Do you wear a cup?

[TRELAX]

I know goalies have to, but do you guys wear cups (field players).
I'm not wearing one right now in box, but since I'm probably going to be taking faceoffs outdoors I may want to invest in one (its a bit more of a struggle on grass than on hardwood).
So do you? Also, FO men, do you wear cups, especially. State your position anyways.
Goalies need not respond, but you loveable fellows are always welcome.
:bye

[Poppingseed]

yes i wear a cup, always wear a cup, i got hit in, and i'm never gona take the chance again, so yea, wear a cup, or murphy's law is gona catch up to you.

[stegmakk]

are you crazy man?!?!
even tho the chances of gettin hit there arent great, i still wear mine...thats like saying...hey...im not gonna get in a car crash so im not gonna wear my seat belt...

[TRELAX]

but how do you feel comfotable in them. i've been wearing boxers like, my whole life. should i get compression shorts with a slip in or something. and *ahem* how do i know what size cup I need?

crap, i better start buckling up too...

[a_nik_02]

I know a guy who was almost hit in his "area" and since then has worn a cup even to the running practices we have. I was smart enough to always wear a cup and havent had to worry about it!

[876GEL15]

Gotta wear a cup. Be ready for the d-man cup check at the beginning of a game, if your not wearing one, guess where his his first poke check will end-up.

[876GEL15]

Too many comments so I will just refrain, but in this order, jock strap, boxers, cup (just get it big enough). It is an honest question, until someone tells you.

[laxbabe2121]

what's a jock strap, and do guys really wear boxers when they play lacrosse? how do compression shorts go over boxers anyways?

[8-ball]

i just put the cup over my boxers so i dont get chafed. that really sucks. i plan on getting compressed shorts sometime soon. id imagine they work pretty well.

[Jester27]

I don't wear one on attack. No real need. I will wear one if playing D and def. when I'm in goal.

[laxfreghtrain]

its all about the boxer-shorts. man, boxers dont provide enough support and whitey-tighties are just gay. sorry about that....

but heck no i dont wear a cup. they chafe like all get out, and it makes me run awkward. and i realize that i could get hit in the nuts, but hey, im a little stubborn and hardheaded.

[Jester27]

Originally posted by laxfreghtrain
im a little stubborn and hardheaded.


You won't be if you get hit with the ball.:agree :agree

[laxitup12]

i wear one, because i saw a kid on our team get hit in the junk by a shot..he was out for a loooong time.

[MontclairLax]

i dont wanna loose my future by not wearing a cup, sex and lax

[RockStar]

Originally posted by laxfreghtrain
its all about the boxer-shorts. man, boxers dont provide enough support and whitey-tighties are just gay. sorry about that....

but heck no i dont wear a cup. they chafe like all get out, and it makes me run awkward. and i realize that i could get hit in the nuts, but hey, im a little stubborn and hardheaded.

Its not even an option. Wait until you get bagged badly by a ball or stick......it will happen, it always does, and usually its a Murphy's law thing....happening to the only guy on the team who's not wearing his cup!

If you don't like the heavy ice hockey/football style jocks, you can get lighter, skinnier ones meant for soccer. I wear one of these for light contact pickup laX and for ball hockey, and it is far more comfortable. It'll still protect a fair bit too (its designed for a hoof to the nuts after all!)

[blckout20]

I didn;t all last year and I play d but after going to camp and hearing some stories from some of the people there I think I;m going to. Bad Times.

[WarriorLax22]

aj shannon was telling me how he never wore a cup, and he doesn't do it for indoor either. he said something like the chances of him getting hit are pretty low 'cause he plays on the offensive end. he told me a story when billy glading got hit in the junk once, but that wasn't enough for him to wear one.

[smitt5168]

i usually do but there so uncofortable. i cant run in one and if i do it hurts like hell. the compression short have slips for cups rite? i mite pick a pair up

[laxmiddie]

Originally posted by laxbabe2121
what's a jock strap, and do guys really wear boxers when they play lacrosse? how do compression shorts go over boxers anyways?

A jock strap is the thing that holds the cup. You wear compresion shorts in place of boxers.

[MontclairLax]

i wear one

[laxmiddie]

Originally posted by smitt5168
i usually do but there so uncofortable. i cant run in one and if i do it hurts like hell. the compression short have slips for cups rite? i mite pick a pair up

I've tried compressions shorts that ahve slips and they don't work well. THe cup ends up moving around a lot and is not a good experience. Just wear compressions shorts with a banana cup/jock and its managable.

[laxfreghtrain]

Originally posted by RockStar
Its not even an option. Wait until you get bagged badly by a ball or stick......it will happen, it always does, and usually its a Murphy's law thing....happening to the only guy on the team who's not wearing his cup!

the only problem with that is that only our three d-men and goalie wear a cup.

and about that billy glading thing not being enough, getting nailed in the baggage probably wouldnt be enough for me either. like i said, im stubborn and hard-headed

[RockStar]

Originally posted by smitt5168
i usually do but there so uncofortable. i cant run in one and if i do it hurts like hell. the compression short have slips for cups rite? i mite pick a pair up

:omg

Wait until you try running when your jewels are swelled up to the size of oranges.

I've seen some brutal baggings even in fairly tame sports like softball. For anything more rough than these, I think only fools don't wear protection.

Best way - just get a snug strap and wear the cup directly over the junk. Then pull your compression shorts or tighty-whiteys right over the strap and cup. I've never had a problem with the cup moving or chafing.

(yes I said tighty-whiteys, this is the only time I ever wear them. They work).

[876GEL15]

I thought everyone was JOKING but this is absolutely pathetic.
Do they no have PE in school anymore? If so do you not have to wear one as a part of PE.
Laxmiddie and Laxbabe a jock is not what holds the cup, that is just the cup supporter. I suppose you could wear it against your skin but you will get terrible chaffing and it is really uncomfortable, plus you will not get any support.
This is ridiculous, how to do you kids play athletics and not get hurt. A jock strap, "athletic supporter" or "banana hammock" is without the cup. Do not try to use a soft cup either, they are crap and will not protect you. I still can't believe this needs to be explained like this. Buy a jock, I recommend Champion or Bike, They are the most comfortable and supportive. The Jock holds your junk in place. This way it doesn't move when you are exercising and running. The medical purpose is so you do not bounce so much you cause your testicals twist up around themselves. This can happen from excessive bouncing and jostling of your testicals. Painful injury, sometimes requires surgery to correct. Next the boxers or compression shorts can be worn, If you find you need more support in addition to the jock wear compression shorts. Some comp shorts have cups in them, but they suck, cuse you can't move as well in them and the cup digs into your groin. Purchase an cup with supporter and wear that over top of your boxers or Comp. to avoid chaffing. This allows for the movement of the cup with your body while still providing complete maximum protection.
I hope people are joking b/c what the hell are you learning in GYM class, health class, biology, and what are your coaches teaching you. They are responsible for your physical safety. These are not suggestions, it is like putting your pants on. There is one way to do this, the correct way and this is the only way.

