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Gridiron football players wear various pieces of equipment for the protection of the body during the course of a football game. Basic equipment worn by most football players include a helmet, shoulder pads, gloves, shoes, and thigh and knee pads, a mouthguard, and a jockstrap or compression shorts with or without a protective cup.
(The video can be viewed here, with Aponte's remarks at the 37:45 mark.) As Aponte mentioned, the NFL mandated wearing Guardian Caps during early training camp practices for all players except ...
Hassan Hall wearing a Guardian Cap in 2023. Guardian Cap is a line of soft-shell pads that attach to and cover the outside of a gridiron football or ice hockey helmet.They have been used in football practices since 2015, with the National Football League (NFL) first mandating their use for some position groups since 2022.
The usage and development of protective gear in sports has evolved through time, and continues to advance over time. Many sports league or professional sports mandate the provision and usage of protective gear for athletes in the sport. Usage of protective gear is also mandated in college athletics and occasionally in amateur sports. [1]
The NFL has mandated the caps' use at practices for some players since 2022. Defensive backs and receivers have joined the position groups now required to wear the caps during all contact practices.
No players will be required to wear the caps during games, but they now have the option to do so. “We’ve got two years of data now showing significant concussion reductions in those players that wear Guardian Caps in the NFL,” Dr. Allen Sills, the league's chief medical officer, said during a recent webinar discussion.
The National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE, pronounced /'nɒxsi/ NOKH-see) is a nonprofit standards organization which develops standards for the manufacture of certain protective athletic equipment in the sports of baseball, football, hockey, lacrosse, and polo. NOCSAE conducts and funds scientific research ...
In gridiron football, the face mask is the part of the helmet that directly covers the face. It is a major source of protection for the players, made of metal covered either with a rubber or plastic coating. Early facemasks were made of pure plastic. [1] Details of the face mask may vary according to each player and their needs for their position.