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little dumbbell action after a nice little rawlings hot glove treatment in the oven....
Glove for an 8yr old player
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little dumbbell action after a nice little rawlings hot glove treatment in the oven....
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They're nearly game ready as delivered. I'd strongly encourage you to have your DD switch to two in the pinky now if she isn't already.
My DD has been using a 12inch H-web Bradley since she was 8 (she's now 13). I'm ready to transition her to a Don Morton pro1000, but she loves her Bradley so much that I'm probably going to have to buy her another one for next season and start breaking in the pro1000 in stealth mode...
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JMHO but I'd buy or find a good used glove that is 12" and let her begin with that. My dd started with a similar type of glove. Many of those new gloves are stiff and hard for little hands to close. Those old broken-in gloves kind of close on their own.
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The only problem is....who's hand has been in it before?
Big hand.
Fat hand.
Skinny hand with long fingers.
Broken in completely different than what this little girl likes....thumb to pinky, thumb to index, etc.
I get your point but that could be a tough call for a 8/9 year old.
I saw a video of a kid from a poorer country using a sandal as a glove. I don't even think it was Horween.8u players need to be toughened up ... make her play without a glove. Gloves make young players soft. Nothing but fashion statements.
Mariano Rivera grew up in Panama using a milk carton as a glove. It seems to have worked out pretty well for him.
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Meh..would have been a SS instead of a pitcher if he had had a Horween milk carton…
Got to agree here!
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