Words can not express my level of sheer disbelief and astonishment. I am truly embarassed. You can not even dress yourselves to play lacrosse, so how do expect to play. I am finished. I really hope this is joke and people are not serious. Do not embarassed if you are serious, not your fault no one ever taught you. This is it I am done and I have had it.

[QuickStyx]

:wtf get pissed.... geez....

[laxfreghtrain]

Originally posted by 876GEL15
If so do you not have to wear one as a part of PE.
I hope people are joking b/c what the hell are you learning in GYM class, health class, biology, and what are your coaches teaching you. They are responsible for your physical safety. These are not suggestions, it is like putting your pants on. There is one way to do this, the correct way and this is the only way.


Well, for one, no, no guy in any gym class at my school is required to wear a cup, and neither are any of the other students at schools around my area. Our P.E. teachers couldnt care less, and frankly, neither could the students.
Secondly, I have learned what I need to, both in biology and health class. Being a guy, iI have first hand experience being hit in the nuts. However, I dont care. Whether or not this is the correct way makes no difference. Like i said, only four, FOUR, people on my team wear a cup, the d-men and the goalie. No one else on my team wants to.
Thirdly, I am being dead serious about this. I dont wear a cup. so be it. I won't be embarrased or feel stupid about it either. If I get hit in the nuts, then maybe I will learn. I probably wont, but I'll cross that bridge when I get to it.

[8-ball]

careful now, not all of us r kids. sum just choose to take the chance when others (mostly the older ones) have experienced a reason to wear one.

[cloo24]

ugh i've gotten hit in the kunyeki bad expierience didn't work out so well i suggjest everyone wear one go to WSIsports.com i believe thats the site and get the ultra joc sports slider best thing out there the cup doesn't move at all and it's supportive it's under baseball i think they are extremly nice

[laxinfz9]

i learned my lesson so now i wear my cup ALL the time, lol.

[CHMiddie]

i feel naked on the field without one. the thought if gettin hit in the nads makes me tear up as it is.

[GIattack]

i dont wear 1 but from what im hearin i think im goin 2 start

[laxerattacker]

this kid on my team looked like he had a baseball in his pants after he got hit in the nads. it swelled!

[laxfreghtrain]

yeah, there was a story awhile ago about this guy in college who was a d-man. one practice their goalie didnt show up in time and he went in the goal for his first time. first shot, he gets hit in the nuts, and the ball actually exploded one of his testicles. the scary/sad thing about this story? it doesnt affect me at all, i still wont wear a cup

[cloo24]

Originally posted by laxfreghtrain
yeah, there was a story awhile ago about this guy in college who was a d-man. one practice their goalie didnt show up in time and he went in the goal for his first time. first shot, he gets hit in the nuts, and the ball actually exploded one of his testicles. the scary/sad thing about this story? it doesnt affect me at all, i still wont wear a cup


how does that not affect you!!!holy crap if that guy were on my team i'd wear a cup whevere i went even if it wasn't lax lol

[Fogo 8]

no one likes me i dont wear a cup im slow enoguh as it is i only wear one when i play knee hockey

[876GEL15]

laxfreigtrain Unless your are just acting the fool to get a rise, if not, be ready to hear this comment for the rest of your life, "Oh my god, what's wrong. huh I have to leave now" Listen to some advice.

Plus: we were required to were JOCKS in PE not cups.

[cuse10d]

i didnt wear a cup until one game. I didnt take a shot to the balls. I took a stick to the actual shaft.....a shaft to the rod.... a rod to my stick... i hope everyone catches on. i never wish this amount of pain on anybody.....ever

[jjlax7]

Heres The Absolute Best Set Up For Man Land... first a bike jock/ and the new gel cup... cut off the straps so its just the waist band .. buy underarmour BOXERBREIFS(there really silky and make u feel like a ... nm) and a pair of UA Compression Shorts.. then layer.. boxerbriefs, jock/cup, compression shorts.. may seem like alot but it breaths very good, dosent chaffe, dosent dig into your groin and still mazimizes protection.. and the reason for cutting off the straps is i know everyone here that has had to drive wearing a cup because there was no locker room to change in wishes they could just pull the jock out of the shorts and slid it off.. i swear this is tested and proven... lots of research goes into my favorite things...

[TRELAX]

I've gotten hit with a soccer ball in the shaft. Not a lacrosse shaft, and it only felt like a slap. It was a hard shot too.
Not the nuts, the shaft, so basicly I'm only worried about my nuts right now.

[8-ball]

lol, either way, unless u dont plan on having kids. a cup should be one of the first things u invest in when getting into a sport. just b/c the chances could be sumwat slime at times, doesnt mean it wont happen.

[LatinBabe]

Originally posted by 8-ball
lol, either way, unless u dont plan on having kids. a cup should be one of the first things u invest in when getting into a sport. just b/c the chances could be sumwat slime at times, doesnt mean it wont happen.

I plan on having kids, but I don't need a cup!:omg

[laxfreghtrain]

Originally posted by 876GEL15
laxfreigtrain Unless your are just acting the fool to get a rise, if not, be ready to hear this comment for the rest of your life, "Oh my god, what's wrong. huh I have to leave now" Listen to some advice.

Plus: we were required to were JOCKS in PE not cups.

nope, im not "acting the fool to get a rise." im not acting at all. i am as serious as i can be. i do not and will not wear a cup. the same holds true for most of my team. i do not like them, and i will not wear one. also, we are not required to wear jocks in P.E.
im sorry if this bothers you, but i just dont feel the need to wear one.

oh, and cloo, i cant tell you why it doesnt bother me, it just doesn't. no reason, i'm just not worried about it.

[laxbabe2121]

my ex bf got hit really hard in the nuts, and he had a cup on. it shattered the cup, and he couldn't pee w/out screaming out in pain. if i were a guy, i'd have one on..... you don't wanna make your gf miserable for a week do you?

[LaXDaVe]

yeah im sure you stood there and held his hand while he pissed. lol.

[cloo24]

Originally posted by TRELAX
I've gotten hit with a soccer ball in the shaft. Not a lacrosse shaft, and it only felt like a slap. It was a hard shot too.
Not the nuts, the shaft, so basicly I'm only worried about my nuts right now.


soccer balls aren't that bad cause they are big and the can hit off your leg or soemthing but a lax ball is a fricken direct hit and it hurts like crap ugh it sucks

[LaXDaVe]

And its solid rubber, not filled with air =/

[Jjaylax09]

TRELAX: heres a story that I think you need to listen to: one of my best friends who I play with on the varsity squad at my school nearly lost a nut because he wasn't wearing a cup... we were scrimmaging at practice when one of our midfeilders started to wind up for a nasty crank... my friend figured he would step out of the way since he wasnt wearing a cup... the midfielder figured that he didnt want to hit one of his own players so he decided to shoot around him... needless to say, when my friend stepped and the middie cranked... ball meet ball... at first we thought the loud pop we heard was his cup breaking, unfortunately for him it wasn't... after two surgeries, he says the one that got hit is still about 1/3 larger than the other one


(so yes, i recommend a cup)
btw- I'm a goalie

[Dan]

ooooooooooooouch. yeah, i wear a cup. boxers, cup with strap, compression shorts. holds it in nice and tight. i hope to get some under armour compression shorts though, they're just cooler. probably in yellow. and everyone needs one, i was goin for a groundball in the face off scrum and BAM! butt of a stick where everything counts.

