FOA Beast Lab - Which FO head fits your game?

I took the top 4 selling FO heads on the market, ranked them in multiple categories and broke down which style of player is best suited for each.

[@martygospodarski4535]

This is easily the most important video for a face off person to watch.

[@MuchNoob]

Ranked (by coolest name) 1. Weapon X 2. Burn 3. Duel 2 4. 2F

[@ECD]

Haha we agree with this.

[@ECD]

Great info, beast.

[@1acurry]

ECD Lacrosse what’s up

[@GregBeast32]

UPDATE: I chose these 4 heads because they are the “newest generation” of FO specific heads and are the highest selling of 2019. The command x and ceo are fine options but just not included in this video

[@kylertroydonahue3123]

GregGurenlian is a god

[@Laxreviews]

Thanks for explaining!

[@Ohnobro01]

Is the ceo a stiff head compared to the ecd X?? Currently have the ceo but it snapped on the sidewall so I’m looking for new ones

[@Wolflake12]

It truly amazes me how unbiased you are in these videos; Even with assisting in designing the Weapon X you give honest feedback on the pros and cons of other heads. Great job as always.

[@GregBeast32]

Wolflake12 thank you. I firmly believe that although I throw in my opinion based on my experience, that people want objectivity and Fact based reviews. I personally would never purchase or use a product based on someone’s opinion. I want the facts so that I can choose what specs fit me.

[@krisduany6014]

As a mom shopping for her 11 year old, your videos are the best, most informative ones I have found. Thank you!

[@GregBeast32]

Kris Duany thanks so much! I try my best.

[@jakecalvello8207]

I own the weapon x and can say its basically an attack head with flex points.

[@henrylong3678]

Greg, well done. This is by far your best, as well as most important video I’ve seen. Absolutely phenomenal job. Thanks

[@GregBeast32]

Henry Long thank you! I try my best.

[@noahszarejko8741]

Thanks again with the help Greg. I personal use the command X and have been loving it unfortunately my season is over for now because I tore my ACL but I might be able to play this summer league so looking forward to it thanks again for a great video!

[@GregBeast32]

Noah Szarejko heal up brother!

[@noahszarejko8741]

Thanks Greg!

[@lildrooo]

Literally a savior. There’s not enough people talking/informing people about face offs. Greg has been a big influence in the face off community, Thankyou.

[@joshuasherman523]

I use the 2f and when i started with it, it also was "flinging" and I just feel like it's a matter of reps and practice to get used to the way the head is made

[@stephencoleman0]

Hey just got my weapon x today and I love it!

[@ryanbeauchamp3611]

Hi Greg just commenting on the adaptability part of the video. I faced off with a NOZ in high school and my freshman year of college. I went to the Dictator for my sophomore and junior year. Finally this fall I went to a Weapon X and honestly felt right at home with it most likely due to the fact that I used NOZ and it has an offset as well. Thanks for the videos they have helped a lot in my college career!

[@GregBeast32]

Thanks!

[@santuccisports]

Thanks Greg. Bought the Warrior Burn FO after snapping the Duel. Huge problems with the head. The shaft stick is too short and creates nothing but head wobble. Had to pull out the Shaft lock to install from jump and even with two screws the head is not secure. Went back to the Duel 2. Using the Duel 2...the pinch n' pop is back. Duel 2 is stiffer than the Duel, but in warm weather it's great.

[@timbruno2269]

Thank you for this video. Much needed, great video keep up the good work.

[@yeetyeeter3207]

Thank you for making these videos

[@rafaelsegura7862]

Acl video is gonna be HUGE! Very thoughtful topic!

[@jwweeebbbb]

Love this video! I’ve always thought it was important to learn how to use each of these heads to have some variety in your back pocket, just my two cents.

[@BlakeChristensen1]

Thank you so much, just starting off as a FO LSM

[@gavindouglas989]

This was insanely helpful. Thank you so much

[@kylertroydonahue3123]

Thx for all the thing you say. They help all of us face off guys and girls thxs for everything

[@blakbanshee]

Why don’t companies use/copy the warrior noz strut pattern down by the throat and leave struts out towards the scoop? It seems that basically all the top heads are hollow or soft down by the throat and have a strut near the scoop. I feel like a head would benefit with those struts in a 50/50 situation as these heads have no struts to transfer the pressure down to the bottom rail like the noz. Having a hollow sidewall towards the scoop would allow easy flex off the opponents hand.

