Wilson A5510 Pro Shock FX helmet

[mbyron]

Originally Posted by kylejt

Logic would dictate that only straight on, middle of the mask shots would allow the shocks to actually do their job.

Logic dictates nothing of the kind, only bad physics or a false assumption dictate that.

Better physics dictates that the shock absorbers will absorb the component of the force vector that runs along their axis. That should be most of it, since the ball is most likely to hit the mask from the front.

The other way to reach your conclusion is to assume that the shock absorbers' job is to absorb 100% of the energy of every collision, which is not likely the engineers' conception.