THE 2001 LACROSSE
COACHES CONVENTION







STX had long lines all weekend as Brooks Sweet was spinning the prize wheel. X2 and the Ignitor gloves are their hot additions this year. The Proton and X2 were both very popular with the coaches we talked to and the Ignitor gloves are so light and flexible that they are almost unnoticable on your hand!


BRINE had a strong showing at the convention and has a terrific line-up for 2001. Leading the way is the new Cyber stick which will be reviewed on E-Lacrosse in the next few weeks, the Xtreme goalie stick and the Axis gloves which are completely off the hook!


DEBEER builds on last years success with the new Phantom head! Paul Gait, now Vice President of deBeer, has been racking up goals in the NLL with it all season long. The new ICON gloves are also hot for 2001 and will be the subject of a review on E-Lacrosse soon!


The WASHINGTON POWER was in the house with appearances by Gary and Paul Gait (Gary with GM Steve Govett and Paul with legendary Roy Simmons, Jr. below), Kip Fulks, Jesse Hubbard and General Manager Steve Govett. E-Lacrosse ran a Power promotion and gave away a slew of great tickets and two STX X2 sticks signed by Gary Gait. The first went to John Dudley (shown below), executive director of Brick City Lacrosse in Montclair, New Jersey! The second was awarded after the convention to Gary Morgan of Vienna Youth Inc., in norhern Virginia!


LAX WORLD and MAAX were very popular booths! You can buy the new E-Lacrosse Maax visors right here on E-Lacrosse!









The MLL held their innaugural draft on Friday night at the 2001 Coaches Convention. Results of the draft!



CASCADE is playing with some very high-tech ideas. Cameras and voice communications built into or onto the already popular helmets would not be game legal in college but would lend an insight to coaches during practices and scrimmages that would be invaluable. "I looked for all the option passes befor I shot, Coach!" "The heck you did", the coach said as he watched the taped recording of the ground moving by and feet passing through every now and then.




The best give-aways of the show:
The Brine poster, a screwdriver for sticks, the E-Lacrosse
Playmaker disk and the Cascade futuristic mug!


A WALL OF CONVENTION PHOTOS











Posted 1/15/01