There were only two times I got hit hard enough to fear for my personal safety - Adam Wright nailed me in the sternum in practice, and in , one of the Gait brothers hit me from 6 yards out. All goalies are a little bit off between the ears, that was just my way of getting a mental edge.
Spy Moderator. Spy said:. Quint Kessenich isn't afraid of getting hit by the ball.. The ball is afraid of hitting Quint Kessenich. Q is so good he doesn't even need body saves. Good call. Either way that's crazy even for a goalie. I think some Goalies Might wear them for their legs wont be that sore after a a hard shot. The goalie for my high school when I was in middle school wouldn't practice with one, or get warmed up in one. He was an honorable mention for All American though.
Last edited: Jul 22, I picked some up for free at the lost and found the last day of school. Being a very mobile goalie I tend to wear tights for every game unless it is super cold then i wear sweats. And since I am such a mobile goalie who runs around whenever I wear sweat pants it seems as if I get less movement with the baggier sweatpants.
Sweats are a personal preference Danny. I say go as baggy as possible without losing mobility. By rule, all players must use the same color sweatpants too. So if goalie uses grey, field players must use grey if they too want to wear sweats. Regarding style, any normal sweat pants are ok. Sweat pants that have been modified to occupy more space in the cage not ok.
Hopefully next year will be a bit colder so I can ditch these hand-me-down shorts. Your email address will not be published. Lacrosse is my passion! The game has given me so much and this blog is my way of giving back to the lax community. After learning to play goalie from scratch, I wanted to create a site where I could share what I learned with others so they too can become champions in the crease and in life.
What I AM talking about is protecting your goalie in a way that they can be confident in the cage and can focus on learning how to stop a ball properly.
And sometimes…improperly. If your goalie is more experienced then they might be able to do with less, or at least thinner versions of the same pieces.
That micro-second delay can be the difference between missing a ball or getting in front of it to make the stop. When your goalie gets hit in the you-know-whats your goalie will wish they were wearing this. I will be honest when I tell you that when my wife and I found out we were pregnant with our first child, I was relieved.
I had been hit.. And as a lacrosse goalie AND an ice hockey goalie, I can tell you that a lacrosse ball hurts way worse. The reason for this is because it allows for the cup to be out and away from the pubic bone.
The edge of the cup ends up resting on the inner thigh and if a ball does hit the cup the force is transferred to the fleshy inner thigh as opposed to the pubic area. When you first go to buy one of these it may feel stiff. Literally five minutes of working the material back and forth in your hands makes a massive difference.
I will talk more about lower abdominal protection in our Chest Protector Post. Getting hit there can be incredibly painful and the swelling in the lower abdominal wall can cause weird stress and swelling on the muscles.
This can affect the hip flexors as well when that swelling spreads lower as gravity takes over a day or two after impact. While the girls tend to have fewer overly traumatic injuries to the pelvic region, they are still very possible.
While most men can relate to getting hit in the balls, many men and women are unfamiliar of the incredible trauma that can happen when a testicle gets caught between the edge of the cup and the thigh.
This can literally cause a testicle to burst. I have seen all the brands and have gone through all the hype. I will just repeat that when your goalie DOES get hit in that area they are going to wish they had the most protection on as possible.
Allow form some breaking in time. Make them mandatory for your goalies. A kid in the cage is exercising bravery in the face of fear. Fear is still there. And for a lot of new goalies there is a LOT of fear.
Goalies get better sooner and then we are able to teach them other things than just stopping the ball. The reason I start by talking about protection of the knee is because we have options for protection that include protecting the knee as well as the shin and the thigh. They will, ultimately, make more saves with their stick than they do now, but until that point, they are going to get hit in the legs a lot. So when it comes to individual knee protection for the lacrosse goalie here are a few options from most protective to least protective: I will be going into more detail in our post specifically about knee protection for lacrosse goalies coming soon.
While these are VERY protective with a hard plastic cap, they tend to get really hot and feel bulky around the leg. Not my first choice but still a valid one:. G Form knee pads are very popular among our lacrosse goalies. This is a great combination of fit and protection. I always had a pair of these in my bag often because I got hit in the knee and had to put it on because the bruise hurt too much if I got hit again. So those are some quick options for lacrosse goalie knee pads. For you to consider.
Ironically, even though he was wearing football pants, he sometimes took the pads out of them. Matt Palumb wore football pants way back in However, the additional layer of the tougher material provided some protection and that is something to be considered.
