As a broke graduate living in a recession (cue sympathy vote lol, it's a tough world out there son!), it's becoming more and more of a realisation that I need to get creative to cost cut to keep playing sport as regularly as I want to (which is quite more than once a week in all honesty). And I still want the right equipment and the old school approach of wizardry and gadgetry to get the most out of my kit and play, just on a budget!
With wrist supports, this piece of kit helps look after your palms and wrists, stopping your wrist turning back too far when stopping a really powerful shot with a drive like Madrid's Ronaldo (which clocks in at 40mph or thereabouts - actually quite fast for a football - enough to break a Bournemouth fan's arm in the process, so fast enough to do real damage!). They are the replacement to strapping bandages around the arm, wrist and palms to keep this area reinforced and supported to strengthen when palming shots and heavy shots into the area. I'll show different bandage methods at some point in the near future, but for now, this will have to make do and this clip on the Utube shows and explains the uses, and the more common neoprene design that is made by companies including the well known goalie supporter Reusch.
And living near a pound shop (where, you guessed it, everything is a pound a piece, hip-hip-hooray!), means I can get access to easily available and cheap alternatives. And one unlikely one is a ankle support used for supporting said area after a bad fall/twisted ankle etc. or for supporting the ankle in other sports like kickboxing. Easily washable, they also seem to do the job well enough (more than enough tbh on review) to be a good replacement for wrist straps. Holding tight to the wrist as much as you would want and find in a neoprene version, they enable greater support for the wrist without interfering with your gloves, helping get a tighter fit actually when strapping on your goalkeeping gloves before the game.
Boxed up:
With wrist supports, this piece of kit helps look after your palms and wrists, stopping your wrist turning back too far when stopping a really powerful shot with a drive like Madrid's Ronaldo (which clocks in at 40mph or thereabouts - actually quite fast for a football - enough to break a Bournemouth fan's arm in the process, so fast enough to do real damage!). They are the replacement to strapping bandages around the arm, wrist and palms to keep this area reinforced and supported to strengthen when palming shots and heavy shots into the area. I'll show different bandage methods at some point in the near future, but for now, this will have to make do and this clip on the Utube shows and explains the uses, and the more common neoprene design that is made by companies including the well known goalie supporter Reusch.
And living near a pound shop (where, you guessed it, everything is a pound a piece, hip-hip-hooray!), means I can get access to easily available and cheap alternatives. And one unlikely one is a ankle support used for supporting said area after a bad fall/twisted ankle etc. or for supporting the ankle in other sports like kickboxing. Easily washable, they also seem to do the job well enough (more than enough tbh on review) to be a good replacement for wrist straps. Holding tight to the wrist as much as you would want and find in a neoprene version, they enable greater support for the wrist without interfering with your gloves, helping get a tighter fit actually when strapping on your goalkeeping gloves before the game.
Boxed up:
Out of the box:
Worn; notice how close a fit they are, with tight hugging for maximum support of the palm and wrist:
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