Lacrosse Stick Skills Training Device and Method

A combination of a training device and a regulation lacrosse stick assembly comprising:

• the lacrosse stick assembly including a head having a front side, a back side, angled sidewalls defining a lower head portion, a mesh forming a pocket including a lower portion and an upper portion on the back side, and a lip at a distal end thereof defining an upper head portion;
• the training device including:
• a ring-shaped band having a width, an interior surface and including a front portion and a back portion, the ring-shaped band being shaped such that a point at a mid-point of the width at the back portion of the band is arranged an offset distance higher than a point at the mid-point of the width on the front portion;
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• a weight arranged on the back portion of the ring-shaped band and on an exterior side thereof;
• wherein the ring-shaped band is securable solely to the head at the lower head portion thereof by way of a friction fit between the interior surface of the ring-shaped band and the angled sidewalls of the head;
• wherein the back portion of the ring-shaped band is arranged on the back side of the head of the lacrosse stick assembly such that the back portion of the band is arranged closer to the lip of the head compared to the front portion of the band;
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• wherein the weight is held by the ring-shaped band below the sidewalls of the head at a location where a lacrosse ball would sit in the upper portion of the pocket during actual play when the interior surface of the ring-shaped band is secured to the head.

A method of training with a regulation lacrosse stick assembly including a head having a neck at a proximal end thereof, a front side, a back side, angled sidewalls defining a lower head portion, a mesh forming a pocket including a lower portion and an upper portion on the back side, and a lip at a distal end thereof defining an upper head portion comprising:

• providing a ring-shaped band having an interior surface and including a front portion and a back portion, the back portion of the band being arranged with an offset with respect to the front portion of the band;
• providing a weight on the back portion of the band;
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• securing the interior surface of the ring-shaped band solely to the head of the lacrosse stick assembly using a friction fit between the interior surface of the ring-shaped band and the angled sidewalls of the lower head portion such that (A.) the back portion of the ring-shaped band is arranged on the back side of the head of the lacrosse stick assembly, and (B.) the weight is held (i) closer to the lip of the head compared to the front portion of the band and (ii) in a location where a lacrosse ball would sit in the upper portion of the pocket during actual play.