try to understand the relationships between the formulation and the properties of the final product. In an industry with more than 100 years’ accumulated history and a number of possible combinations of ingredients in the rubber formulation, there is an enormous amount of knowledge. However, this knowledge of exists in fragments scattered as in-house ‘know-how’ among manufacturers and in the personal experience of the individual operators. This book organises this fragmented knowledge into a coherent whole based on scientific principles. This book is written for students, teachers and those in the rubber industry, who wish to acquire a scientific viewpoint of mixing. Last but not least it is written for the researchers in this field. With the latter in mind, subjects for future research are indicated wherever appropriate. With varied readers in mind, each chapter is written in such a way that it may be read independently from others. |
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Innovative Percussion Practice Pad TWO-SIDED RED RUBBER PAD $40.99 Innovative Percussion Practice Pad TWO-SIDED RED RUBBER PAD |
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Innovative Percussion Practice Pad Two-Sided Red Rubber Pad $40.99 Innovative Percussion Practice Pad TWO-SIDED RED RUBBER PAD |
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India-Rubber Laboratory Practice $36.33 No Synopsis Available |
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The Science And Practice Of Rubber Mixing $175.5 No Synopsis Available |
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Marines Preparing to Drill on Landing Practice Pumping Up Rubber Landing Boats $79.99 Marines Preparing to Drill on Landing Practice Pumping Up Rubber Landing Boats - Premium Photographic Print |
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Practice $9.49 Practice |