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Summary: Protect yourself on the ice with hockey pants and shin guards. Learn how to play ice hockey with this free video lesson.
"All right, our next piece of equipment is the hockey pants. Very important, it helps protect you against slap-shots, you don't want to get hit with a puck and not have good, a good pair of pants. Trust me, it hurts. They got padding, all along the waist area; in the legs, all the way down to the knee. You just slip them on, and tie them up and you're ready to go. Next we have the shin guards. Obviously they go right on your shins. Just strap them on, you're good to go with those. You want to get a good solid pair of these, they're going to help you stop shots, slashing, stuff like that. That will help protect you a lot. So get a good pair that fits good."
eHow Article: Using Hockey Pants & Shin Guards
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shrek86 said
on 8/6/2009 Hi,
Its wonderful informative videos of using Ice Hockey Uniforms. The million dollar question comes when purchasing the uniforms. They are so expensive if you purchase them in stores, because all the taxes and cost of storage adds up. I buy my uniforms from http://www.teamuniformsusa.com. Which gives me discounted prices, and quality products. Please let me know if you find better pricing than this.