The SM HK Special Pads are fitted with plastazote padded curvature to wrap around the slenderest thigh, a malleable knee bolster for ease of movement and protective padded shin bolsters to give ...

The NFL mandated thigh and knee pads from 1979 to 1994 ... The league worked to establish the baseline for what is considered a protective pad, Hanks said. More than 30 options — mostly ...

NFL team owners approved a rule change Tuesday that will require players to wear knee and thigh ... fact the pads are far better than they were even a decade ago. They’re more protective.

Guys who are dazed are getting yanked up by the shoulder pads. The trick with thigh pads is about finding the right balance. That’s to say, which ones can give a player full mobility as speed is ...

knee and thigh pads for three years. ''I believe the technology has improved, the pads are far better than a decade ago, they allow better performance and are more protective. Every other level of ...

The New York Times did and it looked at how shoulder pads have become sleeker and smaller -- as well as more protective -- through the years. This season the NFL mandated leg and thigh pads.

For now, helmets and shoulder pads are the only protective equipment required ... The days of fully armored players with bulky thigh and hip pads rippling beneath uniforms are long gone ...

knee and thigh pads for three years. "I believe the technology has improved, the pads are far better than a decade ago, they allow better performance and are more protective. Every other level of ...