When DD first started catching - 12U - I remember a coach for an older age group (this was Rec) was impressed that DD didn't always take hers off when she was tracking pop-ups. She's just starting to catch again for her TB team - she didn't catch for a few years and I really don't even notice if she does it or not. I don't think she does - more for the fact that it takes so long to get hair and stuff fixed - only when necessary. I do know she played with some girls who would throw it off as soon as anything happened. The other catcher on her team just had a collision at the plate this past weekend - and it could have been bad w/o a helmet. I think a lot of girls don't think about that when plays are happening.
Kind of unrelated - I watched a drama about fencing and after every point it seemed, the players would take their masks off. I don't know if it was more for the drama of it - so you could see the actor's faces - but it did make me wonder if they really do that. It seems like it delayed the matches so much.
Kind of unrelated - I watched a drama about fencing and after every point it seemed, the players would take their masks off. I don't know if it was more for the drama of it - so you could see the actor's faces - but it did make me wonder if they really do that. It seems like it delayed the matches so much.