Crotch Protection

I normally just wear a hard baseball cup to play paintball in but it's getting on my nerves. While it does keep my boys 100% safe, it can get annoying after a long day of play and actually start to rub on the side of my legs so much it scrapes skin off.

I've been trying to look for a good alternative to this cup, but really am not sure.

I've heard/seen...
1-soft cups?
2-paintball sliding/padded shorts

Are there any other good options, and could you give me some feedback on the 2 items I've listed?

The paintball sliding shorts seem to be decent, but do they really absorb all the impact that you could take to the nuts? I don't really want to feel any of the force of a paintball down there.

Thanks guys!

Two things
where a pair of net shorts under your pants, something double layered. That always works for me

Second, if you play woods ball, buy a pistol like a pgp, put the holster in front of the boys, its the best reason to buy a pistol, it bails you out in more than one way

lol one good way is to not stick the boys out to play when your paintballing. But that all just personal preference, some of us have to pee wile were playin in the woods. i almost got shot when an instance like that happened. but anyways just were baggy pants and theyll bounce off or just put like a belt on and make like a leotard type thing to give them curtains

heres what i do I stick some cloth in between my legs wear the big stick is. at first it feels really cool.  that alwas works for me. but make shure to pack the cloth in so that its a little baggy and a little tight.

You could protect your children by getting one of those 2-pod packs and arranging it so that it goes in front of them.

What I do is just move in such a way that my legs can protect them.

How, you ask? Simple. I move up the field diagonally. That way, one of my theighs(sp?) will always be in front.


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Well, I guess mostly what I was looking for was feedback on those WONE, DYE, etc. paintball sliding shorts. It seems like the best solution other than a cup.

And as for changing my playing style so I won't get hit there, it's impossible. Paintball is a 360 degree sport. Shots can come from anywhere. When I'm making a mad dash across a field or perhaps jumping a creek it's always a possibility that I'll get hit in the nuts. In fact, I normally get hit there every other time I go to the field.

I just never want to end up in the ER or laying down coughing with a popped/bruised testicle because I didn't use a good method of protection.

I wear a cheap soft cup I got at Big-5. Never needed it, but why take a chance. It's not the most comfortable thing to wear, but I've worn it overnight (24 hour game) without any problems. When I say not the most comfortable, I mean compared to just a pair of boxers. Much more comfortable than a hard cup, and you can move, run, twist, etc without the pain of having a hard cup digging into you.

I wear a pair of jeans (slightly baggy) and camo/hunting pants (thicker cotton, or overalls/coveralls would work as well) which should also be a little baggy.

The paint bounces off the crotch shots, and the baggy pants work well in preventing any injuries.

The DYE pants are pretty baggy as well, I'm sure there will be sufficient space to keep you protected.

I use one of these with slider shorts. Extremely comfortable. They have flexible sides.

http://www.xoathletic.com/

Well i will be honest, me and some friends play just about every weekend and during the winter i usedto just double up my pants.  I would have on a pair of sweatpants, not a $2 pair from Wally World (Walmart) but a nice thick pair from Aeropostale or Old Navy (doesn't have to be from there just as an example).  and I got hit many a times in the vicinity of the twins, but it never really hurt.  Then my cousin did the same thing and got stung pretty good on the "tip of his iceberg" and turned stuff black and blue for a week.  he said it hurt to do just about everything and that is when i started to look into some protection.  The only want to stay completely protected i would think is by a hard cup, soft cups might protect the twins, but they wont protect big brother.