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Pangloss

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Activity-specific question - if the sport requires it and there is one that fits, on it goes. The boys hate to be kicked, at any age.

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karrie

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triedit, if I were you, I'd talk to your son's coach and his pediatrician.

Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, if there's any chance they're going to get hit hard enough to cause damage (I have had a friend suffer a rupture), then they ought to be wearing one. Just be kind and spring for a properly fitted one every year. Making a kid play in a poorly sized cup is painful and mean!
 

IdRatherBeSkiing

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triedit, if I were you, I'd talk to your son's coach and his pediatrician.

Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, if there's any chance they're going to get hit hard enough to cause damage (I have had a friend suffer a rupture), then they ought to be wearing one. Just be kind and spring for a properly fitted one every year. Making a kid play in a poorly sized cup is painful and mean!

His coach won't be much help. He is his daddy. :)

My understanding is that until they have descended, no damage can happen.
 

karrie

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His coach won't be much help. He is his daddy. :)

My understanding is that until they have descended, no damage can happen.

Well, if your son's haven't descended yet then a trip to the pediatrician is definitely in order. If he's old enough for sports, they should have been down long ago.
 

Kreskin

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Personally I wouldn't be in any hurry unless it was mandatory.
 

Kreskin

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You should get him that football linemen use, then watch the expressions on parents faces when it falls out of his shorts.
 

karrie

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He's descended. I just checked LOL I told him to pretend I was the doctor. It was weirder for me than it was for him.

Ok so we have a 6 year old normal boy who plays soccer. Cup or no cup?

I was worried. Most boys are born with them descended, and if they aren't, they descend within the first year. It would have been a pretty big medical issue if he was playing soccer and still hadn't descended! lol.

6 yrs old... hmm... PERSONALLY, I'd say get him a cup. It's never too early to learn to play wearing the right equipment. But, then, that's from the point of view of an overprotective mom who wants to be an overprotective grandma one day. lol.
 

gc

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I don't think a cup is necessary for soccer at any age....knock on wood (no pun intended) :smile:
 

karrie

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I don't think a cup is necessary for soccer at any age....knock on wood (no pun intended) :smile:

Why would it be any less necessary in soccer? Misguided kicks, and projectiles, are just as present in soccer as any other sport.