Just additional material like football pant shells or sweat pants can help. But along the lines of protecting your lacrosse goalie, we have some additional options today that are protective but also light and breathable. We are primarily worried about protecting the front of the thigh. Football pants are a great choice for lacrosse goalies. Easy to find and a much broader consumer base, you can find some excellent fitting pants for both boys AND girls.
You can also remove the pads for easy cleaning OR you can put in thicker or thinner pads depending on your needs. These also allow for a plastic knee protector that can eliminate the need for an additional knee pad to be worn.
As your goalie gets better they might opt to shed the knee pads, or one of the knee pads. They can keep the knee pads and lose the thigh pads. You have lots of options. These are a great choice although it will come down to fit for your lacrosse goalie.
For most of my goalies they may grow out of these and opt for something that looks a little more bad-ass. These are a very popular option and well worth the investment.
This is the type of short you will see most pro lacrosse goalies wear under their shorts. While they have padding that wraps around the outside of the thigh that is unnecessary for a lacrosse goalie, the added protection to the front of the thigh and the fit is well worth that trade-off. Before the purists freak out on me, listen up. I recommend hockey pants for programs who are looking for a. Hockey pants can be a fast and quick option for young players hopping in the cage quick.
For the same reason I highly recommend they also wear soft slide-on knee pads, turned a little inwards as you step out to a ball the inside of your knee is more exposed. With their legs fully protected I see much better results. Just on Sat I watched a 5th grade boys goalie with no shin guards shy away from a low shot. It was so obvious he was afraid of the shot, but no one seems to register that.
I blame the coaches and USA Lacrosse for not making shin pads mandatory. Thanks for the comment! Goalies can be completely transformed if they feel safe and without fear. The video of Alex Ready does not display the fear response. Ready initially thought the shot was going off-stick low, and then tried to adjust on the release.
Good attackman regularly disguise their intentions with body lean and head fakes. Hide your shin pads under sweats. Great article, thanks. Any tracking data? Thanks for the comment. Not too sure there exists any data about goalies and concussions. They will always find something to try to heckle you wtih so you might as well pad up and make saves! USA Lacrosse and the various other youth ruling bodies across the country simply needs to make more padding mandatory.
My youngest son plays youth hockey and youth lacrosse. All the kids want to try goalie in hockey — all the cool pads!! None of them want to play goalie in lacrosse. Bottom line: Youth lacrosse should mandate shin pads, goalie pants, specific arm guards, chest protector and throat protection.
Agree with you on that! I think they eventually will, unfortunately it will make a lot more serious injuries until that rule is put into place. I enjoyed your article. Good research. Absolutely correct on your assessment of modern equipment versus traditional.
Some of us yes, I am a fraternity member even wore football pants with built in knee and thigh pads and soccer shin guard. I have been coaching lacrosse for many years and particularly enjoy coaching goalies. One thing we all have in common men and women is we have some seriously lose screws. That being said we must overcome this machismo bs. Face it, when you get tattooed it hurts like Hades! So protect yourself — wear pads. My goalies must wear sweatpants to cover knee pads and shin guards.
Thin knee pads are very similar …. I explain it this way: which would you prefer? Make the saves and appreciate your play or shy away, not make the save and lose the game. Who cares what others say? By the way, any player of mine who speaks derisively about goalies or their protection is welcome to step between the pipes….
Lastly, in my humble opinion, our goalies are meant to deny the opposition from scoring. It requires good lacrosse IQ, discipline, and the ability to make an accurate pass. So there you have it. Thank for that comment Coach! Good points. Something has got to change. Besides the obvious differences in equipment, the hockey masks used in box do a much better job of deflecting shots than field helmets.
Box goalies also wear heavy duty cups, or even double- or triple-cup; my field goalies try to get by with a regular cup. I tried it and found it very protective and not at all restrictive.
Likewise shin pads. And the thumb protection fails when you bend your thumb around the shaft, so we almost need a pad that is actually more like a splint that wraps around the entire thumb. Box gloves are far from perfect; pre-curved thumbs would make it a lot easier to handle the stick.
The best thing about the box lacrosse equipment manufacturers is the wide range of sizes that are available. Good points Bob! Thanks for that comment. As a girls lax goalie, it is in the rules that we have to wear shin pads, and I happily oblige.
I practice with boys and sometimes they do heckle me for my shin gaurds, but the teasing is better than getting a bone indenture on my shin, something that happened to my trainer when she was in college, not wearing shin pads. Thanks for that comment Johanna.
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