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[Damo]

Left Pad first, left gloves first.

Tap everything in the changing room to make sure i've got it (have gone out without my box before, and once when hungover, my pads. So do a "testicles spectacles wallet n watch check)

As many catches as I can before a game starts. take a large bottle of water down as well which goes by sight screen although I rarely drink from it.

I'm constantly cleaning my specs as I notice the smallest speck on there.

I also push my hands into the part of the glove by the heel of my hand. Probably need gloves a smidgin smaller, and having a minorlydeformed little finger on my right hand means I can't tend to feel when my pinky is at the end of my glove.

Just out of interest what keeping gear do you have ?

[MD2812]

Just out of interest what keeping gear do you have ?

In order of my changing room check....

Asics spikes
Newbery Tour Pads,
Aero box and Aero cycling box short inners
Aero P1 inner gloves
Millichamp and hall gloves
Oakley Flak Jackers
Team cap
Albion helmet.
Large water bottle

Also have:

Adidas pads and an aero face mask and an ayrtek but shall be opening a for sale thread with these soon as they're not going to be used.

[mdg20]

Ideally would do some work on katchet then take a few balls in the fielding drills then take some deliveries from the bowlers warming up on edge of square. Being captain though i rarely get the time to do a proper warm up meeting captains, umpires, teamsheets etc.
My gear:

[Damo]

Ideally would do some work on katchet then take a few balls in the fielding drills then take some deliveries from the bowlers warming up on edge of square. Being captain though i rarely get the time to do a proper warm up meeting captains, umpires, teamsheets etc.
My gear:

I like the black dukes ( love traditional style gloves ) I assume there dukes.

[Damo]

In order of my changing room check....

Asics spikes
Newbery Tour Pads,
Aero box and Aero cycling box short inners
Aero P1 inner gloves
Millichamp and hall gloves
Oakley Flak Jackers
Team cap
Albion helmet.
Large water bottle

Also have:

Adidas pads and an aero face mask and an ayrtek but shall be opening a for sale thread with these soon as they're not going to be used.

Cheers just always interested, always trying on my team mates pads and gloves and trying bats haha.

[joeylough]

My ritual is pretty much drop everything.

[Damo]

do any of you fellow keepers tend to find on the palms of your keeping gloves that one palm will have a lot more wear than the other ?

is this due to having a leading hand or something.

[mdg20]

I like the black dukes ( love traditional style gloves ) I assume there dukes.

Yeah they are Dukes, bizarrely i found these at my club. Nobody ever claimed them inc oppo for that day so i had them. Only used them a few times in matches, tend to be the pair i loan to oppos or give to teammates during training. They are very nice, very soft.

[mdg20]

do any of you fellow keepers tend to find on the palms of your keeping gloves that one palm will have a lot more wear than the other ?

is this due to having a leading hand or something.

Yeah always the right hand for me, as you say its because its my "leading hand". Any reverse handed takes will be with my right, any one handed takes above my head are with my right and most one handed diving takes will be away to my right so it makes sense there is a little more wear (not loads more mind) on my right glove

[El Nino]

This thread makes me wish I was a keeper, purely so I can own more kit.

[mdg20]

This thread makes me wish I was a keeper, purely so I can own more kit.

I sometimes wish i wasnt purely because i have too much kit to drag around. I get envious of team mates who have medium size kit bags they can pick up with one hand.

[Damo]

Yeah always the right hand for me, as you say its because its my "leading hand". Any reverse handed takes will be with my right, any one handed takes above my head are with my right and most one handed diving takes will be away to my right so it makes sense there is a little more wear (not loads more mind) on my right glove

i suppose its just your guide hand, are you left or right handed ? im right handed but always lead with my left as you will see from the picture below.

[Damo]

This thread makes me wish I was a keeper, purely so I can own more kit.

having keepers kit brings a whole new dimension to your kit bag, its a new gateway to kit haha

[Damo]

I sometimes wish i wasnt purely because i have too much kit to drag around. I get envious of team mates who have medium size kit bags they can pick up with one hand.

i play for two sides but my mode of transport is a motorbike and as i have far to much kit i literally just have kit everywhere its a nightmare, then if im starting to prefer one bat over another etc i have to try and find a way of getting it to the game for the other side i play for as well as its not easy taking kit everywhere on a bike

[procricket]

My kit i love it arguably the supplest gloves on the market of what i have tried so far.