[LiLiZaRdPrIdE]

i have underarmour compression shorts. i dont have yellow though, i have blue. there great. makes u feel safe :wtf

[laxboy27]

I always weat a cup cus my neighbor nearly lost his ball too.

[cdg9899]

UnderArmour compression shorts are the way to go and then jock/cup over them. Not the most comfortable but they do the job.

Last year we made the freshmen wear their jocks/cups over their boxers or comp shorts WITHOUT anything else for practice -- no mesh shorts, no sweats. It was freakin funny.

[Laxgoat]

dude a cup doesnt even fit me right (long story) but i still year one just in case

[Laxgoat]

Originally posted by laxerattacker
this kid on my team looked like he had a baseball in his pants after he got hit in the nads. it swelled!

yeah this blows your fine after wards but they gotta drain the swelling with a needle happened to my friend almost to me dont do it ALWAYS WEAR A CUP

[jamguk03]

I don't wear one either but I keep meaning to get one. What's the most comfortable way to wear one WITHOUT having like 6 layers on? I live in Texas and it gets real ****ing hot here. I have heard about sliding shorts or compression shorts that hold a cup, but I don't know if they sell those at any place nearby.

[kamikaze0188]

Do you think middies need a cup? I think only 3 people on my team wear cups ( 2 goalies) but i can understand defense and attack because theyre all close to the cage, but middies dont get in front of a shot that often

[LatinBabe]

yeah, but it doesnt matter where you are, you could always get struck there by another players stick, or in the case of the other thread, another players hand! :concerned

[mustang_lax]

yup a cup is an absolute must. Latinbabe nows the deal lol. For those of you who didn't see it..observe and remember to wear a cup nextime

[LaxGoalieLZ]

im a goalie so i have to, but everynow and then ill play D and when i do i wear a cup. Im so used to it, its like its not even there. I dont think the chance of loosin ure manhood for a little extra mobility

[cdg9899]

Cutting the straps off a jock and layering it in btw bb and comp shors? Never heard of that before. Is this common practice?


Originally posted by jjlax7
Heres The Absolute Best Set Up For Man Land... first a bike jock/ and the new gel cup... cut off the straps so its just the waist band .. buy underarmour BOXERBREIFS(there really silky and make u feel like a ... nm) and a pair of UA Compression Shorts.. then layer.. boxerbriefs, jock/cup, compression shorts.. may seem like alot but it breaths very good, dosent chaffe, dosent dig into your groin and still mazimizes protection.. and the reason for cutting off the straps is i know everyone here that has had to drive wearing a cup because there was no locker room to change in wishes they could just pull the jock out of the shorts and slid it off.. i swear this is tested and proven... lots of research goes into my favorite things...

[QuickStyx]

Yeah, ive been changed to a cup wearer, I got hit in the upper/inner thigh a week ago at practice from about 10 feet, shot speed (i was screening) Yeah but it brusied soooo bad. So now i wear one.

[bigOHlax]

usually i never wear one
i tried last year for 1 game and a few practices and i could not run at all, so half way through the game i took it off on the sidelines, i had compression shorts under the cup.
then just yestersay we were passin around and i turned my head to the side, and bam a pass hit my nuts. wasn't even a hard shot, just a pass. Hurts like the dickens. Now i am thinkin i might try to start wearin one. If i can get used to running with it, but mostly likely after a week i will quit, and go back to being free

[enjoi]

Well yea i wear a cup... Somethings missing with out it... its like grown in now...

[shtbrkd00]

after a couple days to a week you stop noticing it

id never play without one

[broslax16]

yes i wear one, ive been hit there many a time and been glad i was wearing a cup, i got one of these new cups that have flexy sides but the middle is still hard so it is actually pretty comfortable

[senor_k]

I wore one when I used to play baseball, and it never came into play. I have never worn one while playing lacrosse, and I dont particularly plan to. You do get used to them after a while, but you still have to "adjust" every so often.

[WestSideLa X eR]

wearing one shouldnt be a question. you could get away with it for years and hear past experiances from people, but then one accident and you could be hurt bad.

Kinda like what stegmakk brought up....you could never wear a seat belt for years then one accident and your dead

[GreenBayLaXr]

Okay... I play Attack most of the time and Occasionally switched to Middie if they need my riding all the way down the field. I dont wear a cup... Never have. I can't stand them, I have never heard of these "Soccer" Cups but the football cups? I can't wear those when I play or I cause more injury with the chafing and I guarantee you I can outrun anyone in a big football style Cup. I prefer to keep my 40 time the way it is, But where do you find the "Soccer" Style cups because I would invest in one if I knew it wouldn't slow me down or bother me at all.

[UCFalcons7]

Cup-Definitely
i wear compression shorts with a jock strap over them, its really not that unconfortable, and if you get those cool new pro-cups, those things are really comfortable....for a cup.

[UCFalcons7]

yea.... a pro cup is like what broslax is talking about... it has like.. these gel side things so its really flexible like...vertically, but not horizontally, so its really comfortable. A couple of the kids on my team are starting to get them now. plus they come in different colors... ;-)

[cdg9899]

Would you say that most guys on your team wear cups, or do NOT wear cups? I'd say that the majority on my team do NOT. Those who do go for Underarmour. Those who don't, usually boxers. They're pretty stupid I think.

[UCFalcons7]

i think most of the kids on my team do, with under armour, a couple that dont. one kid gets hit like everyday... he still hasnt learned...dumbass

[RockStar]

This thread still around?

my third or fourth take at giving my 2 cents:

Playing a contact sport without a cup is as dumb as driving drunk, riding a motorbike without a helmet, or juggling knives.

You're just begging for something bad to happen.

[RYU]

I stopped wearing a cup after high school. I play[ed] college, club and po-co ever since without one. I'm also a middie. I think a cup is more important if you play long pole or goalie.

Interestingly, before chest pads for goalies became mandatory in the late 80s, there used to be goalies who played w/o chest pads. Quint Kessenich was one of them. Even w/o offset heads, many players still cranked out shots in the high 90s.

Driving drunk is not the best analogy, because when you DUI/DWI, you are at risk to others as well as yourself. Driving w/o a seatbelt is a better comparison. Depending on state, many people ride motorcycles and bicycles w/o helmets.

