Sweat suits, trousers and tracksuits are necessary for players sitting in the team bench area. The idea is to ensure that the players waiting in the team bench to be warm.
Sports Shoes.
The game is fast paced. You are required to run, jump, frequently change direction, bend and stop and start with a rush. For your safety it is crucial for you to have a good quality basketball shoe as they have soles which are non-slippery besides they are well cushioned inside. Having a non-slippery pair of basketball shoes will help prevent falling which is beneficial for the game and could stop you from getting injured.
In basketball there are certain items that can help prevent injury from occurring like and ankle brace and a jumpers knee strap. These support the joints when you jump and run to help prevent soft tissue injuries like sprains and strains.
The Ball.
A standard Basketball should be spherical and in orange hue. Plastic or leather or rubber, any one of these is used in manufacturing the ball. The Diameter of the ball should be between 75 and 78 cms. The weight should not be less than 567 gm and not more than 650 gm. Since Basketball is all about bouncing the ball, bounce is very vital. According to the Regulations, if a ball is just dropped from a height of 1.8 m on the court surface, it must rebound not less than 1.2 m and not more than 1.4m.
Protective clothing in cricket.
Cricketers wear protective helmets, gloves and shin pads when batting, they wear these garments to prevent them from contracting head injuries and fractures to their hands or legs.
Protective cricket clothing is another essential piece of cricket protection. These protective garments help to keep protective equipment positioned in specific parts of the body and prevent them from moving and leaving the players body exposed to high impacts.
These protective garments include:
Chest Protector
Lightweight slim profile multiple layered chest protector with a unique holster design and reversible shape. It’s protective and stays in place.
Lower Body Strippers
Stripper design is an integrated system to protect both the thighs, around the inner groin, the lower abdomen, the hip-bone as well as the both upper thighs and part of the buttocks. Strippers are a Lower Body Protector rather than a simple thigh guard. Protective and durable.
Leg Protectors
Snug fit from a wrap around anatomical 3-dimensional shape. Extremely Lightweight.
Safety Guidance on the Wearing of Cricket Helmets by Young Players
The England and Wales Cricket Board has issued safety guidance on the wearing of cricket helmets by young players.
- It is recommended that a helmet is worn by young players when batting and when standing up to the stumps when keeping wicket against a hard cricket ball in matches and in practice.
- A young player should not be allowed to bat or to stand up to the stumps when keeping wicket without a helmet against a hard ball except with written parental consent. Coaches, teachers, managers and umpires should always ensure that a young player wears a helmet if this written parental consent has not been received.
- Players should regard a helmet with a faceguard as a normal item of protective equipment when batting against a hard ball, together with pads, gloves and, for boys, an abdominal protector (box).
- There is a British Standard (BS7928.1998) for cricket helmets and it is in the best interests of players to ensure that their helmet conforms to this standard.
The ECB is recommending that this guidance is followed by all players up to the age of 18. It applies to young players in adult cricket as well as to all junior cricket played with a hard cricket ball.
In cricket a way to minimise the risk of an injury in children is for them to play with a smaller and softer ball. Changing the ball will have two affects:
- A larger, softer ball is slower and easier to see so the players have more time to make a shot or catch;
- Also if the ball does strike a batter or a fielder, there is less risk of injury because this ball is softer than a standard cork ball.
