Wrestling/Volleyball Knee Pads for Practice

My thoughts
This season I want everyone one integrated girdles and shorts

Knee pads are basically useless
We never go live In practice
We stay up on all tackles and form work

We don't need knee pads
Id rather them be comfortable and have more energy

Girdles shorts and shells every day is what I want for our every day practice dress code

In college we wore these kind of kneepads and as a wrestler, I really liked it. I could put them down around my ankles and feel cooler during certain times and pull them up when we went full go. Haven't done it as a HC because I just don't have the money, and honestly, I forgot about it.

We use a simple McDavid volleball kneepad. They pretty much get destroyed after two years. We've gotten more expensive versions but they don't seem to last any longer.  We have used the Asics knee pads as well but the McDavid is a little better price and pretty much the same thing.  I have had a few kids with the 7 point integrated girdle but it seems a bit expensive to get lots of kids buying them.  I'm curious what others use as well.

Not to hijack the thread, but because I don't want 2?   I mean if it's not for you cool.
But we don't wear knee pads period, I would love to wear the volleyball pads, but haven't gotten around to it.

I think it worked fine for us not wearing knee pads, guess I need to try it again and see.

To add onto what Key said, it didn't really matter what brand. After the initial 50 or so we're bought, I maybe had to replace 10-12 a year and those were mostly for all of the linemen.

I'm going into my 4th yr w a JV program that allowed these knee pads. I've move up the chain now and we no longer use them at my request. Just found that kids complained too much for be being allowed to wear them during a game or would forget to put knee pads in game day. So it avoided that hassle and created creatures of habit this year. Also we have maybe 2 weeks of shorts weather (Canada) so its of little use..

Not sure of our brand, but I do know it was a heavy cloth and in the previous years they did hold up quite well. We had our best season last year in a long time. Can't say its directly linked to NOT wearing these of course. But i'm my view, I seen limited difference in having them or not.

And for people saying they dont take their kids to the ground etc. We do, just limit it as much as we can. Or drills that start on knees etc. I like the idea of having protection due to field conditions. We are on grass. Never know if you will find rocks or glass etc in areas. Rather have the knee covered for that reason alone.

I'm not trying to convince anybody either way. The only thing that I'll say is that it seems like an unnecessary expense.

Expense - Starting out with a new team, with no equipment, so everything has to be purchased. Per our school regulations we have to provide everything that is required to play, 1 time only, to each player.

Volleyball approach: $40, per player cost at my school. Probably 25 per year, $1000 per year.
5-pad girdle - $30
Knee pad (for game pants) $2 each
Volleyball-type knee pad for practice - $8 pair
Inventory carried - Minimal, a few extra for forgetters. No turn in, no storage, no replacement.

Practice pant approach: $46 initial/startup cost
Practice pants - $20 (white, nylon, lasts just a couple of seasons)
Thigh pad, pair - $12
Knee pads - $2
Hip & tail pads, slotted, 3-pieces - $12
Inventory - pants, thigh, hip, knee, tail. Some recurring expense as things wear out, Based on expected new player cost for volleyball style that $1000 would replace 21 complete sets each year.

Not trying to go overboard on this, it was an analysis that I needed to do myself and this was the opportunity. Interesting results.

I have played volleyball and football.

I honestly have always hated the football kneepads as they didn't protect my knees at all when I fell down.
As a volleyball player, I loved the kneepads for two reasons:
- The knee is properly pretected.
- The knee you can keep the pads on your ankles during installation periods, warmups, routes on air, whatever.
Nobody says you HAVE to put them on your ankles.
Honestly, other than the protection, comfort wise, I don't think there is a lot of difference wearing the football kneepads of the volley kneepads.

You can wear them over braces, just take one size larger.

My personal opinion on the generic designs:
rubbish: www.amazon.com/Mizuno-Volleyball-Kneepad-Black-Medium/dp/B00114T938/ref=sr_1_3?s=team-sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1429008553&sr=1-3
Over the top, not worth it: www.amazon.com/ASICS-Unisex-Slider-Black-Size/dp/B0009J155Q/ref=sr_1_14?s=team-sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1429008492&sr=1-14
excellent: www.amazon.com/Adams-USA-Volleyball-Basketball-Medium/dp/B003WXZUTI/ref=sr_1_9?s=team-sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1429008386&sr=1-9

Used them when I was an assistant. Most of the coaches and the players disliked them.

I feel that on contact periods, there even is no need to mention it.
When they forget after the first time, they'll pull it up soon after they hit the ground, especially if the ground's frozen. It's not like it will injure them, at worst they'll have a dirty knee or a scar.

Big difference from "forgetting" to wear a mouthpiece, where the negative impact can be much more devastating. I hate having to reply THAT!

Have worn integrated girdle and shorts for 5 years, no knee pads at all. Never have had a single injury because of it.. Practice full speed in as many practice sessions as possible. However we practice on turf and dont have a frozen field to worry about. Practice pants are a great "motivator" for us if we have a bad practice. The players hate them.

No "knee knocks"?  That's my fear...it's not the ground, it's knee to knee contact.

We order about 60% S/M, and 40% L/X. That is why I wear them, just for the knee to knee contact.