Gumshield wearing, yea, nay & what benefit : Wed Aug 20, 2014 12:03 pm
I'm looking into 'protective' equipment and comparisons to other sports and the perceived benefits/risk compensation (if any) and common sense that actually isn't in that it contradicts the statistics.Having being a non wearer for many years, when I came back to the sport in my early 30s (10+ years ago) I started wearing one as everone else seemed to be.
Then I stopped after a few games feeling I didn't need one & reckoned the chances of being smashed in the head/face in such a way as to do much damage (or the type of damage a gumshield might prevent) seemed very low even as a 2nd rower, though my playing level wasn't all that high the hits/contact were still pretty tough.
If you could give me a simple reason why/why not and what benefit (or not) you thought it gave you.
thanks muchly