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Equipment => Wicket Keeping => Topic started by: nudgemaster on April 14, 2014, 07:04:16 PM

Title: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: nudgemaster on April 14, 2014, 07:04:16 PM

I kept wicket part time last year and borrow some gloves the were worn and had therefore softened up.

I am now doing this full time and I have bought my own GM606 gloves, they still appear very stiff and have only had minor use.

I will use them in drills on thursday then its match day saturday.....

What methods do people use for making gloves softer???

Title: Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: WalkingWicket37 on April 14, 2014, 08:17:54 PM

Knock them in!

And that was serious, lay them palm up on soft ground and hit them with a bat mallet.

Title: Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: nudgemaster on April 14, 2014, 08:19:35 PM

I have heard that one!!

I just need to grow some balls and hit them!!

Title: Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: smilley792 on April 14, 2014, 08:36:52 PM

Do as cam says.

Or

Play more cricket. Perfect excuse to the missus "i know i trained last 4 nights in a row, but i need to wear these gloves in for a big game"

Title: Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: craigwm on April 14, 2014, 08:43:14 PM

I stick them on the downstairs floor, carpet with concrete pretty much underneath and hit em until the bat mallet is at breaking point. ;)

Title: Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: swamidude on April 15, 2014, 08:24:12 AM

Good one I found is to wear them while watching TV and just keep a ball in your hands, throwing it from glove to glove and moving it around a bit. After a few hours you'll notice a difference.

Title: Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: charliemott on April 15, 2014, 08:45:21 AM

Fold them and pop them under your materess...and then wear them around the house I find is best

Title: Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: Bruce on April 15, 2014, 09:38:32 AM

I put a rubber band around the fingers and fold them  in half.

Title: Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
Post by: arsenal123 on April 15, 2014, 10:24:55 AM

I fold them with pinky finger touching thumb and put it under mattress and sleep on it.