Re: Soccer guards?

abbabibble said:

*hey, does anyone out there think that some hard soccer shinguards
would work as decent protection? or would they not do much. and by
hard, i mean the kind that are ~1/4 inch plastic, not the foam ones. *

ive always kinda wandered that becuase when i played soccer for a year
in like 4th grade i still have the shingaurds... and i think they would
make decent pads.. so i dotn see why not

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well, the reason i ask this is for the sake of saving the money. i'm
cheap!
and uh... they have a good pair for sale at the thrift store for six
bucks... heh...😄

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i used them before i got my sixsixones i would say if you just doing
light freestyle there fine, but when you first strap on those
sixsixone's your confidence level goes up a bunch and soccer shin guards
just dont have that effect.

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As long as you feel more protected, the confidence-boosting effect
should be the same.

After playing soccer for 10 years, and my sister playing for 8, we have
quite a collection of these shinguards to choose from. Unfortunately
they're in the garage at our house (we're renting a house until our's is
finished. damn hurricanes) and that's about 10 miles away. I'm going to
wait until I get some metal pinned pedals to get 661s. Until then, my
shins are pretty durable :p

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The problem with football shinguards is that the only thing that's
protected is the actual shin. I myself have TSG shinguards, and they
protect everything, my calve, my ankles, my shins, and parts of my
knees. So, light freestyle, fine, heavy duty trials and street, deffo
get some TSGs or 661's

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Get 'these' (http://tinyurl.com/cdd3d). They are made for BMX riding so
you know they are good, they also are quite flexable vs. The hard
plastic on soccer shin guards, also these have customizable slide in
pads.

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I'm also cheap and I use soccer shinpads and they are fine. I ride
fairly hard street and trials and couldn't complain about them. Every
once in a while I'll get hit below the pad but it doesn't hurt to bad
cause there is the like ankle type thing, and i rarely if ever hit the
calf, but I will someday and it will likely hurt, oh well. Also they are
less bulky, hot, and lighter than 661's, which just seem overkill to me.
You can definitely use them.

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These are the best, they protect your entire lower leg, including ankles
(Though an occasional crank-gone-crazy will hit you). They've saved me
quite a couple of times, when I compare my non-shinguard days to now.
(Often came home a bloody pulp)

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Yeah i used to wear foam hockey pads before i got 661s, of cours they're
better than nothing, mainly for stopping pedal strike on your shin.

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