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[The Palmist]

I do avoid diving if at all possible but I'm hardly going to pull out of a catch when I'm sprinting full whack because I'll be thinking about the catch, not my knees. The pads will help in those situations.

certainly, if you find something which works, I will be interested also.

[Stuey]

I've got/had bad knees from years of football and rugby, I wear Neoprene knee supports (from boots) which also protect the knee when sliding or diving.  You can also do some strengthening to the knee, Squats done with correct technique can help injured knees. It helps me manage my knees to the point I now only wear the supports in the field for support when diving.

[felix]

Just to be clear, I'm looking for a knee pad to protect against impact such as when I'm diving and sliding whilst fielding. Not a knee support as most are suggesting.

Yep I gathered that, however my neoprene supports have enough thickness to provide reasonable protection on hard outfields which is one of the reasons I always wear them; they're the closed knee type.  They're not restrictive at all, just get rather sweaty...

[Vitas Cricket]

Just to be clear, I'm looking for a knee pad to protect against impact such as when I'm diving and sliding whilst fielding. Not a knee support as most are suggesting.

When i payed football i got all sorts of stuff thrown at me, boots and goalie gloves were the key ones obviously, but i do remember Uhlsport, who were my longest running (and best aside from Selsport in my opinion) goalie glove sponsor giving me some rather good knee pads. I never wore them in matches but they were useful during training, especially on astro. They were called Uhlsport Alligators if i remember, and are probably long defunct. I haven't played football at all for a few years, and it's probably 5 years since i last played in goal at any kind of level so my knowledge is somewhat old.

A quick browse of some popular goalie glove websites and i've found several similar products though. I would say to counter points made by others, these won't restrict your movement much, if at all, but equally just like a knee support they aren't massively thick but will certainly help when diving/sliding on a cricket pitch.

http://www.just-keepers.com/4_Goalkeeper-Accessories/39_Goalkeeper-Elbow-amp-Knee-Pads/
http://www.keepersport.co.uk/keepershop.html?tx_ksaktionspakete_pi1%5Bcat%5D=90
http://www.prodirectsoccer.com/lists/goalkeeper-protection.aspx?p=all

[TangoWhiskey]

When i payed football i got all sorts of stuff thrown at me, boots and goalie gloves were the key ones obviously, but i do remember Uhlsport, who were my longest running (and best aside from Selsport in my opinion) goalie glove sponsor giving me some rather good knee pads. I never wore them in matches but they were useful during training, especially on astro. They were called Uhlsport Alligators if i remember, and are probably long defunct. I haven't played football at all for a few years, and it's probably 5 years since i last played in goal at any kind of level so my knowledge is somewhat old.

A quick browse of some popular goalie glove websites and i've found several similar products though. I would say to counter points made by others, these won't restrict your movement much, if at all, but equally just like a knee support they aren't massively thick but will certainly help when diving/sliding on a cricket pitch.

http://www.just-keepers.com/4_Goalkeeper-Accessories/39_Goalkeeper-Elbow-amp-Knee-Pads/
http://www.keepersport.co.uk/keepershop.html?tx_ksaktionspakete_pi1%5Bcat%5D=90
http://www.prodirectsoccer.com/lists/goalkeeper-protection.aspx?p=all

Ah perfect. Don't know why I didn't think of searching for that. Guess that's why you're an equipment pro!

[Vitas Cricket]

Glad to be of help

[ProCricketer1982]

valid point mate, think!!!! not diving may well add a few more years. It is time to accept that not everyone will be able to do everything. Time to listen to your body fellas.

I may be sacking off diving, it saves a few runs sure but I'm not sure it's worth it