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nudgemaster

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Making New Gloves Soft!
« 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???
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Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2014, 08:19:35 PM »

I have heard that one!!

I just need to grow some balls and hit them!!
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Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
« Reply #3 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"
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Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
« Reply #4 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. ;)
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Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
« Reply #5 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.
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Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
« Reply #6 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
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Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
« Reply #7 on: April 15, 2014, 09:38:32 AM »

I put a rubber band around the fingers and fold them  in half.
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Re: Making New Gloves Soft!
« Reply #8 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.
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