In basketball, the importance of physical labor is self-evident. Dribble, layup, shooting, etc. All need the cooperation of arms and elbows. Similarly, the probability of arm injury will be greatly increased.
The arm guard can keep the arm temperature and muscle tension. Temperature is to ensure that the energy of the arm is not easily lost, and tightness is to keep the muscles in a state of adapting to strenuous exercise, so that it is not easy to strain the arm muscles or cramp. At the same time, protect the elbow to ensure that the skin on the arm will not be scratched during the ball fight.
2. Knee pads
Knee joint is a transit point of lower limbs and an extremely important part in sports. Because the knee joint arm is long, it is a load-bearing joint, and it is easy to get injured if the movement is slightly deviated. By pressing the knee pads, the injuries caused by joint torsion, overstretching and bending can be reduced; Through the cushioning of knee pads, the impact of physical contact can be reduced and injuries can be avoided.
3. Ankle protection
Most people have experienced the pain of spraining their ankles The ankle joint is the closest bearing joint to the ground, which means that the ankle joint is the most bearing joint in the whole body. The stability of ankle joint plays an important role in daily activities and normal exercise.
Appropriate ankle protector can help strengthen the muscles around the ankle joint, fix and protect the ankle joint, prevent ankle sprain and achilles tendon strain.
For athletes with ankle injuries, it can also effectively reduce the range of joint movement, relieve pain and speed up recovery. Especially some people with unstable ankles should wear foot pads. In addition, during strenuous exercise such as gymnastics, adhesive tape should be wrapped around the ankle pad for fixation.
4. Goggles
In the fierce competitive sports, the collision between participants is inevitable. However, it's good to meet someone from other places. If the eye is hit once, it will cause temporary pain, eye damage and eyeball injury.
To reduce this situation, sports goggles came into being. Generally, sports goggles are equipped with PC lenses with high safety level, and are equipped with engineering plastic frames, which greatly improve the eye's ability to fight and minimize the risk of eye injury.
5, finger protection
Refers to a piece of cloth used to protect the joints of fingers. In today's society, finger protection has basically become one of the necessary sports equipment for basketball players. Finger is the most active part and one of the most vulnerable parts. Athletes have a high probability of finger tendon inflammation. In order to prevent sprain or accelerate recovery, wearing a finger protector is one of the effective methods.