Abstract: A shin protector apparatus having three protective joined layers. The first larger layer, which engages the user's skin, is made of a soft sponge material and has side spaced elastic straps to fasten the layer around a user's leg and shin. Extending in the same direction as the first layer is a smaller second vertically disposed layer made of a hard plastic material. The third outer layer, about the same size and configuration as the second layer and made of a semi-hard material. All three layers are bonded or sewn together to form a unitary structure.