Footwear In many sports, athletes wear
cleats. These include cricket spikes,
football boots,
golf shoes, and
track spikes. Cyclists wear
cycling shoes, which may be designed for special interaction with
pedals. Wheeled shoes include
roller skates and
inline skates. Skiers wear
ski boots, which attach to
skis via
bindings. Similarly, snowboarders have
snowboard boots and
bindings. Athletes wear
ice skates in most ice-based sports, although there are exceptions such as
broomball and
curling. Athletes with limb differences (such as those in the
Paralympics) may use extremity
prostheses, such as the
Flex-Foot Cheetah running blade.
Protective equipment and
ice hockey Protective equipment is often worn for sports including
motor sport and
contact sports, where there is a danger of injury through collision of players or other objects. In many sports, athletes wear helmets. These include: •
Batting helmet •
Bicycle helmet •
Football helmet •
Hockey helmet •
Motorcycle helmet Padding is used to protect various body parts, most often as
elbow pads,
shin pads, and
shoulder pads. Specialized equipment, such as the
jockstrap and
mouthguard, is used to protect certain body parts. Ice hockey players may wear
neck guards. Some athletes wear
sports gloves to protect their hands.
Clothing Many sports have a common set of clothing, usually called a uniform or kit, including the
association football kit,
baseball uniform,
basketball uniform,
cricket whites, and
cycling kit. As part of the uniform, athletes may wear
jerseys; they may also be called shirts,
sweaters in ice hockey or
guernseys in Australian rules football. These jerseys may
change color when the team is
on the road.
Training equipment Examples of training equipment include
swiss balls,
resistance bands, tennis balls, balance discs, cones,
weights,
chin-up bars, weight machines, and gym equipment. Also, protective equipment such as
weight lifting belts and
bench shirts are used for weight training and
powerlifting.
Special sports equipment Special sports equipment, is the equipment usually worn by the athletes according to their needs or desires. •
Special equipment in sports branches: •
Cycling: •
Cycling jersey: a sleeved jersey covering the upper torso. •
Bib shorts: the shorts worn by cyclists which come with
pads for added comfort. •
Socks: typically mid-length socks. •
Cycling shoes: specialised shoes with stiff soles for more efficient energy transfer and cleats cliping into
clipless pedals. •
Football: •
Football leggings: Football leggings, mostly used in winter. It is used to prevent the body from getting cold and injury due to the cold weather after warm-up training in winter. • Football captain's tape: Football captain's tape, is a compulsory (required) piece of equipment. Football captains are chosen by the coach, the accessory provided must be worn by the captain. • Football shinguard: Football shinguard, is a special piece of equipment, that football players wear according to their specific wishes. • Football bracelet: Football bracelet, is a special need equipment and players write the name of a family member or loved one according to their wishes. • Football footband: Football footband, is worn by footballers in the ankle area between the crampons and the toe and is need or for pleasure. •
Football Visor: Football visor, is a piece of plastic attached to the facemask of the football helmet. It helps prevent damage to the eyes and face. •
Volleyball: • Volleyball wristband: Volleyball wristband, is mostly used by volleyball players. Volleyball players use it for better grip of their hands. • Volleyball knee pads: Volleyball knee pads, is the equipment used by volleyball players to protect their knees, when they jump high, jump sideways and fall to the ground. • Volleyball leg pads: Volleyball leg pads, allows volleyball players to play safely. •
Basketball: •
Basketball sleeve: Basketball sleeve, is a piece of equipment that basketball players wear according to their wishes and tastes and is not mandatory. • Basketball armband: Basketball armband, is a piece of equipment that basketball players use according to their tastes or needs. • Basketball headband: Basketball headband, is a piece of equipment that basketball players wear according to their wishes and tastes and is not mandatory. • Basketball handband: Basketball handband, is like a need for basketball players to protect their hands and grip the ball more comfortably, but it is not mandatory. • Basketball bracelet: Basketball bracelet, is a piece of equipment, that is generally used only as an accessory by basketball players. •
Tennis: • Tennis armband: It is a non-mandatory accessory worn by tennis players. • Tennis hairband: Tennis headband, is an accessory especially used by athletes according to their own color and taste. • Tennis hat: The tennis hat is often used by tennis athletes. Used as an accessory. ==Vehicles==