Being a father of two high school aged boys, I have asked them about wearing cups for sports. They told me years ago nobody wears them for baseball except the catchers. In football nobody wears the in HS and I know nobody wears them in the pro's either. I'm not saying this is a good thing I'm just saying what they told me.
My DD plays 12U and every player on her team wears a mask. But it's her choice, I'm not sold on them. I understand the safety part but I feel only the pitchers and maybe the corners should have them on. And the part about the corners is some coaches don't know what their doing and sometimes move them so close to the plate that a Kevlar suit wouldn't help. Something else I noticed was that because we play a 14U schedule you hardly see any masks. At times it seem like we are the only team that wears them.
Here's a good test for players wearing a mask, have them do a practice without them wearing them and see what happens.
Just going off subject a little does anyone know of any studies for wearing a heart gaurd. I heard in the past that they can cause more damage then good.
My DD plays 12U and every player on her team wears a mask. But it's her choice, I'm not sold on them. I understand the safety part but I feel only the pitchers and maybe the corners should have them on. And the part about the corners is some coaches don't know what their doing and sometimes move them so close to the plate that a Kevlar suit wouldn't help. Something else I noticed was that because we play a 14U schedule you hardly see any masks. At times it seem like we are the only team that wears them.
Here's a good test for players wearing a mask, have them do a practice without them wearing them and see what happens.
Just going off subject a little does anyone know of any studies for wearing a heart gaurd. I heard in the past that they can cause more damage then good.