[@thomascho8975]

CEO/Burn, Weapon X, and 2F 2 for 50/50 1 for knifing in Good idea or no...

[@samsharps5318]

Og ceo guy. Would I recommend ceo 2 or burn fo. I’m really going back and forth

[@trevormoy-14]

My 2f has become very floppy from taking shots and faceoffs, switched to weapon x way way better results

[@catherinesyme2713]

Hey Greg, I wanted to ask if the Duel 2 would be good for sng. Ive tried to duel 3 but I thought that the face shape was just a little too wide.

[@m3pwrofm3]

Awesome review, lots of good info. GO WOODS!

[@williammoreschini4468]

It makes me sad that we have moved past the blade. F for respects

[@kodakblack6643]

william moreschini F

[@1acurry]

F

[@vividinstinct8556]

Hey Greg, my faceoff heads keep cracking (2 wepon x’s a ceo 2 and a maverick lock) and I don’t know what to do. It’s getting really expensive and I don’t know what to do, do you have any advice?

[@jonahsandberg2812]

At first I used I Burn, but it felt too stiff and I found it though to go backdoor, I bought a duel 2 this year and it is so much better

[@JosephKim-dq6tr]

These videos really help

[@ronniwilkinson1963]

Very helpful thank you

[@thomasmadine3914]

Awesome video thanks Greg

[@griffinstrange3647]

It was a great video very helpful

[@mattpfeifer4444]

Thanks Greg!

[@Laxreviews]

Is the command x still relevant?

[@GregBeast32]

sublimewithsam sure. Just not in this video

[@bloodthirstyiv8177]

Also, how would you recommend i fave the problem of the ball not coming out the back of my head when I punch and pop because it is too pinched? Should I just try to angle my head lower when i try to pop it out?

[@GregBeast32]

Loop your sidewall strings rather than tie tight knots towards the bottom. Gives the ball more space to come out. Also use a spacer like a hockey puck if you don't have a weapon x or burn.

[@willlevin311]

Hey Greg, I’m just now getting into faceoffs because my high school team won’t have one next year. I will be a sophomore next lax season. Do you know or recommend and face off camps in the Philadelphia area?

[@GregBeast32]

Yep. The Philly FOA is coached every week by Mike Gurenlian at main line sports center. Check out the philly foa instagram.

[@viewviewgamingxl4186]

Hey Greg i’m a lsm and i want to start to face off which head would you recommend for me

[@chopsober9249]

What head would best describe a head that is in between both a FOGO and FOSO head ?

[@trickshot3974]

I’m still using the original duel, do u think I should move on to the duel 2 or stick with the original?

[@GregBeast32]

Ozzy Chonga I don’t believe in changing heads just to change. If you’re killing it with the OG duel then stick with it my man.

[@chopsober9249]

Do you recommend to use a burn even tho you never used the ceo ?

[@benjaminb1319]

Which one is most resistant to cracks?

[@GregBeast32]

Ben B explained in the video

[@tylerm8577]

I have a dragonfly shaft so I can't use many of the new face off heads but i need a new one and I'm also an offensive middie what head do you recommend besides the ceo because I don't want to use one

[@GregBeast32]

ditch the shaft, get an alloy and buy a weapon x

[@brrroke947]

how do you warp a lacrosse head

[@carrant5597]

Between the CEO and the burn, which would you recommend?

[@sbklvr]

CEO. I have a CEO, CEO 2, and Burn Fo. The CEO 2 is best for summer. The Burn Fo is prob better for foso tho. The OG CEO is the best for sub 90 degree weather but you'll be lucky to get a season out of it. I'm using the OG for fall ball. The Burn fo is a wider head and is good, but doesnt wrap around the ball as well as the CEOs.

[@SharkoOG]

Trackappeal really? I can’t use my burn as faceoff stay on I have to get off the field it’s that bad I might need another head

[@masonkoloski7235]

What about the under armour command x head. I'm new to the position and I was thinking of getting that head.