Originally posted by RockStar
This thread still around?

my third or fourth take at giving my 2 cents:

Playing a contact sport without a cup is as dumb as driving drunk, riding a motorbike without a helmet, or juggling knives.

You're just begging for something bad to happen.

[LaxGoalieLZ]

I was as at a camp last year and we were scrimidging, the attackman rips a shot and a poor dmen got nailed in the sack, his balls basically exploded, not just 1 but both of them he had to go to the hospital and everything. It was one of the worst things ive ever seen in my life

[WestSideLa X eR]

ouch....

i always wear a cup no matter what, if you wear one over your boxers, you forget its thier in a game

im goalie so i have to wear one anyway

[UCFalcons7]

heres a pic of me in a game... im glad i had mine on

[SheepShank]

Originally posted by MontclairLax
i dont wanna loose my future by not wearing a cup, sex and lax

hahahaha nicely put.

[livin4lax09]

why take the risk? They're not that uncomfortable, and I've seen kids who will never be able to have kids just because they didn't wear one. Sure you don't get hit there much, but what if that one time you do, it's a 90 mph shot or a hard stick check? I think that wearing one and being a little uncomfortable is better than not wearing one and having the possibility of being VERY uncomfortable

[Snuffilufigas22]

I didn't wear one until I got the compression shorts with the insert. Its a comfertable answer to keeping the family jewels safe.

[TheBigLax27]

After i got hit on the tip of the shaft (SOO PAINFUL) i decided i would have to protect my junk. So i got some comp. shorts and theyre not bad...not uncomfortable enough to ***** about...and people laugh at me but i dug up my old little league cup from about 5 years ago and use that...its smaller so it gives me more mobility and its easy to push all the way down in the comp. shorts so it protects the tip and balls nicely...

[ASJT3]

I always wear a cup, I didn't really think much about it until I got hit there and was glad I wore it. Now I won't go without one ever.

[cdg9899]

Wow, the topic that won't die.

My sense is that most lax players DON'T wear the cup-style comp shorts. Instead they wear jock/cup over boxers or comp shorts, but not in them.

Wonder why is that?

In any case, wear a cup or you'll regret it.

[HdGLaxWarrior]

I wear one because I play defense, but when I played attack, I didnt wear one. I did'nt use to wear one on D until a person on my team got pegged there with a good 75 MPH. He went down. Later on the sideline he said they were purple, and that it felt like someone took a lighter to it and held it there for like 5 minutes. OUCH!! And if you don't believe me here is our website:
www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?cmenuid=1&url=warriorslax

Read about the U15 win agianst Bel Air.

[zak]

Yea, I wear one and I've got two good reasons.

[hardballjock]

Yes I wear a cup. I play defense and will never get on the field without a cup.

I wear the Bike brand Pro Flex hard cup. A cup is a must for all sports where you use a ball or a stick.

First I put on a jockstrap, a hard cup (don't even buy those soft cups), and then put on my compression shorts.

I feel more comfortable knowing I am protected just in case.

[FeelTheRain]

i wear that pro cup shhit or just one of those bike ones. MY BALLS are my babies, i wouldnt let anyone touch them, cept for me and my girlfriend of course. hehe.

[exile lacrosse]

yeah i wear one, in my opinion its suicide not to wear one. i think all posistions should wear them. d and golie the reason is obvious, and ive hit my share of attack and midies there. once an attack was driving from x and the correct slide didnt come so i had to do something and was to far away to slide with body, so i meant to poke him in the chest and drive him away, instead he jumps up and i poke him right in the nads and it was a hard poke check, he fell right on his back. if he hadnt been wearing a cup he would prolly be sterilized right now. just one of many stories, some wich are very funny (as long as it isnt me getting hit :laugh:)

[Orange]

i only wear them in HS spring games. not at practices or at fall and winter games. there a pain in the, well i guess balls not @$$

[exile lacrosse]

^^soo its impossible to get hit their just because its not spring right? wow, why has it taken me so long to figure this out?

[unta8]

I don't. I can't run with em, and i've only been hit there once in 3 years.

[Orange]

^^soo its impossible to get hit their just because its not spring right? wow, why has it taken me so long to figure this out?
no its not that. its just that my coach made us wear cups during spring season, and fall and winter leagues arent as serious, no one will make us wear cups

[Laxref_36]

Learning/Education is an interesting thing. A bright man learns from his mistakes. A brilliant man learns from the mistakes of others. The first time you get hit, you'll wonder why you never wore a cup. But some folks need to be hit the first time to learn this lesson.

[AHSmiddie]

id have to say i dont were one b/c i hate them with a passion all they do is sufficate your hardwere and over half the time you dont get it there so taking the precation is dumb... just have good reflexes, all you have to do it move you leg a little bit so it hits your leg and not your...

[LAXatt]

i forgot my jock when i went to the turkey shoot and right after we finished playing completely i started praying right on the sidelines...literally...i think the other team thought i was on crack...but whatever.

yes i always wear a cup because i mostly play defense but sometimes middie or LSM

[zizuhyte]

i just saw this post, and theres already 7 pages so theres no doubt someones said this already, but if you don't wear a cup, you're stupid. you're endangering a very important part of your body and if you take a decent hit there, be it a shot, a pass, a stick check or anything else that could possibly impact your valuables, it WILL hurt and chances are it WILL cause damage. ive heard nasty stories about recessed testicles and whatnot, all because of no cups. dont do it, its too much to risk.

[Lax101]

can we just put this thread to rest? its 7 months old, and nobody has enough time/concentration to read all 7 pages of this. And almost all of them are repeats of "if you dont wear a cup your crazy", or "i cant run with one on and i've never been hit"...useless thread! (and yes, this was a useless post)

[franks2089]

i would wear one except i cant find the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxlarge size, just kidding i wear one i got hit last year with a crank shot and it cracked the cup, i had like a bruise everywhere that the cup actually touches skin. that hurt like hell i cant imagine how much it would have hurt if i wasnt wearing one

[vroom125]

There's no way i would even walk on a field during a game without a cup. Imagine getting hit by a 90 MPH shot.

[b-boy_laxman]

defenitly waer a cup i really dont want to loose my manhood to a lacrosse ball coming at me at 80 mph.!!

[WHEELAX2]

I wear one for box, and that's it..

[RockfordAttack9]

I use the compression shorts, work great.

[i live 4 lax]

i feel like this is a fairly serious matter so ill tell you how i feel. im only in middle school and a couple seasons ago i knew a guy who popped a testicle because he got shot in the nuts. and just last season at a voluntary practice a guy was picked up by an ambulance and cant have kids because he didnt wear a cup. all you men out there who dont wear cups will come to practice saying it wont happen to you but before you know what happened youll wake up in an ambulance with your eyes permanently crossed and without your cherries. if you wont wear one because its uncomfortable get compression shorts otherwise when i see you, guess where im putting my next shot?

