Patent ID: 8480518

Claim:
A method of selecting between different lacrosse heads comprising: providing a first lacrosse head constructed from a first material, the first lacrosse head including an environmental indicator, the environmental indicator adapted to output different output corresponding to physical changes of the first material of the first lacrosse head, said physical changes corresponding to a change in at least one of flexibility and rigidity of the first lacrosse head; transforming the environmental indicator so that the environmental indicator outputs at least one of a visual and audible output to indicate a change in the at least one of flexibility and rigidity of the first lacrosse head; and changing from the first lacrosse head to a second lacrosse head constructed from a second material different from the first material in response to the at least one of a visual and audible output; wherein the second lacrosse head is at least one of less flexible and more rigid than the first lacrosse head when the first and second lacrosse heads are subjected to a temperature above a preselected temperature.