Football is a rough game. It is played by big, strong men and often in wet and windy conditions. Because of this, it is advisable that you wear as much protection as possible. In fact, it is against the law to play a game of football without wearing shin pads.
Shin pads are designed to protect your legs from tackles. They contain hard plastic which dissipates the force of the tackle to the leg in general rather than it being all on one spot. This vastly removes the chances of players injuring themselves.
Shin pads often have ankle protectors attached to them. Again these contain hard bits of plastic and prevent the ankle coming to harm when a player is slide tackled. These are thought to have drastically cut down the amount of injuries a player receives so can only be a good thing! Hopefully more products will be bought to market in order to further protect players from injury.
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