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Equipment => Wicket Keeping => Topic started by: FraserJames123 on December 26, 2021, 01:37:34 PM

Title: Breaking in gloves
Post by: FraserJames123 on December 26, 2021, 01:37:34 PM
Any tips for breaking in new stiff gloves
Title: Re: Breaking in gloves
Post by: Batoff on December 26, 2021, 03:40:35 PM
Wear them round the house flexing your hand.

Sleep with them on.

Put them on the floor palm up and knock them in with a bat mallet.

Use them for catching practice.
Title: Re: Breaking in gloves
Post by: ch1p on December 26, 2021, 04:58:33 PM
Roll/fold them up and stick them under your mattress for a couple of nights
Title: Re: Breaking in gloves
Post by: Rez on December 26, 2021, 06:12:36 PM
Yeah, also stick them under the mattress and use the mallet but into the palm of the hand I find works much better and can shape the gloves more. Basically just like catching the mallet over and over.
Title: Re: Breaking in gloves
Post by: FraserJames123 on December 26, 2021, 06:14:10 PM
Should you wear them whilst hitting them by the way they are a pair of Graham plimmers
Title: Re: Breaking in gloves
Post by: Rez on December 26, 2021, 06:27:02 PM
Should you wear them whilst hitting them by the way they are a pair of Graham plimmers

Yep, that's how I like to do it. Hammering with one hand into the glove on the other hand. It doesn't need to be too hard and should feel just like you are catching the mallet and will start giving you nice ball cup creasing after a while. A few minutes at a time and then just swap hands.