Shin guard connected to instep guard or seperate?

[sickwithit13]

Is it better to have these two connected as one pad or have them as two seperate pads?

[tufrthanu]

Well seperate pads allows you to mix and match otherwise you are stuck with the same padding on your shin as your foot, which may or may not be desirable. I kick pretty hard and I like to buy high impact shin guards which dont have footsies attached.

[delta1]

I prefer seperate. Like tufrthanu said, it is more versatile. Also, I don't like instep kicks- too easy to injure yourself. So, why pad up and develope bad habbits?

[aefibird]

I prefer seperates.