Shooting Arm Sleeves

[Lebron23]

Most of the players in our town wore shooting arm sleeves. I only wear an NBA armband.

[Lebron23]

The intended purpose of shooting sleeves is to help blood circulation. The sleeve is basically an arm version of the compression socks that hospitals give pregnant women. Note I said compression socks and not the ugly footies.

In reality it has become a fashion thing. Additionally the elbow padding is being used to increase the effectiveness of "crafty veteran tricks" while minimizing the impact to one's self.


Left field:I may do a post about one of the most effective tricks perimeter scorers use to create space. If I bump my "Get to know..." thread you'll know why.

[immatell]

But Kobe, being the envied player and trendsetter he is. After he won the MVP wearing it, everyone started wearing it.

Is that a joke? Kobe Bryant is the biggest follower in the league and he has never set a trend, ever.

[Pushxx]

All arm sleeves are bullshit. Period. It's all psychological.

I can understand padded arm sleeves. Obviously that does something...but almost nobody should wear those and almost nobody does.

[eliteballer]

What it's supposed to do: Keep the shooting arm warm, prevent muscles from cramping or overstretching, and help you maintain proper shooting form.

What it actually does: Looks cool. Makes your arm sweaty.

[eliteballer]

Is that a joke? Kobe Bryant is the biggest follower in the league and he has never set a trend, ever.

Kobe started the double leg sleeve trend that season when everyone started wearing it after he did

[Bladers]

Kobe started the double leg sleeve trend that season when everyone started wearing it after he did

[immatell]

Pretty sure guys were sporting the full leg sleeve way before Bryant. He may have been one of the first to wear two, but I don't really see how that's a much of a deal considering it didn't last very long, and maybe a handful of players even bothered.

It certainly doesn't compare to arm sleeves and headbands.

[Teanett]

i wear one on my dikk to cover up an old tattoo of keanu reeves that i'm a bit embarrassed of now.

[lil_watz]

I will only play ball with my snow suit on. Forget wearing a sleeve for just one arm, why not keep the entire body warm? If for some reason I leave my snow suit at home I take trash bags and wear them under my clothes so I sweat even more, keeping myself warm and prepared.

[chips93]

iverson had soft tissue in his arm after surgery, so he wore it to protect the tissue

since ai's swag was through the roof, other dudes, that wanted to be as swag as iverson, tried to copy him.

[pauk]

It also is good with preventing scratches/getting cut or for what its worth protect an injury/wound or something around there (like Chips93 said)....

[2swift4u]

actually the compression sleeves work imo. I used to have issues with my biceps/elbow a while ago and wearing a compression sleeve definitely helped! now that I'm fine I don't wear it anymore. But I do wear other compression clothes at times and it feels pretty good because your muscles (e.g. thighs) bounce less and the blood circulates better.

[GOBB]

I wear one when I'm posting on ISH.

[dirkdiggler41]

i dont know about the arm sleeves but i wear one on my pen0r so that i always have proper form in bed.

Pics plz