Why don't Soccer players use shin gaurds?
339570
in official games all players MUST wear shin guards (or pads) as it is a requirement. However in training sessions many players choose not to as it is more comforatble without them.\n\nAnd in fact shin guards protect from minor injuries like bruises, but in the case of a more serious injury (like a broken leg) shin guards actually do more harm.
930875
why do soccer substitutes wear those yellow adidas or puma overshirts when they are on the bench?\n\nAnswer:\nTo distinguish themselves from the other players and to obey the rules of the soccer game.
774887
They work because people do the exercises that come with the shoe purchase.  You could get the same results by doing the exercises and drills without the shoes.  Most people also develop stress fractures in their shins resulting in the muscular imbalance between the muscles of the lower leg.\n\nSave your money.  Get a trainer to give you a strength and plyometric workout regimen, it will be a better use of your money.
488815
1.Don"t think so.\n2.Because they can't play in soccer.\n3.Nothing.
1009327
Nearly all soccer players are hot. The amount of running required in the game necessitates a lean and fit body. They should play in their underwear.
1144648
because!\n\nu would get tired of playing soccer for whole 90 minutes wouldnt you?
1056681
they really don't practice, they play soccer for fun ALL THE TIME and EVERYWHERE. that is why they are so good. in the states you have to be on a field with lines and have perfect goalsand also have to play with a nike ball and expensive shoes in order to play. SAD BUT TRUE
896763
Hockey socks are much bigger and fit over your shin pads.  They go all the way up, over your thigh and connect to your garters or jock.  They also have no feet.
441884
It is normal.  The back and forth motion, added to the starting and stopping, ends up working muscles that your body is not used to exercising.  Also, playing on a hard surface isn't the best for the calves & shins.  The more often you play, the less your calves should hurt.
1108357
American Football Players. They wear pads because 300 pound guys are coming at them full speed and they are aloud to have contact.  There are no yellow cards.  Just look at them most Football (soccer) players are petite that is why the best players tend to come from countries with little people.  Very rarely do you see a person 5'8 on the football field.  Women do not play american football in grade school.
310180
Because the US cannot except anything that is not their own. Soccer was not created in the US, as opposed to basketball, baseball, and the fake American football. \n\nThey wouldn't know a good sport unless it was deep fried and wrapped in a hot dog bun.
1070087
Trust me, they aint that weak in football as you think. It just that they are lack of physical ability such as stamina, height, etc than the caucasian. But they make it up with their skills! Go to China/Korea/Japan or even some countries like Indonesia. They could juggle and pass the ball as good as the brazilian. Why you don't see that many Asian in the international league is because you could get same player with the same skills in Europe + the heighthen physical ability.
288715
People wonder why soccer is a low scoring sport.\nI know why.\n***\nI guy scores a goal.\nHe tears off his jersey and sinks to his knees.\nThen the rest of the team jumps all over him and B+tt F+cks him in turn.
1112209
soccer is a  sport  with tough contact where you are\n\nallowed to lean hard with your body weight against \n the body of your opponent.Given the difference of corpu \nlence between women and men this would produce\nserious  bone lesions in the vertebrae and pelvis of \nthese  girls thats why FIFA frowns at this mixture \n\n\np\nthe onentur opp yoy of
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I think that your right, soccer players who dive or act hurt makes the sport less credible to many fans.  \n  I do think that you shouldn't forget all of the American sports where acting hurt gets you calls and it is not looked down upon.  In basketball, players take charges and flail their arms up in order to get offensive charges called.  In football, kickers and wide receivers often make a dramatic fall in order to get massive penalties called.  In hockey, players go down in a second if they are being hooked.  For some reason, these overreactions are looked highly upon in American sports, but looked down upon in soccer.  \n  I think your right, there is no place for faking injuries in sports, but dont forget about the standard which has been set in American sports as well.
879239
Nike shin guards.  For Beckham, Adidas.
999331
First and foremost, I don't think that the dedication to the game of soccer is strong enough in the States.  There isn't anything a coach or more money will help if you don't have players that play the game from the time they learn to walk.  Americans have so many things on their plates, that they don't dedicate 100% to any particular sport.  In order to be competitive in the world arena, we need to have programs that offer the sport more than four months a year and the players need to dedicate their sporting lives to the game.  If they don't, we will continue to be mediocre.