Patent ID: 7211009

Claim:
A lacrosse head, comprising: a pair of opposing sidewalls each having a top end and a bottom end; a base portion extending between and connecting said bottom ends of said pair of opposing sidewalls; a scoop portion extending between and connecting said top ends of said pair of opposing sidewalls; a netting coupled to at least said scoop portion and said pair of opposing sidewalls; and at least one retention partition directing a lacrosse ball away from said pair of opposing sidewalls and enhancing ball control within the lacrosse head; said at least one retention partition offset from a horizontal reference line by a predetermined angle for directing said lacrosse ball away from said pair of opposing sidewalls; said at least one retention partition extending substantially across a width of said netting and substantially defining a ball retention region and at least one peripheral region of said netting; said at least one peripheral region extending between said ball retention region and said pair of opposing sidewalls; said at least one retention partition sufficiently extending from said netting for contacting said lacrosse ball and assisting in retaining said lacrosse ball within said ball retention region; said at least one retention partition offset from a shooting strip portion of said netting for rolling said lacrosse ball along said shooting strip portion when throwing said lacrosse ball from said lacrosse head; wherein said ball retention region is a center area of said netting; and has a shape selected from the group consisting of a diamond shape, a circular shape, a polygonal shape, and an elliptical shape.