In our latest Podcast, Cyd and I discussed whether athletes wore cups or even needed to. We received this thoughtful response from a listener who provided some terrific information:
I enjoyed listening to the podcast about cups and jocks. Who SHOULD wear a cup? As a former EMT who took care of many athletic injuries, I can say that anyone with a pair of testicles should wear at least a jock, and in contact sports, some type of cup.
Testicular injuries are VERY painful. I have seen a direct hit in which the testicle literally unravels and requires surgical removal. I experienced a direct hit while on a call for a domestic assault, and from that time on wore a cup to all such incidents. (Most of my EMT, fireman and law enforcement buddies wear cups for work.)
The absolute best protection, and best comfort with full movement, is given by layering: a regular jock, comp shorts, and then a cup jock over the comp shorts. If this proves to be too warm, then chose a regular jock under a cup pocket pair of comp shorts. You never out grow your need for testicular protection, it is not just for “kids.”
All the best to you, “stay strapped,”
RR
Question to all jocks: Do you wear a cup, and why or why not? If not, what do you do for protection?
on Dec 8th, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Yes, I always wear a jock strap. One, it holds everything in place and I don’t flop around. Plus, I love walking around with it on in the locker room and bending over. I also have thong jocks as well. I sort of prefer the thong over the traditional jocks.
on Dec 10th, 2008 at 2:33 AM
Got hit once while pitching in a casual softball game. Fortunately not a direct smash, but I jumped just enough so that we ended up with some pendulum action. Damn painful all the same. I pretty much wear a cup most of the time now.
on Dec 19th, 2008 at 5:49 AM
I wear a cup in sports almost all the time after I got racked bad playing football while in college.
on Dec 19th, 2008 at 10:54 AM
Wear a cup for contact sports. Wear a jock for the hell of it.
on Mar 28th, 2009 at 8:05 AM
i always wear a cup now too. even to to gym class. one time i didnt and this hot girl kicked me right in the groin. now i always wear a jock with a cup over a pair of briefs to gym class.
on Mar 28th, 2009 at 1:07 PM
As Cosmo Kramer would say, “My boys need a house” just prior to checking out boxers and then becoming a free baller.
No kidding. They all work too. Man does he fill out/pack a jock strap real nice. He won’t wear a cup though. Says they dig in too much.
Comp shorts in the winter and a swimmers jock in the summer. Jock w/a cup for softball or chucking the lacrosse ball around. Bad hops always find their target. A bruised testicle hurts just sitting let alone moving around and it’s intolerable to ice them.
I got kicked by a horse once where even a cup wouldn’t have helped. Thought I was “outa the game” for good. It hurt to have sex over 2 months afterword.
I have a friend who has 3 big balls