need any special mouth pieces or head gear to play as you had before. you will simply adjust, rather quickly, to your braces and play the same as you always have.
if you are involved in contact sports, or any sports where a hard object has potential to come in forceful contact with your mouth, you will want to be sure to wear a braces-ready mouth guard. even if the equipment used is softer than equipment used in other sports (such as a softball, tennis ball, soccer ball, and so on), if the equipment has even a slight chance of coming in contact with your mouth, you should make sure to 