Helmet for impact protection

A helmet for protecting a head of a wearer, the helmet comprising:

• an outer shell;
• and
• padding configured to be disposed between the outer shell and the wearer's head when the helmet is worn, the padding comprising:
• i) an inner part configured to face the wearer's head when the helmet is worn;
• and
• ii) an outer part configured to be disposed between the outer shell and the inner part of the padding, the inner part of the padding comprising a plurality of rotational impact protection pads that are spaced from one another and arranged so that the plurality of rotational impact protection pads are oriented towards different areas of the head of the wearer when the helmet is worn, each rotational impact protection pad being separately connected to the outer part of the padding by at least one connector such that each rotational impact protection pad is movable relative to the outer part of the padding by sliding against the outer part of the padding in response to a rotational impact on the helmet, wherein given ones of the rotational impact protection pads have different shapes and/or different sizes from one another, wherein at least one of the rotational impact protection pads has a multi-layer construction comprising a plurality of padding layers, wherein a compressibility of a shock absorbing material of a given one of the padding layers is greater than a shearability of the shock absorbing material of the given one of the padding layers, such that the shock absorbing material of the given one of the padding layers deforms by compression more easily than by shearing.