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Equipment => Pads => Topic started by: LDifa on June 26, 2015, 12:54:15 PM
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Quick daft question, on my pads I have noticed one top hat twists more than the other. It's a slight different angle. Is this for the front leg or back leg?
Mind has gone blank
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Any overhand from the straps go to the outside of the leg ;)
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According to who?
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Have I gone mad? This makes zero sense to me.
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Qny overhand from the straps go to the outside of the leg ;)
Buckles on the outside. Straps should never overhang the side of the pads.
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Buckles on the outside. Straps should never overhang the side of the pads.
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Hmm, I always have the straps on the outside, buckles in.
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Hmm, I always have the straps on the outside, buckles in.
Exactly. Or you can try running and the straps stick to each other...
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Oh, this has never occured to me, I'm going home to look at my pads.
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It's a preference, when I see straps to the outside it does annoy the crap out of me though.
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It's a preference, when I see straps to the outside it does annoy the crap out of me though.
Why?
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I have always just assumed thats the correct way. I have GN Legends so I googled Ali Cook and came up with this:
(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02238/alastair-cook_2238887b.jpg)
Lord Strauss:
(http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/124300/124345.jpg)
Buckles on the outside. I've been doing it wrong all my life!
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It's not wrong as such, I was just always taught to have nothing flapping around on the outside of your pads. I find it neater and tidier and suits me more. It's wrong to say one way is right and one wrong.
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It's not wrong as such, I was just always taught to have nothing flapping around on the outside of your pads. I find it neater and tidier and suits me more. It's wrong to say one way is right and one wrong.
Why do pads come in right handed and left handed versions then?
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at a guess - if you have 'overhang' outside the pad, there is potential for a ball to clip it and the umpire may think you got a nick??
I think I have buckles on the outside (without going and checking I actually can't remember!), but I see the thought of the straps catching. I never have that problem on my pads though as the straps are perfect length for my legs diameter!
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It's not wrong as such, I was just always taught to have nothing flapping around on the outside of your pads. I find it neater and tidier and suits me more. It's wrong to say one way is right and one wrong.
Well I'm a scruffy beggar and always have them on the outside!
Any overhang gets folded over and there's no danger of your pads sticking together then.
It's not wrong but having the straps on the inside isn't right ;)
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Why do pads come in right handed and left handed versions then?
It's to do with the calf protection or the side wing , the extra protection is dependent on the dexterity of the pad.
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It's to do with the calf protection or the side wing , the extra protection is dependent on the dexterity of the pad.
And surely that would be compromised if you were wearing your pads the wrong way round?
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And surely that would be compromised if you were wearing your pads the wrong way round?
There's a wing in both pads!
The only way you'd compromise the protection would be to wear wrong handed ones or to put them on upside down ;)
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And surely that would be compromised if you were wearing your pads the wrong way round?
No the protection is the same on either leg. It's hard without a picture but on right handed pads the calf protection is on the left side of both pads, doesn't matter which leg you wear them on.
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Oh right, in that case I'm with Cam. The last two England captains are morons who wear their pads on the wrong way.
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Oh right, in that case I'm with Cam. The last two England captains are morons who wear their pads on the wrong way.
I don't think you can judge it like that, Cook's a great batsman, but that doesn't necessairly make him a good captain or pad wearer.
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I don't think you can judge it like that, Cook's a great batsman, but that doesn't necessairly make him a good captain or pad wearer.
You can be an idiot and still be a great batsman, look at Dave Warner and Alex Hales, they look like dumb and dumber!
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Buckles outside. The only way.....
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Ambidextrous.
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You can be an idiot and still be a great batsman, look at Dave Warner and Alex Hales, they look like dumb and dumber!
Couldn't agree more, Dave Warner plays the switch hit because he can't even remember if he's left or right handed! ;)
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Buckles inside and straps to outside for me.
Why?
Well a tend to buy pads with straps that fit my legs. So no overhang. So no excess to be clipped by a ball.
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I don't want the plastic buckles on the outside because if the ball clips them they definitely will make a non pad like noise! And the finger will go up!!
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at a guess - if you have 'overhang' outside the pad, there is potential for a ball to clip it and the umpire may think you got a nick??
This has happened to me, bought pads with better sized straps. Any excuse....
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This has happened to me, bought pads with better sized straps. Any excuse....
This is not an option for us with bodytime 'lanky beanpole', no straps are short enough for my calves, or lower leg where calf should be.
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Wouldn't buckles on the outside hurt potentially if the ball truck buckle/leg - especially like plastic buckles...
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Buckles on the inside. No reason why just have.
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As an update, I asked the guy in the shop attached to the nets we used yesterday and he said buckles on outside, he even said 80% of people wear their pads wrong.
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I fold the strap that overhangs, so not a problem for me. I jsut can't seem to bring myself to have the straps on the inside.
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Kookaburra high end pads have an extra 'cane' in the lead leg (left pad for a RH batter)- which means buckles on the outside. dependent on brand though so no right or wrong answer.