How to Choose and Wear a Protective Cup for Sports

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Always wear a cup in a cup-jockstrap

   The jockstrap, brief or sliding-short will have a pouch to house the cup.
   
   There will be elastic, metal snaps or a Velcro closure to keep the cup in place in the pouch. , This maximizes their protectiveness by completely encasing the male genitals and allowing the genitals to be held tightly against the body.
   
   However, if you want to wear something underneath, only a thin pair of nylon/spandex briefs should be worn.
   
   EXAMPLE:
   Under Armor Compression Shorts. , A loose fitting cup will allow the impact of a blow or hit to slam the cup into the testicles, causing pain and possible injury.
   
   If your cup-jockstrap or cup-brief does not hold your cup firmly and tightly against your body you can wear a pair of tight fitting nylon/spandex athletic briefs over them. ,
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   Step 2: cup-brief

   , With banana-shaped cup, allow penis to hang down. ,, Jockstrap can be washed in machine but should be air-dried to not damage elastic.
   
   Cup should be washed by hand with warm water and soap and never in machine.
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   Step 3: or cup-sliding short that's designed to hold a cup.

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   Step 4: A cup (inside a cup-jockstrap

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   Step 5: cup-brief

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   Step 6: or cup-sliding short)should be worn without anything underneath (don't wear underwear underneath).

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   Step 7: For a cup to work properly

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   Step 8: it must fit tightly and firmly against the body.

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   Step 9: Step into cup-jockstrap and pull elasticized leg straps up around legs

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    Step 10: and the waist-strap firmly around waist with the hard cup at the front of your body and over your genitals.

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    Step 11: Insert testicles into bottom and narrower end of cup.

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    Step 12: With triangular-shaped cup

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    Step 13: lift penis up and lay across inside top of cup.

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    Step 14: The cup should obscure genitalia.

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    Step 15: Remove when finished and clean.

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