We have been testing a Rock it Pocket since early summer. We chose the Brine Edge for the test and the results have been pretty good. A Rock-it Pocket is a lot like a traditional pocket designed to accommodate very tight outer leathers while maintaining a comfortable pocket between them.

A traditional pocket allows the ball to move around while cradling and throwing.

A Rockit Pocket restricts movement to the to within the channel, while still allowing for the ball to be dislodged with a good check.

This creates a channel which the ball must follow strait out of the top of the stick, and improves your aim. People with good fundamentals and play with very little whip will get the most out of Rock-it Pocket. It improved average speed as well, although this could come from just playing with less of a whip. If you build a drastic whip into this pocket, you will lose advantages that the stringing brings to speed and accuracy. Buy a mesh stick for your whip stick and use the rocket pocket to get back to fundamentals. It's a great learning pocket as well.

The shooting Channel makes our Brine Edge
look a little like a fighter Jet!

Kids that are just starting to throw and run line drills will get more out of the time spent practicing with this pocket than with mesh or traditional. Sidearm and some other funky shots are far less reliable with the Rock-it at normal speeds and this discourages such behavior. A strong thrower can adjust slightly to reel those fancy shots back into their repertoire.

A traditional stringing

A Rock-it Pocket

A mesh pocket

Remember that any serious pocket or head change will require minor adjustments to your game. The changes this one brings on make you a better player. The pocket strung on any popular head (included) costs between 60 and 80 bucks. You can also send the folks at Rock-it Pocket your head and they'll string it and send it back. You can find out more info at The Rock-it Pocket Site, or E-mail the pocket's creator Flip Naumburg at rktpkt@west.net.

September, 1997