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Equipment fitting

The process of measuring, adjusting, and testing sports equipment so it stays secure without restricting movement or comfort.

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Choosing sports gear and safety equipment

Choosing sports gear and safety equipment

Start with the sport and the child, not the shopping list Begin by asking what the child will actually do: run, slide, strike, catch, collide, fall, or move through a particular environment. A cyclist, goalkeeper, gymnast, skier, swimmer, and contact-sport player face different mechanisms of injury, so their equipment needs are not interchangeable. Check the […]