No you dont, i know plenty of players who play without a hat. Playing with a bandana/Sandana/Doorag etc...does not protect your head at all, a few exrtra mm's will do nothing when a ball hits you at 300fps. Yeah it may hurt for a while, but generally the pain goes in a minute at most as the adrenaline takes over and you forget about it in the heat of the gameOriginally posted by AlexFarkouh
More seriously, if you remove the visor your really have to don some kind of hat, and then I get to hot.