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i wear a facecage now at all times, principally to get used to it. it totally fucks with my vision if i haven't been wearing it in throw ins but have to don it in a tournament.
but i also wear a facecage now in case i a) smash my face into the grill/barriers, b) get hit with a mallet or a ball and c) because the hockey helmet protects the smashable parts of the skull that a racing helmet doesn't - in cycling crashes, i have tended to hit to side/top regions of my head, but in polo crashes i tend to hit the parts of the head that hockey helmets protect (i.e. lower side).
i wear knee pads and shin guards and elbow guards. i am tending to apply the rule, if i would in hockey, i should in polo.
you should always pick a theme with polo protective wear - i.e. stormstrooper, white knight or black knight.