Kimmel Live!. Critical response No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls received mixed reviews from music critics. AllMusic reviewer Todd Kristel opened his piece by stating the band didn't have "anything new to say, but at least it sounds like they're having a good time saying it", being "so full of pep and energy". The band fails to "break any new ground and doesn't stay revved on all cylinders all the time." Pär Winberg of Melodic said he was "so bored" with Blink-182 ripoff acts such as Simple Plan "trying to be funny on the sleeve with a nerd look". Though the tracks were "so damn good" and the "superb production" from Lanni gave it a "[g]reat sound all over". The "lack of originality takes down the grading a bit." Exclaim! Stuart Green said the group disseminated a "trite and derivative brand of inoffensive mall punk" in the vein of New Found Glory and Good Charlotte. With the aid of Lanni, the tracks were "polished to a glossy finish that will undoubtedly find itself a market." IGN writer JR viewed it as "harmless bubblegum pop-punk for the junior high set", and said multiple listens of it were "considerably less taxing on the psyche" than his initial impression. He added that its "shelf-life is remarkably poor and it brings absolutely nothing of consequence to the table". Hannah Guy of Chart Attack said the group "delved into the previously explored-and-pillaged genre of pop-punk", however, they lacked the hooks of their peers. It was "pretty lame ó and it'll likely be one of Canadian music's next big exports." Rolling Stone Jon Caramanica wrote that the tracks were "brief, ephemeral, tautly structured, bombastically produced blasts of snotty posing." Similar to their peers, the band "insist on balancing their immaturity with excuses for their immaturity". No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls was included on best-of pop punk album lists by A.Side TV, BuzzFeed, Houston Press, Rock Sound and Rolling Stone. Cleveland.com ranked "I’d Do Anything" at number 31 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs. Commercial performance No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls peaked at number 8 on the Canadian Albums Chart, and was certified double platinum. The album peaked at number 35 on the United States Billboard 200, and at number 2 on the US catalog albums chart. In Australia, it reached number 29. The record was certified double platinum in Canada (Music Canada) and the