Pads are they worth it!!!!

[Parksy]

Knee and elbow pads all the way.

Elbow pads for diving (not me like ) and more importantly bounces off your forarms.

Knee pads are a must though. Hit a stone/peg or something sliding in and you will know about it. Also reducing impact on your knees will make them last way longer than without any!!

 

[Lovetone]

I use knee and elbow pads and deem them to be ESSENTIAL

Planet Eclipse make the best elbow pads in alot of peoples opinions and for £22 they are a bargain.

I have started using Trace knee and skin guards and they are awesome too

If you wanna check them out I think Renton C has some perhaps

But yeah aside from the bounce advantage you will soon realise how worth it this protection is. dont even think of sliding in on your knees or doing a superman without protection or you will regret it

 

[cookie_834]

trace pads and eclipse arm pads...yum yum its all about the bounce!!!!

 

[Nexus - Leigh]

god yes buy some pads.

if the crap on the ground doesn't get you then the metal pegs holding down the bunkers will.

Leigh

 

[Luke C]

god yes buy some pads.

if the crap on the ground doesn't get you then the metal pegs holding down the bunkers will.

Leigh

Oh no. You just reminded me of that post a while ago where a guy cut his leg open on a bunker peg. It was pretty grim (the picture)

 

[blackhawkjac]

Ok this my be a tad bit extreme but, effectively, would you rather pay £50+ and protect those fundmental joints now, or spend maybe £2000+ on surgery when you mess one of them up. It happens, so play it safe...

 

[Skeet]

Goggles: Are they worth it?


As has been said mate...it isn't now, you have to worry about...it's later.
Limbs take a hell of a pounding...it might not feel like much, but..when you hit teh ground, at speed on your knees....if you weigh, say 13 stone...then thats like around 20 stone hitting your knees (stone and a half for each leg off the 13, then double the 10 coz its moving)
...very bad.

And for all you childless young blokes out there....do yourselves a favour and GET A BOX!!!

Even if you dont want kids...you really dont want to have to lose one or more of your bollox do you?

I wear a martial arts box...much comfier than a cricket one, and doesnt hinder my play in teh slightest...and..if it does..so what?

How exactly are your team going to thank you for losing your nuts, while making that all important run through that won teh game?

"Yeah...cheers for that, well done...sorry about your balls"

 

[chrismrgn]

But playing without protection will lead to problems in later life trust me.

Endless amounts of children, living on a council estate, on the doll... the usual.

DONT BE A FOOL WRAP YOUR TOOL!!

 

[Skeet]

Endless amounts of children, living on a council estate, on the doll... the usual.

DONT BE A FOOL WRAP YOUR TOOL!!

In the words of Westwood (Tim, not Vivian)

"Wrap it up, before you slap it up!"

 

[Paontball Mad]

Ok cheers Guys i think i might buy some pads seeing as my knee are all ready bad at the age of 14!!! so i think i definetaly need some and ill get some arm pads aswell before i thought that slide shorts were the most importants pads but i was wrong some slide shorts have boxes built in them already how good are these

Cheers for the help, Tim