American football is a process of competition is extremely fierce, block, intercept and collision are an integral part of the game, which can also be said to be a major feature of American football. In order to protect the safety of the players to avoid injury due to delayed game players, NFL and NCAA requires that all players must "wear protective gear appropriate and legitimate," to be able to play.
Playing American football before 1900, when the players are mostly in accordance with individual needs, just pick up at the shoulder or thigh before the plug when a cloth pad, equipped with all kinds of strange. With the evolution of rules of the game, all the protective gear used for years are different.
Basically, each player must wear a complete set of protective clothing ，from head to toe total of:

  • 1. Helmet

is made of shell、face mask、chin strap and so on，in order to reduce the possibility of injury of the face, especially the bridge of the nose and mouth.

  • 1. shoulders pads

To avoid the collision caused due to a dislocated shoulder, and to protect the chest and ribs. Members must be in accordance with its role in post to choose the right shoulder and chest pads.

  • 1. elbow pads

Especially in the artificial turf playing field, because the ground rather hard, the players must be equipped with elbow pads to avoid the elbow contusion..

  • 1. gloves

Some players used to wear gloves in order to facilitate the ball, or when the weather is warm with the cold. Took over the NFL gloves are usually outside the palm Department has a layer of sticky rubber material, while the defensive forward in each finger outside the glove has a thick layer of cushioning to protect the fingers.

  • 1. hip pads

To protect the player's waist, hip and groin, resist push and pull, shock, interception and air-fall, and so on.

  • 1. thigh pads

Protect the thigh muscles to avoid being trampled injury or other harm..

  • 1. knee pads

With the elbow, as in artificial turf on the special needs, mostly is made from the thick, made of flexible foam.

  • 1. cleats

Players need to wear different shoes to adapt to changes in the venue. Shoes at the bottom of the situation according to the venue can be fitted with different types of hard plastic spikes.

  • 1. uniform

Pants from the uniform and the composition of the ball, usually made of nylon and elastic material with sufficient flexibility. Each player's shirt must be embroidered on the number, the chest of the large number of at least eight inches (20.3 cm above), but behind the numbers there must be 10 inches (25.4 cm) or more before compliance. The color of NFL jersey and the ball shall not be the color (brown or brown) the same.

  • 1. football

American football rugby ball slightly smaller than some, the ball from 11 to 11.5 inches long,
elliptical major axis of 28 to 28.5 inches, the short axis of 21.25 to 21.5 inches and weighing 14 to 15 ounce.
In addition, the players in the kick-off will also be required to play a kick-off aircraft, mostly small plastic tripod. The referees must each carry a yellow handkerchief, as "foul marker" in case there is a foul when thrown to the foul took place.