[@brogancrowell2153]

Ik this rely is a year late but uas great. personally, right now I don't own any of their heads and things but just trying it out at a yale camp it all felt amazing. I've owned a few heads and they are all great along with all shafts

[@rocesboyanthony5343]

I was facing off against I guy with a duel 2 or 1 can’t remember, and I was using a 2f and I completely bent his head all the way back to his knuckle and the ball was completely exposed

[@GregBeast32]

Fall3n Vandals he must have been using a head made of construction paper.

[@chrislaino2965]

What do I do I found the weapon c fits my play but I recently just bought the sk head m2f and I’m not happy with it and I have the money to purchase it but I need to my parents to understand how a faceoff head works and what it’s good at but they just laugh and say be grateful but I’m getting creamed during games please help!!

[@GregBeast32]

Chris Laino there is zero punctuation in your comment. So I’m really confused as to what you are saying. However, it seems like you just need work on your fo technique.

[@bloodthirstyiv8177]

I understand that you feel the need for the Weapon X, i plan on buying my own but for now i have 3 others i love. When i got my first being the Duel 2 i thought it was trash at pinching the ball and fighting, but it's just because i hadn't truly learned how to FO correctly, now that i have I love my duel 2

[@alangrendow429]

should i get a mark 2f

[@jordanharris1500]

Coming from the original duel, being more of a 50/50 guy, would you say a weapon X or a burn would suit me better?

[@henrylong3678]

Jordan Harris Weapon X

[@Laxreviews]

Weapon X for sure, but be aware the plastic is ridiculously stiff and take a long time to break in. It requires more effort to pinch the ball

[@scorpionstrings7661]

the burn fo doesn’t work like a ceo its not for speed guys who like to rotate fast and get out quick like brendan fowler, i used one for about 200 reps and it would face flex the right way, because they tried to also do an oblique angle the only way to be fast is to use the oblique angle so it sucks for ceo guys in my opinion the ceo 2 will be the best faceoff head ever made no doubt in my minf

[@nathanvault1524]

The CEO 2 doesn't have a face flex it's not even a face off head (nike vapor elite)

[@loganhart5534]

Nathan Vault there is a new faceoff head called the ceo 2 which is releasing later this year

[@nathanvault1524]

@@loganhart5534 im just intrested where did u hear

[@scorpionstrings7661]

Nathan Vault thats not the ceo 2

[@scorpionstrings7661]

Nathan Vault look on instagram the hashtag ceo 2 and youll see

[@michealbarsz9755]

is there a FOA academy in southern california i could go to ?

[@GregBeast32]

Micheal barsz yep we were just there and coming back again this weekend. Check thefaceoffacademy.com

[@noenava7191]

Thanks helped alot

[@bloodthirstyiv8177]

Will there ever be a FOA by San Francisco?

[@GregBeast32]

Bloodthirsty IV there have been several. Follow @thefaceoffacademy on IG to see the next one posted.

[@bloodthirstyiv8177]

@@GregBeast32 I already follow ya'll, was just hoping to go to one sometimes because I only started faceoffs 2 months ago, never had any real training, but was recruited D3 since I was top of my league. :)

[@JosephKim-dq6tr]

Thanks

[@griffinstrange3647]

I Agee on everything except for the dual 2 being 3 on 50 / 50’s because I feel like the weapon x is very thick and is not the best at 50/50’s

[@GregBeast32]

Faceoff Reviews fair as an opinion. Ive never used a head as good as the weapon x on 50/50 so this is obviously subjective.

[@matts9474]

yes

[@kodakblack6643]

What is the color of the weapon X

[@griffinstrange3647]

Stephen Stolarski white and black

[@sbklvr]

Eggshell white. Not pure white like the others

[@MH-hi2xo]

Can you do a command x vs weapon x?

[@GregBeast32]

M H i do not do head vs head comparisons anymore. Those videos don’t truly tell you anything because it all depends on who is using the head.

[@blakealford2279]

The original dual I had that shit was more pinched then anything

[@traviskay3015]

Best to worse: 1. Weapon X 2. Nike CEO 3. Burn 4. Duel 5. 2f

[@jarjarkinks716]

Walter Zhao agreed

[@User-rq4id]

Yes

[@colinmoloney8191]

No

[@samcohen9164]

First

[@rude__4803]

I’m a FOGO in u 14

[@crashinwithashton]

Ay

[@Gonefishing-y9c]

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