Do you ALWAYS wear a ...........

[Mark]

Do you ALWAYS wear a cup ?

If not , why not ?

Let's see how many crazy men we have out there.

[myr01]

seeing as to it won't let me vote, i'll just type it.

First off, any man playing lacrosse who doesnt wear a cup isn't really a man, and if he is he won't be for long.

Second off, i'm a goalie so its bascially suicide to not wear one.

[Raptormaxx]

LOL, great post, and great reply! i would always wear one, i'm a goalie in ice hockey and i wear TWO cups, and the people in my league can't even shoot as fast as they do in highschool lacrosse! lol, i agree, it'd be suicide, only for anyone to go out there freeballin'

[JaxLax]

You better believe I do. I've heard stories where cups have been broken in half.

I've asked a few younger kids, like 4th graders if they wear them and most say no. I asked coaches if they were required and they say no. Should or are they required for younger children. I would think so.

[Mark]

Originally posted by myr01
seeing as to it won't let me vote, i'll just type it.




Sorry about that. I think I fixed it. Try voting now.

[Mark]

I have to agree with you guys. I wear mine ALL the time. The one time you don't will be the time you experience pain like never before.

I'm 36 and have 2 kids ....but I still want mine intact till the day I die.

[RMLL_LAX]

Well I guess I'm the only crazy guy here haha cause I never where one, It gets in the way to much when I run I got canned last week acctualy without on but I still can't stand wearing them.

[Mark]

I realized there are those that won't for the discomfort. It's a choice and you have every right to not wear one. Good luck ! :dummy

[laxinator]

yeah i wear myn too .... i saw on espn where i kid was a catcher in baseball missed the ball and his SHATTERED if baseball players can make a cup shatter you know i am wearing mine at all times:eek:

[saintslax]

I havent worn one since 10th grade. I took a shot in the cup, it shattered, and it hurt real bad still. I just decided that cups attract the ball and stopped wearing one. Havent been hit there since and im still plyaing, soph in college. i play LSM and defense.

[Mark]

Wow. Is the comfort really worth the risk ? What if that cup wasn't there at all Saint ?

BTW....welcome to the site. :cool

[lizlax22]

i guess im the odd man out cuz i don't wear one

[myr01]

i hope you knoced on wood like 1 million times saint, cuz your balls are gonna be saying :cussing when they get hit

[attacklax]

i always wear a cup in games cause it is illegal not to wear one for us, but i dont wear a cup at practice

[Mark]

Welcome to the site guys ! :flag

[myr01]

:werd

[Mark]

4 to 4 on the vote !

We need more members and more votes ! Come on everyone, help me get the word out. :banghead

[Dpolelax]

i always wear a cup during games. i never wear one during pratices. and the only reason i wear a cup during games is because some teams play a little dirty so you've got to be prepared. and i am grateful since i took a shot to my nuts before and some kid shoved his shaft into them also. and i play D.

[bigDman]

i never were one i prasctice but in the games it is always on

[MrTibs]

Always, im tryin to keep my junk. My first game the other teams goalie wasnt wearin one. the first shot connected with his nuts and he was out the rest of the game

[Fentruck]

I havnt been wearing one at camp, but I will buy one soon. No way my junk will become cannon fodder for some faggy little attackman!

[Mark]

Damn, those are fighting words ! LOL

Welcome to all our new members ! Spread the word.

[Fentruck]

No way some little punk is going to take my potency away! :angry

[chowmeinnoodle]

Hmmm....I think I would have to vote no. But I do wear a sports bra. Does that count?

