Hockey helmet Poll

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Do young hockey players buy helmets because...

  • They want to emulate their fav. pro player

    Votes: 2 22.2%

  • Personal reason i.e. personality, to be different, price and etc.

    Votes: 7 77.8%
  • Total voters
    9
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For traffic purposes I'm placing this thread here... I'll move it to the hockey area later on...

I've made a poll to see if you think that younger hockey players want to emulate a pro player and if so do they want to wear the same kind of helmets the pro player has.

or

Do young hockey players buy their helmet for another reason like their personality or to be different or price? also design of helmet

Thanks for your time,

Nick

edit: If you have an alternate response please post what it is.
 
I can't comment on Hockey helmets because I don't play.

However, I do ride motocross and I have noticed that a lot of the younger kids do tend to want the helmets that the pro's use. I'd say comfort, style, and the fact that they're favorite pro uses that helmet are probably the deciding factors when the kids are young. As they get older, protection becomes more and more important and pro-emulation becomes less so.

As for price...they tend to want the most expensive helmet they think they can get their parents to buy.


-Mark
 
Originally posted by Ethix101
As for price...they tend to want the most expensive helmet they think they can get their parents to buy.
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There's a great racing quote, and I'm sure it applies to just about any sport that involves safety gear....

"Don't buy a $10 helmet, unless you have a $10 head."

Any half-decent parent would buy the best safety equipment for their child. A more expensive bat might not improve the average a bit, but the best helmet might safe your life.

As for design, I think you should emulate who you look up to, but at least throw in a design cue of your own for personality. It's better to be unique, in the long run.
 
All of the equipment that the pro's use are at the same time available for you to buy. I dont think kids buy the helmets because their favorite player wheres it, its just what is new. Bauer makes the best. ;)
 
If I did a survey in the next few days would there be a lot of people that would participate?

If so would you be willing to take it through email, say I send you a .pdf and then you email me back your answers?

Thanks

Nick
 
Its the companies that provide the helmets for the players. Just the same as being paid to wear the skates or how basketball players get paid to ware a certain pair of shoes.
 
But there isn't one company that is supplying all the helmets for the whole team. Unless maybe it's an individual thing where "star" players are paid to wear a certain helmet? I don't see that happening for each individual player though?
 
Id say both, some want to be like the stars or their favorte player, and some like to be different and or safe, some people I know also need to get the best and most expencive of anything they can get
 
I am pretty sure that each player decides what he wears. Unless, of course, it is otherwise stated in his contract. A good example is Arturs Irbe. His sponsors are BEGGING him to wear new equipment, but he refuses. He will stick with his broken-in-like-your-grandad's-golfing-gloves equip. I think it was Koho? They said it was giving a bad name for their company, some lil' youngsters are taking Irbe's lead and wearing old-school equipment.

Another mention of the 10$head/helmet. Since this is a discussion about hockey, then I can speak, I've played it over 10 years (organized) of my short little life of 15 years. A 10$ helmet is just as safe as the 100$ Bauer/Nike helmet. The differences? The looks for one, but more important, how it feels on your head. The higher end ones have waaaaaaaaaaaaay advanced padding, while the basic ones are just plain foam. My bro's Bauer (highest one) is crazy, so comfortable, yet just as protective as my 50$ Nike. There is something called the CSA in Canada, that approves of everything on the market. All of these helmets are deemed hockey safe, and all of the are pretty much equal, safety wise.

I voted in favor of the "what was in stock/what was in my mom's wallet" on the ballot. I don't think any hockey player pays attention to what helmt his icon is using. I know that some kids my age and younger like to emulate their fave player's stick choice, which pisses me off SOO much! They want their Vectors and yellow Synergies! GIVE ME A BREAK KID! YOU'RE 10! That 20$ Sherwood PMP is better for you than the 250$ Easton/TPS. I for one use the wooden sticks, and I can blow away any Vectored player on my team in the shots dep't (no to be bragging, it's the truth:D) Kids are easily influenced by the companies/players, and unforunately, so are their parents. I tired out a lot of the wood sticks on the market, moving from company to company, and if yu want your kid to have a hot shooting capability, try out the Mission Woody series, each one with their own shot benefits.
 

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