[LaXiN22]

Of COURSE I WEAR A CUP!!! youd have to be pretty stupid not to wear a cup, I would like both of my testicle's in tract in 10 years.

[b-waterlax]

if your not a girl and you dont were a cup you are STUPID and will probally wish you did some time. I thought i didnt need one in practice and BOOM a wrap check right in the balls, i was down for ten minutes and had to check if i was still all there.

[_lax4life_]

what's a jock strap, and do guys really wear boxers when they play lacrosse? how do compression shorts go over boxers anyways?

I just wear compression shorts over my bare _______. Then i put my jock strap on with my cup inside. A jock strap is a strap that holds your cup in. It's like an underwear except you can put the cup in and out of the slot in the front.

[lVlike]

i ALWAYS wear a cup because one time i forgot and i payed for it. i paly attack, bu mostly X

[_lax4life_]

I don't wear one on attack. No real need. I will wear one if playing D and def. when I'm in goal.

What are you talking about?!?! You should be wearing a cup as attack and less as D. As attack you take the CHECKS not give them.... You are weird or just really stupid..... :imparied: :WTF: :read:

[JedimasterKyle]

I wear it for everything I do with lax. And murphey's law is true, whenever I don't wear it, I get hit there.

[MinnetonkaLax]

i normally wear one, when i can remember it, im lucky tho, the only times ive forgotten to wear it i havent gotten hit, but im not gonna keep taking the risk

[T-Money]

I just wear comp shorts, nothing else. I just can't get comfortable running with a cup on, way too restricting you know?

[b-boy_laxman]

i would wear one except i cant find the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxlarge size,......
ha that made me laugh :lol: :lol:

[franks2089]

A jock strap is a strap that holds your cup in. It's like an underwear except you can put the cup in and out of the slot in the front.
It just has a front part and then two straps that go around ur buttcheeks

[LAcrosseRUS]

yes always for games and sometimes yes sometimes no for practices

[chiefs_lacrosse]

i now wear one.....i was playing in a national tournament in offence and got a light swipe across that area. although it was minimal i kept my mind on not getting hit there again and it took me completely off my game......i bought a box for the next game

[marflax33]

no i dont wear a cup. ive only been hit there once and i was only out for like a week :agree: . just kidding, but i havent been hit there yet and when i do get a ball there or something ill probably start wearin one.

[montebon]

I wear a cup in game, but not in practice. I use the shock docter with the complesion shorts, and it works great. I would suggest using one considering that my team captain (middie) was on D and took a 75 mph shot to his sac and puked blood.

[#15Roadies]

ITech compression jock shorts with a cup. The cup is in a little soft cotton pouch so there is no chafing. I wear it anytime I am near a flying lacrosse ball - especially in the box because the ball can have a mean up-bounce off concrete.

As a minor coach, I am responsible to ensure players are safely equiped. If I found out one of my players wasn't wearing a protective cup, even in practice, they don't play. Plain and simple.

If you are old enough to make dumb decisions, that is up to you. But if you get a mashed testicle (yup, just like mashed potatoes) , don't come crying to the bench, go straight to the dressing room.

[Bplax26]

If you do not wear a cup then you are extremely stupid.

[Liv4LaX]

ow...i cant imagine me not wearing a cup, im a goalie, i think that things my best friend....but i never get hit there, my stick is fast

[red9535]

Any lacrosse player who doesnt wear a cup (in any position) is a total idiot. If there was one part on your body that you DIDNT want to injure (besides your head or whatever i mean you HAVE to wear a helmet), wouldnt that be it? Yeah, it still hurts like hell to get nailed there even with a cup, but atleast your not shattering your testicles.

Wear a cup boys.

[goalieskcickay]

ow...i cant imagine me not wearing a cup, im a goalie, i think that things my best friend....but i never get hit there, my stick is fast

And I guess you can predict exactly where every bounce shot will go, right?
That's usually how my taters get mashed. :OMG:
I always wear a cup, but every once in a while I forget to bring it to practice and think, what're the odds? And suprise suprise, :wow:

[a2lacrosse]

well, i play center midfield and do tons of face offs, and never really use one. i probably should. Last year i was blocking a shot and it hit me in the nuts and it hurt... ill probably buy one this weekend for indoor.

[laxattack8888]

I still stand behind my previous saying of "you are insane not to." I find that area way too crucial to loose to a Lacrosse ball.

[TheCanaidan]

wouldnt Play without it its like a second skin to me!

[Ghslongpole14]

why take the risk? They're not that uncomfortable, and I've seen kids who will never be able to have kids just because they didn't wear one. Sure you don't get hit there much, but what if that one time you do, it's a 90 mph shot or a hard stick check? I think that wearing one and being a little uncomfortable is better than not wearing one and having the possibility of being VERY uncomfortable


Exactly. :monkey:

If anybody is complaining that they are uncomfortable, suck it up. They aren't uncomfortable after a while. IT's just like wearing a helmet when you skate. Don't wear it and you can get ------.

To be honest, I sometimes feel naked if I'm not wearing a cup. Not when I'm playing, but when I'm like sitting in class or at home on the computer, I feel like I'm missing something... :WTF:

[RockStar]

As a ~12 year old kid, I was bagged with a shot while playing ball hockey with one of those orange balls. I was playing defense, outside in the middle of winter and the ball was frozen solid.

The moral of this story is that if a 2 oz ball travelling ~50 mph hurts that much, no one should have to find out what a 5 oz ball travelling say 70 mph, or dare I say ¡¡¡90 mph!!! feels like.

WEAR YOUR CUPS, YOU MORONS!

Then again, if you've heard these testimonials and still choose not to wear a cup, well, keep going. Something ain't right in your head, and I'd be happier if you didn't reproduce anyway!

[auburnfan2015]

I didn't use to wear one for baseball...until one time when i was pitching I took a one hopper square in the go-nads. I thought I was going to die, imagine a kick or a punch times 50. I've had one on for all sports ever since, I learned my lesson.

[laxkid009]

when i was playin crease D i got nailed by a shot and it hit right off my cup yea it still hurt a little but the ball went flyin and my just was just fine. So my advice is always wear a cup

[pantherLax]

^lol its so funny wen it hits off somes cup and it makes that 'thump' sound and it goes flying...

wait ijust read one of the old posts and it said that he wears compression shorts w. the cup slot but w.out boxers?
u guys do that too? i always thought it was kind of wierd and uncomfortable, like the direct contact and all.

o yea and my dad, he played baseball in college and he got spiked in the :OMG: and he screamed $&%*!!
He got stiches there...
He might of been exagerrating though..and he told me the story when i was like 9, but i got the message

[digger]

I changed to a hockey goalie cup (really massive) after my normal cup was shredded in pieces during warm up. It hurt. Damn.

[ekajsk8er]

after hearing my dad tell me that one of the kids on his team lost a testicle when he was coaching, ive never taken mine off. some of the kids on my team have the mentality that "since ive never been hit there so far, ill never get hit there."

my o my how im going to laugh when they get a 75 mph shot in the boys.

