My daughter wears glasses, isn that adequate protection for her eyes when shes playing basketball?
A. Prescription glasses do not by themselves provide adequate protection. Plastic eyeguards are now commonly used for basketball and soccer and in combination with helmets in football, hockey and baseball. Choose sports frames with 3 mm polycarbonate lenses – for athletes who wear glasses in higher risk non-collision sports (racket sports, baseball, basketball, soccer, etc.). Plastics polycarbonate eyeguards are the most impact resistant. The eyeguards you choose should fit securely and comfortably and the lenses should either stay in place or pop out whole and not shatter in the event of an accident.