[Farley6]

Not only do i ALWAYS wear a cup, but i have the SUPER CUP!!! It is a KOHO hockey goalie cup, it is made out of steel because when i was in eighth grade, i caught a shot (i am a keeper) in the junk, and it split my "normal" cup in half, which, somehow made the plastic part *pinch* on a very sensitive area (if you know what i mean). It was a bad time in my life, at least i can laugh about it now.... I did not, however, always wear a chest pad- i was (and am) an idiot... And no Chow, it doesn't count :jk

[StutterFly40]

i dont wear a cup even tho i was hit in the "AREA" twice in a game. i just hope im able to have kids in the future.:banghead

[Stopper22]

your so insane if you dont. You must not want kids or anything :help

[SMAT4]

Yeah I'm a goalie and i always wear mine. A friend and me made up this nickname "Triple S" which stands for Steel Sack Steve, cuz we tell people that i dont wear one. Just a little joke we have goin.

[RattlersVenom3]

I wear one. I dont sse y someone wouldent. I relized to wear one in a game 3 yrs ago. Im an attackman and was forcing the right side from x when and out of controll defender threw a slash and hit me in the boys. ilearned!

[bigOHlax]

i have worn one once, but when your a middie i can't run as well with it on. I keep adjusting it and feel it ain't worth it. Maybe if i take a shot to the jewels i wil change my mind, just now i hate the way it feels.

[wwlaxgoalie]

im a goalie so i need to wear a cup for my own sake. but i cant see what you wouldnt want to wear one even if u arent a goalie. But its up to the person and i dont think they should make a rule that u have to.

[NoFx41Lax]

i dont usually wear one at practice but i do in most games. i wont wear one if it s a team that i know doesnt hit or if my balls are feelin bad that day

[out_o_luck]

heres a story, my frosh year in highschool our team was new and we were about to play one of the better schools, until the game got postponed, cuz their goalie wasnt wearing a cup at practice took a bounce shot in the junk and completely destroyed his junk. after that everyone wore a cup for everything.

[laxbabe2121]

in a woman's opinion, guys should always wear cups. its part of the whole protection thing! also, my ex bf got slammed in the balls by a shot taken by an amazing attackman. lets just say my ex couldn't walk for the next 2 days, and sitting down was painful for him. a little discomfort could prevent you from becoming permemently injured

[Stopper22]

Originally posted by laxbabe2121
in a woman's opinion, guys should always wear cups. its part of the whole protection thing! also, my ex bf got slammed in the balls by a shot taken by an amazing attackman. lets just say my ex couldn't walk for the next 2 days, and sitting down was painful for him. a little discomfort could prevent you from becoming permemently injured i hurts just hearing of such things :cry

[lizlax22]

i got nailed once in the goods b/c of a fellow freaked out attackmen who hasn't played alot and he, well, freaked out and threw me the ball when i was screening the golie and 2 d-men checked my stick and i didn't even get a chance to protect myself... it was a long day after that

[RattlersVenom3]

I just have to ask, WHY would you not wear a cup

[lizlax22]

well the reason i don't wear one somethimes is i can move easier without one and the discomfort... plus this was camp and it was just a little catch game

[RattlersVenom3]

I can understand not being able to move but i learned how and i can turn on the moves w/ it on w/out hessitation

[laxmullett32]

there is no way i would ever not wear a cup. a friend of mine got hit with a shot and he didnt get up for 45 min. literally. i odnt care how uncomfortable it is. ill stand a little discomfort to be able to have children when i grow up.

[laxee]

Nope I don't wear one and I know I should I have only been hit once so hard that I was vomiting and almost passed out and I think I wore one for awhile after that but I really hate them .

[mwn8989]

i almost got decapitated once (and im not talkin about the head on my shoulders) by a defensemen with either poor hand eye coordination or a sick mind, and from that day on have ALWAYS worn a cup, and it has saved me numerous times

[HATRICK]

I personally don't wear one, but I tend to run around with one hand in front of my balls. A guy I know had his destroyed and they had to sew the sack to his leg in order for it to heal.

[mwn8989]

man one day your gonna b runin around playin lacrose and your gonna get it just sliced straight off cuz ur not wearin a cup, do yourself a favor and get one, its the best 10 bucks you can you spend...

[laxboy27]

I always wear a cup especially because my neighbor nearly lost one of his balls cus he didnt wear a cup while playing lacrosse!!!