[BSPAHSMID]

I still stand behind my previous saying of "you are insane not to." I find that area way too crucial to loose to a Lacrosse ball. I agree. I want to keep all my parts functioning

You can get hurt there even if its not by a lax ball. Just ask the star running back from Shen. He got kneed in the balls blocking during a pass play and couldn't play in the LaSalle playoff game. Probably one of the main reasons Shen lost.

[OutBurst]

Even if I were a field player I would always wear a cup. You never know so you must be prepared!

[ghser99]

I've gotten hit with a soccer ball in the shaft. Not a lacrosse shaft, and it only felt like a slap. It was a hard shot too.
Not the nuts, the shaft, so basicly I'm only worried about my nuts right now.


i play soccer and i dont wear a cup and ive been hit in the nuts, it hurts!!, but it would in no way be equal to the pain from getting hit by a lax ball, imaen its solid rubber, and comes at you alot faster, as for getting stick checked there its happen to me in practice, but it wasnt all that bad, but wear a cup in game at least

[shaOLinLaxxer]

im a middie and i always wear a cup, after school practice i juss throw the compression shorts over my boxers then my cup, but if i can go home before a game or something i wear a jock strap under my compression shorts no boxers or anything, then the cup. plus last year a kid got hit with a blazing shot right in the middle of all his junk and passed out

[Wubbie]

I don't wear any cups...

I play middie, and I can't move in a cup... I'm one shot away from losing my privilage of having kids... So i move with caution.

[SJmiddi]

i took a stick check to the balls in an indoor game this winter without a cup on. i felt like i was suffocating. i had to limp off the field and sit on the bench for the rest of the game trying to start breathing again. even if you're not a middi (which i am) WEAR A CUP, you'd be stupid not to.

[pole15]

Freeballing it is way too dangerous. Getting hit in the quads hurts pretty bad, and I don't wan't to feel that in my unprotected crotch. You have to protect your buddies.

[laxattack17]

our team is required to wear cups, our coach (maybe officials) won't let us play without them

[infamous]

For all the people who say they have to get hit there first to wear a cup, there might not even be anything to protect after the first time. I don't see what there is to argue about. If you don't wear a cup, you risk not being able to have kids and not having any balls left. Pretty simple decision to wear one, in my opinion.

[PearlJam9]

i wear one only in games but other wise no oh but i do have that shock doctor bullet proof cup

[ataris942]

iv never worn a cup i used to infootball then my coach tould us about a pro that tould him how the cup can cause more damage from a chop blocke to the nuts and the cup would dig into the testis and would rip them from then on i have never worn one i have taken a stick check to the nuts put some ice on it for a quarter and the i was good.

[RedMafia318i]

I have seen people crawl off the field and puke up blood before... so yes I wear a cup.

[sirfartsalot295]

What are you talking about?!?! You should be wearing a cup as attack and less as D. As attack you take the CHECKS not give them.... You are weird or just really stupid..... :imparied: :WTF: :read:
D tho you might have to step infront of a shot. Always wear one

[Levin]

i wear my cup religiously. the one day last season i didn't wear it, i got nailed...

[GuapoGrande]

One time I got hit in the nuts so hard that I threw up. I guess it just really upset my stomach. That was quite possibly the worst feeling I have ever felt. So i always wear a cup.

[Falconsmikevick]

nope

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[WKLAX]

Always...feel unsafe wit out it

[BTlaxripper]

I play attack, so yeah I'm one of the stupid ones that doesn't wear a cup.

When I get to college I'll probably wear one.

[ramslac05]

i never wear one
it slows me down and im a middie with not good stick skills so speed is muy importante

[WoodDuck14]

I only wear one during games, not during practice

[Brandon303]

I wear one in box, but never field.

[laxmiddie8]

i know a guy who got hit there and it didnt turn out so good for him

[newbielaxer]

always wear a cup buddy if it chafs you wear drawers under it or wear a jock short
(pair of gym shorts with a cup holder built in to them)

your shaft can make a self scarificing move and leap in the way of the ball or stick at times but if it doesn't react in time oooowwwwwwwwwie and your shaft will thank you for the protection too much nicer to say "oooppppssss cup job than roll on the field or floor screaming or groaning and have someone put that vid of you on america's funniest home videos

[RamLacrosse]

You could always just get castrated.

[JaxLax30]

I wear a cup cause a year ago our goalie got nailed in the balls with a fast shot. He had to sit out for 2 weeks. It sucked.

[laxattack#7]

i wear a cup definatly. I'm not takin any chances

[MadLaxPlaya16]

i usually do but there so uncofortable. i cant run in one and if i do it hurts like hell. the compression short have slips for cups rite? i mite pick a pair up
ya dude thats wut i have and its really comfortable and it doesnt mess up my runnin at all

[PNHSlax03]

I didnt wear one for my first two seasons. Then i got drilled in the nuts with somebodys stick and i have worn one ever since.

[laxattack1616]

I lost my cup. At practice yesterday I asked my freind, "do you have a cup on"? He says "Yeah" then proceeds to hit me in the crotch with his stick, thinking I have a cup too. Im gonna go buy one tommorrow...

[franks2089]

Why do some people just wear them in games. You are just as likely to get hit in practice as in a game.

[jklaxer50]

For a while when I started playing I would'nt wear one, then getting hit in the balls by a hard pass for the first time changed all that.

[Laxman10]

whats funny is that if your a girl and you wear a cup to prtect your ovaries...he

[XxlacrossexX]

getting hit in the nads isnt anything. Me and mt friends were playing botchi (french game with 10 pound metal balls) and my friend threw one at my nads... It gave me nightmares for weeks.

[fallingupstairs]

if you love your gf youll wear one (;

[laxgoalieguy123]

i wear a cup now in field (because im a goalie), i still did in box, i wasnt a goalie i was a middey

[NDKnights157]

yeah the one practice i didnt wear a cup i got hit in the balls, and it wasnt a good feeling..so ever since then i always wear a cup

[KurtyG]

yo i didn't wear a cup to one practice cause it was just stick work some noob misses the ball and im not paying attention and walk right into it but in the end it was a good laugh but yes i do wear a cup practice and game :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[mmlaxplaya17]

Isnt it manditory?

[coqlax]

cup = good

[horizonGoalie]

i wear one, real nice, too bad its still not fun, to be hit, with a crease shot at 90 in the nuts. its kind of fun though, but really

[crazydrew86]

i have this nice cup it is really thin so it doesnt rup up against your thighs but still isnt a tight squeese for your nads. its like one size fits all and i hope to use it for the rest of my life. i sometimes forget i am even wearing it

[Hunter]

I dont wear a cup but I should and will start to. I play attack and last season I was poke checked and hit the the balls numerous time. I'm not kidding when I say this that I actually brused my wang, it hurt so bad.

