Hey guys,
I'm contemplating between getting a compression shirt or pair of shoulder pads for rugby.
I have played one pre season game with borrowed pads but went with neither shirt nor pads for my remaining two pre season games and one regular season game as the whether is still a bit warm but should be cold enough soon for me to run around in pads or a shirt without sweating to death (although I heard compression shirts keep your body at a set temperature?...)
I am quite a strong player offensively but defensively I am average; the one game when I wore shoulder pads I noticed that my tackling was stronger and more solid.
I don't really know what compression shirts are useful for, but I've seen a few people playing with them on so I thought I'd find out about them and their benefits.
So my question is:
Do you wear/have you worn shoulder pads or a compression shirt?
Have you worn both; if so, which do you prefer?
The most important thing for me is to improve my tackling, which I know shoulder pads do. But if shirts are helpful as well I'd rather get them as they are supposedly more comfortable.
Thanks guys
I'm contemplating between getting a compression shirt or pair of shoulder pads for rugby.
I have played one pre season game with borrowed pads but went with neither shirt nor pads for my remaining two pre season games and one regular season game as the whether is still a bit warm but should be cold enough soon for me to run around in pads or a shirt without sweating to death (although I heard compression shirts keep your body at a set temperature?...)
I am quite a strong player offensively but defensively I am average; the one game when I wore shoulder pads I noticed that my tackling was stronger and more solid.
I don't really know what compression shirts are useful for, but I've seen a few people playing with them on so I thought I'd find out about them and their benefits.
So my question is:
Do you wear/have you worn shoulder pads or a compression shirt?
Have you worn both; if so, which do you prefer?
The most important thing for me is to improve my tackling, which I know shoulder pads do. But if shirts are helpful as well I'd rather get them as they are supposedly more comfortable.
Thanks guys