Sa'ad da Lewis Koumas na Liverpool FC ya fara wasansa na cikakke na farko a Premier League a kan Manchester City, masu kallo da yawa sun juya hankalinsu zuwa wani abu ban da wasansa — shin pads da kusan ba a iya ganinsu an bude su karkashin doguwar takalminsa.

Koumas ba shi ne farko da ya ja hankalin mutane saboda wannan ba. A kakar da ta gabata, Marcus Edwards na Burnley ya zama shahara a yanar gizo bayan hotunan da ke nuna shi yana sanya shin pads da ba a kusan ganinsu a wasan Premier League da West Ham United. Kafin wannan, hoto na ƙaramin ɗan wasa Harry Howell na Brighton & Hove Albion yana murnar tare da James Milner ya bazu cikin sauri a kafofin sada zumunta — magoya baya ba za su iya rasa bambancin da ke tsakanin ƙananan shin pads na Howell da kuma na gargajiya, na cikakken girma na Milner ba.

Abin da dokokin ke faɗa

Ƙungiyar Ƙwallon Ƙafa ta Duniya ta Ƙasa da Ƙasa (Ifab), mai kula da dokokin wasan, ta mai da shin pads a matsayin kayan aiki na wajibi. Bisa Dokar 4.2, dole ne a ƙera shin pads da kayan da suka dace, su kasance da girman da ya dace don ba da kariya ta hankali, kuma su kasance a ƙarƙashin takalmin ɗan wasa.

Duk da haka, Ifab ba ta bayyana ma'anar "ya dace" daidai gwargwado ba — ana barin wannan shawara ga kowane ɗan wasa. Alkalai kawai ana buƙatarsu tabbatar da cewa an sa wani nau'i na kariya, ba don kimanta ko girman ta ya isa ba.

Ifab ta sanar da BBC Sport cewa ƴan wasa — ko, a yanayin ƴan ƙwallon ƙafa matasa, iyayensu ko masu kula da su — suna ɗauke da alhakin kansu na aminci a fagen wasa. Kulake da ma'aikatan lafiya na iya kuma shiga shawarwari idan ana yanke shawara game da kariya.

Me ya sa ƴan wasa ke zaɓar ƙananan shin pads?

Babban dalili da aka ambata don canzawa zuwa ƙananan shin pads shine jin dadi da 'yancin motsi. Ƙananan masu kare sun fi sauƙi kuma suna ɗan tsangwama, suna ba ƴan wasa damar motsi, juyawa, da hanzari da sauƙi a lokacin wasan.

Haramcin a matakin ƙasa da damuwar rauni

Yayin da ƴan wasan manyan kulake suka sami 'yanci wajen yanke wannan shawara, kulaken masu son son wasa da na ƙasa sun fara ƙara tsauri. A watan Agusta 2024, Penistone Church ya haramta ƙananan shin pads bayan ɗaya daga cikin ƴan wasansu matasa, Alfie Collins, ya sha kararyewar ƙafa biyu a lokacin tafasa. Collins ya karya tibia da fibula dinsa, kuma shin pads dinsa — waɗanda ba su fi katin kuɗi girma ba — sun ba da kariya kaɗan sosai.

Football Association ta kasance a fili game da wannan batu. Shin pads "suna taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen hana rauni kamar yadda aka tsara su don kare ƙafar gaba," FA ta faɗa. Ta ƙara da cewa shin pads na "micro" ko "mini" "saboda haka na iya ƙara haɗarin rauni saboda ƙarancin ƙafar da suke rufe idan aka kwatanta da manyan shin pads."

Akwai damuwar da ke ƙaruwa cewa wannan salo da ke sauka daga ƙwallon ƙafa na matakin farko yana shafar ƴan wasa matasa a matakan da ba na manyan ƴan wasa ba, inda haɗarurrukan jiki na iya zama mafi girma sosai kuma tallafin likita na iya zama ƙarami sosai.