Protective Eye Goggles

Rec Specs?

Their dealer locater page is here. I would think that most any optician would have them or something similar.

I'm not sure what Eric wears...

I'm pretty sure they are just Oakley M Frames with clear lenses.

This is a little different than what you asked but maybe it can help someone...

My son took a bad hop in the eye last Memorial Day. Eye slammed shut and he was ugly for a couple of weeks. Thankfully, no structural damage.

However, when he came back to the field, he had the yips. Every time a ground ball would come to him, he'd flinch. He swore he wasn't doing it but there was some subconscious thing making him flinch.

So I got him one of those plastic face guards for when you have a broken nose:

http://www.muellersportsmed.com/noseguard.htm

He hated it. He thought he looked stupid. Maybe a little goofy, I'll admit but better than sitting on the bench.

Benefit number one was he could tell his brain now that he can't get hit in the eye again.

BIG benefit number two, the wings that go across your cheekbones, block you downward vision. He was forced to look down and stick his nose in his glove on every ground ball.

Byproduct of him being injured, he played the best defense of his life wearing that guard and now that it's gone, he still plays that way.

My son uses RecSpecs and they are a good choice, especially if he needs a prescription. They can do curved lenses with prescriptions. And you can get transitions lenses in the RecSpecs which is expensive but great.

The only drawback to glasses (and especially goggles) is that they fog up quite a lot. You'll have to get some cleaner and anti-fog wipes and use them for every game.

Jon

He could (and probably should now) wear a batting helmet with a facemask. Any sporting goods store will carry them as the girls have gone to these mandatory in ASA softball. I had a player get shot in the eye with a paintball and he is now blind in one eye. He was a tremendous hitter as a 9th grader but after the accident he never regained the art... he finally gave up baseball this spring after trying to overcome .... good luck to your son and you cannot be too protective of his vision.

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So I got him one of those plastic face guards for when you have a broken nose:

http://www.muellersportsmed.com/noseguard.htm

He hated it. He thought he looked stupid. Maybe a little goofy, I'll admit but better than sitting on the bench.

Benefit number one was he could tell his brain now that he can't get hit in the eye again.

BIG benefit number two, the wings that go across your cheekbones, block you downward vision. He was forced to look down and stick his nose in his glove on every ground ball.

Byproduct of him being injured, he played the best defense of his life wearing that guard and now that it's gone, he still plays that way.

I know I brought this up before, But it seems to me that in this day and age of hitech light weight composite's.
That a face guard with a head protector could be invented.
That would not hinder play, In fact would enhance a players play. With no fear of head and facial injurys.
It just has to protect the eye socket, temple area.
I believe they are the most vunerable area's of permanent injury.
Any thought's??
EH

Hey...we landed a man on the moon back in the late sixties...seems like what you're asking for EH would be something less daunting.

You would have to make them look cool like a spiderman face mask.LOL
Are something to that effect.
Just light weight 3/8 in. bars around the head and eye socket's.
Maybe the mouth jaw area to.

Mostly just for pitchers and maybe batter's.
Pitcher's are the most vunerable for the come backer.
EH

It would not stop them from being hit are injured.
But would spread the impact over a wider area with less severe injury to the head and facial area.
Also the pitcher might be able to actually improve there pitching ability with less fear of being injured permently.
EH

Girls softball players are moving in this direction (pitchers and corners)...makes sense...must be a way to produce a product that enhances their play rather than hinder.

The product could be made.
It's the stigma of not being Man/Women enough to take it in the chin??
They have to look really cool looking like the catcher's helmets.
You know different color's and such.
How would you like to face a pitcher with a scull and bones on his forehead??LOL
EH

From what I've seen on the softball side they are more strange and scary looking than stylish...that's for darn sure!

Take a look at this set up.
Now that's what i'm talking about.LOL
Only kidding?

http://oakley.com/pd/2035

Wow EH...those are wild!



Reminds me of something out of this movie...



You can probably find a pair in this linked photo... http://www.physics.hku.hk/~tboyce/sf/films/71.jpg

Junior got a pair of rec specs w/ transition lenses - worked out great - even was a little intimidating/interesting when he pitched - just gave the batters something else to think about. Good investment, IMHO.

He wears contacts now, but I wish he still wore the specs, from a protection standpoint, especially since he is pitching in college now