Scooped lacrosse head

A lacrosse head that comprises:

• an open frame having a base with a concave interior surface defining a ball rest, a pair of sidewalls diverging from said base and a lip interconnecting said sidewalls remotely of said base,
• means carried by said frame for securing a lacrosse net along a back side of said frame, leaving the front side of said frame open for receiving a lacrosse ball, and
• means exteriorly projecting from said base for attachment of a handle so as to define a handle/head axis,
• said lip having an exterior surface remote from said base that defines a ground contact plane at an angle of at least 40.degree. to said axis, said front side of said frame at said base adjacent to said attachment means defining a plane parallel to said axis, both said front side and said back side of said sidewalls curving away from said plane and then back toward said plane from said base toward said lip so as to impart a curved scoop-like geometry to said head when viewed in side elevation.

A lacrosse head that comprises:

• an open frame having a base with a concave interior surface defining a ball rest, a pair of sidewalls diverging from said base and a lip interconnecting said sidewalls remotely of said base,
• means carried by said frame for securing a lacrosse net along a back side of said frame, leaving the front side of said frame open for receiving lacrosse balls, and
• means exteriorly projecting from said base for attachment of a handle so as to define a handle/head axis,
• said base having a concave shoulder at said back side that is recessed with respect to said concave interior surface of said base, said net-securing means at said base being disposed in said shoulder.