23 or the like which also serves to hold drop hangers 22 shown thereon an additional strap 26 which runs through the loops of the drop hangers 22 connects at one end to a slotted opening on the front panel on one side runs around the upper waist of the wearer so that the other end of strap 26 is connected then to a slotted opening on the opposite portion of the front panel this shoulder pad construction looks similar to the pads described herein while looking at the front thereof but the back panel strapping and attachment shown in fig4 is dramatically different from the strapping and attachment described in this invention the positioning of the slotted openings on the middle and lower third portions of front panels of this shoulder pad construction produces a downward torque by means of straps 13 and 14 coming down at approximately a 60 u00b0 angle to the other free end of straps 13 and 14 coming straight out from the back panel attachment onto panel 12 this advantageous torque action simultaneously pulls the pads down onto the wearer 39 s body and against the wearer 39 s body the prior art pads shown in fig4 tend to creep up on the athlete because of the.