Sport is about fun but it is also about performance — and winning. Top performance requires total confidence and if you are feeling at all vulnerable you hold back — just a little, and there is no way you can play to your best.

A ball impact to the front of your face can change your life. Teeth, cheek bones and eyes are all extremely vulnerable to an unexpected frontal impact.

Based on hours of sports video analysis capturing face injuries we discovered players often just had time to turn their face slightly before ball impact. Our medical advisor told us of the concussion vulnerability of a side impact.

It became obvious that protecting the side of the face, including the ears was critical, perhaps even more important than straight frontal protection.