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Equipment => Wicket Keeping => Topic started by: bucko2007 on January 10, 2009, 12:26:48 PM

Title: Glove Preparation
Post by: bucko2007 on January 10, 2009, 12:26:48 PM: Is there anyway you are supposed to prepare your gloves to get them more receptive?
Whenever I have bought new gloves at first they are always very rigid, and even when trying to use soft hands the ball often just slams into th gloves without much "give". When you "break them in" they become a little easier, but still I wonder what everyone else thinks and if there is some formal way of making the gloves more receptive?
When going to see games and seeing the pros warming up, their gloves seem so loose and receptive, like the ball just gets engulfed by them....
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: dan_griffin11 on January 10, 2009, 02:17:58 PM: place them under a matress dor a couple of nights, works great.
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: Bellie on January 10, 2009, 02:34:52 PM: Quote from: dan_griffin11 on January 10, 2009, 02:17:58 PM
place them under a matress dor a couple of nights, works great.
im not a keeper but what would that do?
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: dan_griffin11 on January 10, 2009, 03:03:03 PM: obviously they'd have to be in a scrunched shape, the pressure is constant, and will loosen the rubber and leather making it more supple. it's what i do with all my gloves
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: bucko2007 on January 10, 2009, 03:04:12 PM: Quote from: dan_griffin11 on January 10, 2009, 03:03:03 PM
obviously they'd have to be in a scrunched shape, the pressure is constant, and will loosen the rubber and leather making it more supple. it's what i do with all my gloves
That actually sounds like a plan...
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: dan_griffin11 on January 10, 2009, 06:02:46 PM: it works a treat for me!
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: Coach on January 10, 2009, 11:25:29 PM: any pictures of your gloves Dan?
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: dan_griffin11 on January 11, 2009, 04:40:25 PM: i could get a few up if you needed
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: Chrissy on January 11, 2009, 06:36:30 PM: Can you do this with batting gloves?
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: bucko2007 on January 11, 2009, 07:27:04 PM: Quote from: Chrissy on January 11, 2009, 06:36:30 PM
Can you do this with batting gloves?

I was thinking that... They are always very rigid at first and hurt the ends of ur fingers wen u try and grip the bat fully
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: dan_griffin11 on January 11, 2009, 08:27:10 PM: yeah you can, but its best to scrunch them up in a clenched fist then use rubberbands,
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: Coach on January 16, 2009, 08:21:28 PM: yeh dan im interested to see what your palm looks like...Most likely the pros have thier gloves custm made and are very soft anyway but they use them soo much if ou just catch and catch and catch in them or keep them for say 3 seasons and get them repalmed they wll be very soft
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: Chris1976 on April 01, 2009, 12:40:13 PM: I can remember watching a very good local keeper preping his brand new gloves.... he was belting them with a cricket bat mallet.... I was very suprised but I suppose he was trying to soften them up not wanting to go into a Prem game with rockhard gloves.
Title: Re: Glove Preparation
Post by: gooner31 on April 01, 2009, 08:15:46 PM: i put my wicketkeeping gloves under the mattress for a couple of days or so works a treat soft subtle and confortable i do it all the time when i get new gloves these days