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Shin Pads, Shin guard
A shin guard or shin pad, is a piece of equipment worn on the front of an athlete’s shin to protect it from injury. These are commonly used in sports including association football, baseball, ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, cricket and mountain bike trials. They are also used in combat sports and martial arts competitions including kickboxing, mixed martial arts, taekwondo, karate and professional wrestling. This is due to either being required by the rules/laws of the sport or worn voluntarily by the participants for protective measures. (Elastic Hand Pads)
History
The shin guard (Elastic Hand Pads) was inspired by the concept of a greave. A greave is a piece of armour used to protect the shin. It is a Middle English term, derived from an Old French word, greve (pronounced gri’v), meaning shin or shin armour. The etymology of this word not only describes the use and purpose of shin guards, but also contributes to dating the technology.
This technology dates back to ancient times as early as Greek and Roman Republics. Back then, shin guards were viewed as purely protective measures for warriors in battle and were made of bronze or other hard, sturdy materials.
The earliest known physical proof of the technology appeared when archaeologist Sir William Temple discovered a pair of bronze greaves with a Gorgon’s head design in the relief on each knee capsule. After careful, proper examination it was estimated that the greaves were made in Apulia, a region in Southern Italy, around 550/500 B.C. This area fell under the Roman Empire boundaries and is known as today as the Salento Peninsula; it is more commonly known as the heel of Italy.
This discovery is not considered the oldest known application of shin guards, but all other references lie in written or pictorial medians.
As time progressed into the 19th century a major shift in the application of shin guards occurred. The overall purpose of protecting the shin was maintained, but instead of being used for fighting, it became applied to sports. This paradigm shift dominates today’s market use of shin guards as they are used mostly in sports. Other applications do exist though for protecting the lower leg in other physical activities such as hiking, mixed martial arts, and kickboxing, but all these activities can also be considered for sport instead of being necessary in battle.
Cricket was the first sport to adopt the use of shin guards (Elastic Hand Pads). The introduction of this equipment was not motivated by the need for protection, but rather a strategic device to gain an advantage for the batsman. The batsman who wore the leg pads was able to cover the stumps with his protected legs and prevent the ball from hitting the stumps, instead the ball bowled into the batsman.
Thus, the protection provided by the leg pads provided the batsman confidence to play without suffering pain or injury. This resulted in an offensive advantage; instead of hitting the wickets to get the batsman out, the bowler hits the batsman giving him another chance to hit the ball. This was addressed in 1809 with a rule change called leg before wicket, where the umpire was allowed to deduce whether the ball would have hit the stumps if the batter was not hit first. Leg pads became more popular as protective measures against the impact from the ball and are worn by the batsman, the wicket-keeper, and the fielders that are fielding in close to the batsman.
Association football was the next major sport to see the introduction of the shin guard (Elastic Hand Pads). Sam Weller Widdowson is credited for bringing shin guards to the sport in 1874. He played cricket for Nottingham shire and football for Nottingham Forest, and he got the idea to protect himself based on his cricket experiences.
Widdowson cut down a pair of cricket shin pads and strapped them to the outside of his stockings using straps of leather.Other players ridiculed him initially, but shin guards eventually caught on as players saw the practical use of protecting their shins.Today, there are a two basic types of shin guards used in association football: slip-in shin (Elastic Hand Pads) guards and ankle shin guards.
In baseball, one of the innovators of the modern shin guard (Elastic Hand Pads), New York Giants catcher Roger Bresnahan, began wearing shin guards in 1907.Made of leather, the guards were fastened with straps and hooks. Batters began wearing shin guards at the plate in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
After the application of shin guards (Elastic Hand Pads) in association football, they quickly spread to other sports and are now considered necessary for most contact sports
