Slide shorts are much like sex or power steering, not absolutely essential but things are never the same once you've had them in your life 
Are slide shorts necessary?
- Thread starter Kwarocks
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Nah not for me, just personal preference. I find the trousers come with excessive padding these days. Dont get me wrong though, if I was given a pair, Id give them another shot, but I wont spend £50 on extra padding for my boxers.
Played once without my slide shorts (in the summer) and regretted it. Hips and thighs were in bits. Only thing I wonder....when is a company going to make slide shorts with some way that allows you to pee without pulling them down round your ankles!
Slide shorts are much like sex or power steering, not absolutely essential but things are never the same once you've had them in your life
This just about sums it up. I always where them more to protect you whilst your crawling or sliding on the floor. Also anything to help the paint bounce is never a bad thing. I would get some second hand ones off here and them if you like them maybe invest in some new ones
I don't wear them personally, my lower leg seems to take more friction sliding than the top half.
I played a few walk ons with out slide shorts, think I had more bruises from diving than I did from being shot, now I wear the Eclipse Overload shorts and won't play with out them, I think if you're not the type of player that dives and stuff then they're not really needed.
It all depends ,if you,re a back centre who takes 3 steps to large can and wait for back massage or marshal to tell you ,you,re lightning snake won it 2 mins ago .Orrrr, you are a 1or2 "killer who dives into Tbag one or dives into God and crawl to snake 3 and do this in 20 breakout drills followed by 15points . For the first example ,spend the money on a large battle pack and 140 ball pots .(and a few burgers). For the second absolute essential to keep you out of A&E!!