The Jaco Clothing Guardian Protective Cup System

Here’s the new of Jaco Protective Cup System as they call it. This is specifically made for MMA fighters and anyone who gets in a lot of rumbles. I’m sure you could use it in any other sport as well. The Jaco is now just another option for you to wear when you’re engaging in athletic events

Heres a link to get yourself a Jaco Clothing Guardian Protective Cup System:

http://www.jacoclothing.com/

8 Things You Didn’t Know About The Athletic Cups (Unless You’re Some Sort Of Athletic Cup Expert)

This is from an article on the Guy Code Blog

Heres a link to it: http://guycodeblog.mtv.com/

Here are 8 things you probably didn’t know about athletic cups.

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The history of the athletic cups is a forgotten one. Bound to the depths of a funky, swampy place, the apparatus is an unnoticeable part of our uniforms. Consider this list a wake-up call. Take notes, ’cause you’ll never know when your next sack-tapping will be.

1. In 1874, the indubitably brilliant Charles Bennet of Sharp & Smith, a Chicago-based sporting goods company, had the vision of creating an athletic supporter for men that would allow them to ride bikes with comfortable junk. The device he invented to remedy what was once called “floppy man parts” was the “bike jockey strap,” and it forever changed the sporting world.

2. Three decades later, in 1904, baseball catcher Claude Berry brought “the cup” to the playing field. Worried about his safety, the over-cautious Berry started to wear them during games. Apparently a fastball to the nads isn’t all that pleasant.

3. In 1920, Joe Cartledge of the Guelph Elastic Hosiery Company began to sell cups commercially under the name “Protex.” The extra ball protection that Protex provided became attractive to early hockey players who didn’t so much mind losing their teeth but really wanted to hang on to their balls.

4. Over the years the cup was remodeled to fit different types of athletes but it has yet to be made entirely indestructible. Legendary Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench proved that by breaking seven cups during his career.

5. Ventilation, moisture transport, multistage impact protection and ergonomic design are some of the nice innovations that have been made to the unsung hero of our genitalia.

6. Ball trauma accounts for less than 1 percent of all traumas in the U.S. each year.

7. The last great innovation in cup technology came with the invention of the Nutty Buddy, which promises unprecedented levels of comfort while “protecting the boys.”

8. The right testis is injured more often than the left because of the greater possibility of trapping it against the pubis.

Player Gets Hit In The Nuts By A Pitch!

This college baseball game was put on hold for a little while after one of the players got hit square in the nuts with a errant slider. There is only one thing in the world that can save you from a pain such as that and that is the most important piece of equipment ever the athletic cup. You can’t control where that crazy ball goes whether its a baseball, football, soccer ball, or even a hockey puck so it is just nuts (pun intended) to not wear a cup.

How to choose and wear a cup

http://www.wikihow.com/Choose-and-Wear-a-Protective-Cup-for-Sports

This article goes through the process of getting and then putting on a athletic cup.  I know this doesn’t seem like a complicated process to choose and then put on a cup but some people have managed to do it wrong before.  I swear one friend on my high school team put his on upside down for the couple weeks so if you don’t know how to (and it’s fine if you don’t) just give this

article a quick look

Baseball umpire gets hit in the nuts with a 96 mph fast ball

The title says it all. This unsuspecting umpire was just trying to do his job and has his nuts brutally hit with a 96 mph fastball. Most people won’t ever have a ball this fast coming at them but I’m pretty sure this video will make you want to put a cup on. You don’t want to get caught with out a cup on a 60 mph fastball let alone 96 mph. We’ve already seen the Nutty Buddy take 95 mph from point blank range but the moral of the story is if you’re going to play a sport or umpire one for that matter wear a cup. It’s not hard.

Kid Gets Hit In The Nuts With A Ball

Here’s a video of two kids playing around in their front yard and at about 50 seconds it goes wrong. These kids obviously aren’t the sharpest tools in the sheds if they are tossing balls and swinging at them from like 10 feet away and of course they aren’t wearing cups. If they were though this video would be a lot less funny.

Why a Catcher Needs to Wear a Cup

This video is pretty self explanatory. The catcher in the video is not wearing a athletic cup and he pays an extreme price because of it. It honestly baffles me that people can go out on to a field without a cup on and how coaches and parents can allow it. It is the single most important piece of equipment you could ever put on.

Bike Athletic Cups Save You from Extreme Pain

Here’s a very good and funny commercial in which Bike Athletic Cups are showcased and save the young man in the commercial from extreme physical and emotional pain. Here is yet another reason to wear a cup at all times.

Here are some links to Bike Atheltics

http://bike.russellathletic.com/

Little Kids Test Out Their Cups

These young baseball players who have their athletic cups on are having some fun with them and showing why they are absolutely necessary when playing sports. This video would be a lot less cute if these kids weren’t wearing cups.

Kid Hits Dad in the Nuts

Here’s a cute little video that proves you can’t even play with wiffle balls with out wearing a cup. This little kid rips his dad’s pitch right back at him and get him where it hurts. If only he was wearing a cup.