[Storm21]

Practice= no
Game= sometimes

i live on the edge...but i better start wearing it

[LymanLax28]

I don't at practice, but always at games... if I remember.

[Midlax0223]

ya i only wear mine at games....i have this thing where i like having the ability to have kids...idk might just b me

[frinadoglax]

it hurts when u run... i dont wear it, Anyways, if u know how to protect ur stick, and if u know how to cover ur stick with ur body, u shouldnt get hit in the nads. W/e, i know its dangerous, i havent gotten hit in the nuts yet so meh.

[laxgod1790]

Gotta wear a cup. Be ready for the d-man cup check at the beginning of a game, if your not wearing one, guess where his his first poke check will end-up.

That would be so bad. I mean how cheap is that.

[LI-Lax24]

Y don't u just get a shockdoctor gel cup, they aren't that uncomfortable, if you can spend $100+ on the gloves u use, y not spend a little extra to protect your nads. I'm not saying the cup is $100 dollars tho, just to clear that up.

[reLAXing3]

I do not wear a cup, but i will admit it is a very dumb/bad idea. I choose not to tho because they slow you(or me atleast) down way to much.

[goaliedude13]

My question is do girls goalies where cups?

[PemRaider]

YEOWCH!!!!! I wear a cup. I play goalie and my dad makes me...I know he's looking out for me. At last Saturdays game I took a DIRECT shot to the middle of my cup from about 10 feet away...POW! my dad said I sounded like a gunshot, you could hear it across the field the other teams goalie told me after the game. My dad said that EVERYBODY, both teams and the ALL the parents all let out a moan at one time. The ref came running over fast to see if I was allright, which I was. I felt the pressure of the ball hitting the cup but was just fine, I shook my head and continued play for the rest of the game which we won. The player came up to me after the game to ask if I was Ok and said he was sorry, I told him that it was OK, he was just playing lacrosse and I thanked him for his concern and felt he was a true sportsman and a good guy for asking.
I was sore for a day or so around the edge of the cup but my nads were "A OK"! If I hadn't been wearing a cup my nads would have been on both sides of the field. Lesson here....wear a cup if you play goalie and if you don't, get hit once, piss blood for a week or worse, and then if you're able...you'll wear one. Peace!

[zanderaruba]

ya i wear them in games. usually i dont in practice. depending on what team i am playing with and how old the kids r i decide if i wear it in practice. but i always wear it in games. last yr this kid got hit with a shot in the side of his abs and he had this huge welch. it showed me the light to wat could happen if i got hit in the balls. have worn a cup ever since. anybody who complains about its uncomfortable i say its worth it and strongly suggest the shock doctor compression short with built in cup. i used to feel the same way but this is very comfortable and does not cause much disruption wen u r running. and think about the upsides of wearing a cup..... :thumbsup: endless

[Project X]

I wear a cup and I'm thankful for it. I was playing in a game (I play D) and some kid winds up and shoots straight into my cup, at first I thought it wasn't too bad then I tried to move and it hurt so bad, and I had to stay in for the clear so I could switch out with someone. I can't even imagine what it would have been like without a cup.

[MDlaxin69]

too uncomfortable for me... the only person on our team that wears one is the goalie, no one else

[mohawklax1212]

dude i cant. serious chaffage (sp)

[LacrsseJsusFrek]

i put some underarmour compression shorts over my boxers to keep everything in one place, then i have a "whitey-titey" style jock that only helps with the seperation, between all that i get no chaffing, all the protection, and i kinda enjoy it sometimes!

[fossil8412]

Not wearing a cup could be one of the most retarded decision ever...

[ingoo666]

dude i cant. serious chaffage (sp)

wear them over boxers.. then put ur comp shorts on..

[et1705]

I know goalies have to, but do you guys wear cups (field players).
I'm not wearing one right now in box, but since I'm probably going to be taking faceoffs outdoors I may want to invest in one (its a bit more of a struggle on grass than on hardwood).
So do you? Also, FO men, do you wear cups, especially. State your position anyways.
Goalies need not respond, but you loveable fellows are always welcome.
:bye

middie/longpole middie

YES i dont want to get killed.... ive already taken one ball to the cup

[SoKal-Lax]

i dont wear one during practice but during games i do, i know d guys that dont and to me thats really dumb!

[CreaseMiddie]

right now i dont wear one because i cant run with it on. im having second thoughts after i heard a story about a guy who got the the way of a crank shot and spent three months in the hospital with his family jewels the size of melons.

[trigrhapyfr3ak]

ive gotten hit in the nut by a stick like a 3 months ago and it hurt like a mother, but i still dont wear a cup. but i guess im set for murphey's law for another couple monthes at least before i get hit again

[LaxDman62]

I wear a cup and I dont even notice that im wearing it. At practice we have a lot of cup checks.

[nick908]

my coach cranked one during practice at one of our attacks and he got hit in the nuts. he got hit so hard it propelled him into the air and knocked him over. he didnt walk right for hours haha.

[LaxAttackman28]

I do most of the time, so i voted yes

[goaliebeast00]

I saw a kid get hit there and he ws crying. Then when he was trying to get off the field he fell. That is why I always were one

[gluesniffer]

I only wear mine in games. in practice i figure that i can protect myself better and people won't go after me in that region

[cgv1016]

i cant believe 100 people dont!!!...

[PuLsE_SpEeD]

considering I'm a goalie and I have to; yes

[stegmakk]

i cant believe 100 people dont!!!...
You know what that proves? Survival of the fittest...
Those that don't hopefully will get nailed in the jimmy and be unable to reproduce...thus filtering out the idiots who don't protect their junk.
:dummy:

[pinoyboy]

yes...im a girl

[Shakerlax8]

id love to have children wouldnt you? one really hard check to the kid who isnt wearing one wont have em

[slinkyspine]

I recently stopped.


Not because its uncomfortable... but rather beacuse my team mate who was wearing one got hit and it cut the cord that holds your balls... and if he wasnt wearing one the shot wasn't hard enough to break a ball.

[lax_dude]

or a Face off

[lax_dude]

when they try to make the ball pop out to the sides and the y clamp or scoop the family jewels

[laxin21]

haha that sounds nasty, i dont wear one cause one time it started chaffing me from running, worst feeling in the world muy uncomfortable

[Mayhem]

I wanna have kids when im older..lol...so yea i do

[goaliebeast00]

haha that sounds nasty, i dont wear one cause one time it started chaffing me from running, worst feeling in the world muy uncomfortable
That is what compression shorts are made for. Except in mine the cup sticks out so that makes me feel unsafe

[HeadHeartHustle]

It is manditory for all teams in my area to wear a cup. Last year a kid lost a ball, so now we all must wear one. I forgot to the other day though, and i felt sooo unsafe w/o it on. And I almost got hit there with a hard check. Lets say, i didnt play the rest of the day. lol

[KnightsLAXDad]

haha that sounds nasty, i dont wear one cause one time it started chaffing me from running, worst feeling in the world muy uncomfortable

I could imagine that being more uncomfortable than taking one in the pills. :concerned I've never liked wearing one, and alway second guessed why I did until last week I took a errant pass right in the package. I would have been going to the hospital if I wasn't wearing it.

