I’ve been hit in the groin by fast pucks, sticks, and even other players, generally in ways that made witnesses wince and say things like, “Oh, ouch!” People wonder why I don’t react much when that happens ... unless they have seen my jock.

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What’s the Best way to wear a Goalie Jock?

I wear two cups when I play hockey: an ordinary cup in the hockey jock plus the cup in my goalie jock. This may seem excessive, but I have seen other goalies suffer terribly after making “cup saves,” yet I have never been hurt down there with this system.

Note: The rest of this article is rated PG-13. You can’t discuss goalie jocks without mentioning genitals. If that makes you nervous or uncomfortable, then please don’t read any farther.

The basic principle of protecting your genitals is to keep them snugly held to your body so that the cup can completely cover them. That way the cup can transmit any impact around your genitals and directly to your pubic bone. Eliminate anything thick between the cup and your genitals; padding inside the cup is stupid. Don’t wear your cup over bulky sweat pants—put the cup jock on first. A bigger, roomier cup is better than a small one, and a contoured cup is better than a flat one. So here’s what I recommend, based my own experience and trying different ideas:

1. Put on an ordinary jock strap. That will keep your balls snugly supported and out of the way.
2. Put an Original Banana Cup or a Bike Cup in a pair of combo shorts like the WSI Ultra Support Hockey Joc or Stromgren Hockey Short and put that on. I like the Bike cup because it has the best shape for protection and movement. People don’t all have the same shapes, so it’s worthwhile to try out different cups to see which works best for you.
3. Put your goalie jock on over the hockey shorts. The extra padding of the goalie jock gives worthwhile added protection from all the things that tend to come your way during a hockey game: pucks, knees, pucks, helmets, pucks, skates, pucks, sticks, and pucks.
4. Now you can put hockey stockings on. I find this to be the best way to keep my legs warm during a game. And because the Hockey Joc has Velcro, you don’t have to mess with garter clips.

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