You are in Our Content Affiliates . Virtually all sports-related eye injuries are preventable. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, sports-related eye injuries more than doubled between 1995 and 1999, from 41,000 to 100,000 per year. In adults, the sports that produce the most eye injuries are baseball, hockey, basketball and golf. The U.S. Little League has recommended the use of facemasks while batting and running the bases since 1990, though it does not require them.
Young athletes are an especially hard sell when it comes to eye protection.
Besides, I can t see as well wearing it. Team members said that their victory was not in spite of the face guards but because of them. All rights reserved.