[chrisbchicken13]

in pop warner the used to line u up and protend to hit u in the balls and if u flinched u had to prove u were wereing one by hitting ur self in the nuts or u couldnt play

[A-D-I-D-A-S]

I just wear a gertile (sp) but no cup I dont think ill need it beacuse playing mid I strongly doubt the ball will hit me there.

[stegmakk]

I just wear a gertile (sp) but no cup I dont think ill need it beacuse playing mid I strongly doubt the ball will hit me there.
yeah...and i dont wear a seatbelt because i strongly doubt ill get into an accident......

[laxkid891]

I just wear a gertile (sp) but no cup I dont think ill need it beacuse playing mid I strongly doubt the ball will hit me there.
im a mid and ive gotten slashed in my cup and hit in my cup with a shot.........oh and i do wear a cup :agree: nice analogy steggs

[baggataway20]

the shockdoctor compression shorts is what i use and they are comfortable. I wear them over my boxers. It was a velcro slot for your cup. Its not that bad... Ull get used to it. Lets just say that im not takin any chances.

[LAXspeed]

Hell yeah, it would be stupid not to!! Make you feel like this :crying: if you get hit

[rizzini]

i wear one sometimes. i really should be wearing one more often though.

[ADKlax24]

do you want to have kids one day??? i always wear a cup.no matter what, practice,game, always, i wish i could wear it to school.(just kidding)

[Crimdad]

I didnt wear them in middle school but now that I'm in high school and varsity level I wear it most of the time , I play defense

[laxmax137]

I don't feel the need.

[MeTHLax18]

do you guys think attackman middi or a defensemen should wear a cup most?

[Adrenaline]

I play attack, middie and ever so often D and i never have worn a kup, the benifits are out weighed by the disadvantages. A guy not wearing a cup is always gonna run faster then the guy wearing the cup

[Richmond LAX]

I'm sorry but I do not I play attack/midfeild

[Richmond LAX]

anyone know anything about the flex cup I am thinking of buying one?

[meestagoaliemon]

umm...YES!!!!!

[Ill_lax]

I face off for my team, last season had over 75 winning %, i wear a cup sometimes when i am not too lazy to put one on. At then end its all up to you if you wanna wear one that particular day, but you should certainly have one. Its like playing rullet sometimes you win and sometimes you loose. I remember i lost the game one day during summer league, hurt preaty bad!

[Cahillite LAX]

i have never played lax before but this is my first season and i am DEFINATLY going to wear a cup . Whenever i used to play baseball (2b) i always wore a cup but hated it so uncomfortable but that was also under those tight baseball pants. I think it will be better under shorts when playing LAX.

[lacrosse_newbie]

Yes... I go to namlig and Ryan Boyle is what makes me continue to wear one.

[Big_Woody_1326]

one of my coaches once said "always wear a cup. i've had 3 cups smashed yet they protected my jewels and i have 3 kids. 3 cups and 3 kids. coincidence?"

[Live4It]

I do most of the time, I do because it easier to concentrate, if you know what I mean, like when you're not wearing one I kinda worry about them, 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.

[CSlax06]

Better safe than sorry, really really really really really really really really sorry. I like my *cough cough* to be intact.

[wglax14]

do i wear a cup? always. a kid in my school lost a testicle playing football cuz he didnt wear a cup. hey, it could happen in lax too

[laxmandudeguy]

im a faceoff middie and i always wear one

[BravesLaxer]

For all the people who don't wear a cup YOUR DUMB. When you get hit in that area split your nuts in half and cry like a 3 year old girl, if I know you I am not going to say I told you so, I am just going to laugh until you realize how dumb you are for not wearing a cup. In the great game of lacrosse where people run around hiting each other with metal poles YOU HAVE TO WEAR A CUP PERIOD!!!!!!!!!

[matt25]

Ouch today at practice coach threw pass to me went right through the legs just hitting my balls a little bit, nevertheless it hurt pretty bad not so much then but now it's a bit painful at the moment i think the tip helped absorb some of the hit as it did not fully hit my balls but i will be wearing a cup at practice now from now on here.

[hattrick619]

i play attack and was jimmy slapped 3 times last season, but next season im def gonna wear one. ive gotten away safely tho without one but im mainly a fastbreaker

[Lax4life528]

I usually wear a cup, but sunday, I was running late for my game and forgot to put it on. Of course, I get hit in the balls on a shot that bounced off the pipe.

[lifeoflax45]

dude, i got hit there last year in a game and I've been soo scared that this would happen again and I so I never go to practice/games without one. Also theres a good number of idiots out there that do cup checks and that hurts so without one I'm sunk

[hvlacrosse311]

My freshman year i wore a cup, and every game i played in my special area would get hit by a ball, stick or kicked. I havent worn a cup since my sophmore year and i have never gotten hit down there again. I think cups are bad luck for me.

[lifeoflax45]

this kid on my team looked like he had a baseball in his pants after he got hit in the nads. it swelled!
dang man, don't saay the b-word, this is a lacrosse site!!! but anyway, how was he, was he ok after that??

[JohnsHopkins16]

It is a no brainer, sure people believe that are uncomfortable, but its risk vs reward. I would rather wear a cup with a tad less comfort then risk my "mcnuggets"...

[HeadHeartHustle]

Necro-Posted from the stone age! lol
Ive already posted here but i still wear mine. And instead of a jock-strap, i got compression shorts, which are so much nicer.

[Dub C lacrosse]

are you crazy man?!?!
even tho the chances of gettin hit there arent great, i still wear mine...thats like saying...hey...im not gonna get in a car crash so im not gonna wear my seat belt...


What do you mean the chances aren't that great? I get hit there like 10 times a season. :sad:

[abenaki lax 11]

well some kid on my team got whaled during practice and lets just say nothing good happened to him down in that AREA.

[Lax4life528]

I cant believe that a third of the lacrosse players still don't wear cups. By the way, I wear compression shorts and tape my cup into the pouch. Its alot more comfortable and the cup won't move or go sideways.

[middyman911]

You must be crazy to not wear a cup, last year a defender got hit, and he like couldn't walk

[Titanoh]

I haven't been wearing mine for practices...seeing as I need to get a new one...

[Tehb2]

Yeah in indoor i don't feel like taking the time, but most of the time I'll put one on for field lax. Never actually been hit in a game, but the threat is always there. As an attackman, I have the dpoles to worry about, and they don't care where they hit you, and I've been a screen a few times on shots so....gotta watch out.

Only place I've been hit was at a practice on a stray pass. Doesn't have to hit hard, but puts you down. :roll:

[Green34]

I'm a fogo so i don't really use one.