[Aussie_kid]

You Have to wear a Cup

[mb5]

I wore a cup for the first day of practice when i started playing in third grade- keeping a long story short i havn't worn a cup since, and i have take a couple stick jabs and stray gb's to the plumbing but it all still works..... plus since im usually on crease i just prop up the goofy attackmen in front of a shot- makes for a fun shouting match between players

[Dan]

well, it's a lot more uncomfortable to not be wearing a cup and take a hit, so i take the safe road. it's like a seat belt.

[smitt5168]

i just bought compression shorts so i always wear one now.

i love compression shorts. there so comfy.

[Jester27]

I won't wear one if I'm on attack, but D and Goal and I always have one on.

Took a shot 2 inches to the side once while playing D and I wasn't wearing one. Decided to wear one all the time, except on attack.

[dpole4life]

I seem to have an attraction between my balls and lacrosse balls...but only when i dont wear my cup, so i always wear it...and nothing ever seems to touch the cup. I think its voodoo

[jjmoto]

never havent in like 5 years i cant sprint with it on and thats a problem and i havent been hit yet

[TBAN1418]

cant find my cup, don't play that day. simple as that,im waitin to know if my boys can swim...

[11laxboy11]

my teammate was wearing a cup and got hit, and the can actually shattered one of his testicals. ever since that day i have never worn one

[navyboy28]

i never did but i do now because i bought the NuttHutt from warrior that comes in the compression shorts and all. its really comfortable and i dont fear eating a shot as much

[westsidevenom32]

Kid on my team on of his testicles ruptured from a 75mph shot
it sucked because he was an awesome middie

[CSlax06]

Kid on my team on of his testicles ruptured from a 75mph shot
it sucked because he was an awesome middie

Ouch...

And isnt this like the second oldest thread?

[EastCoastDeft]

if you dont wear a cup you obvoisly dont know the pain in geting hit in the balls, so i prefer you wear one

[Live4It]

I do most of the time, I do because it's easier to concentrate, if you know what I mean, like when I'm not wearing one I kinda worry about them, but with one I'm protected in that area so I feel safe, its kinda confusing but I'm sure someone knows what I mean. Also when I don't wear one, is when they get hit, like I got a defender's stick right into my boys, no cup.
Same thing I posted in the other cup thread.
Also I don't wear one to every practice, but like 87.4% of them, and 99.9% of my games.

[RockStar]

if you dont wear a cup you obvoisly dont know the pain in geting hit in the balls, so i prefer you wear one
Meh, I'm indifferent.

If anyone's foolish enough not to protect something that may never heal right against an obvious risk, I don't want them reproducing anyway!

It's not even that you're going to take a full crankshot there.....think about what might happen if you get knocked on your arse, and the ball comes loose between your legs. An opposing defenseman could pick up three loose balls on the same play :jawdrop:!

[scarsdalelax08]

i never wear a cup, i dont wear it because after spends months and months in football pads in lacrosse ill take my chances and let it all hangout

[BlackAttack2]

i only wear it sometimes in games (usually i dont) cause its harder to sprint. But never in practice.

[faceofflax15]

Meh, I'm indifferent.

If anyone's foolish enough not to protect something that may never heal right against an obvious risk, I don't want them reproducing anyway!

It's not even that you're going to take a full crankshot there.....think about what might happen if you get knocked on your arse, and the ball comes loose between your legs. An opposing defenseman could pick up three loose balls on the same play :jawdrop:!
My friend did take a full crankshot there, haha sucks to be dmen.

I often don't wear to practice, when I know I should. But I will wear it to a game everytime, because I've been hit there with a Ti shaft 4 times in a row as I was going down, worst pain ever.

[goalie1215]

yes, the obvious answer being i am a player of the goaltender variety.

[WClax17]

i didnt once, to a gloves and helmet practice, but wouldnt you know, 70 mph, from like 4 ft away, i was out for 4 days, icing them the whole time, since them i have always wore a cup