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How to Choose the Right glove

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Several things are to be considered in choosing a glove to meet your needs, including size, your playing position and your budget. While looking to buy a baseball or softball glove you should make the following considerations:

Your Position: Gloves come in different shapes and sizes based on the position to be used on the field. For example, pitchers and infield gloves are smaller than an outfielder's glove, and first baseman's gloves and catchers mitts are specific to those positions. If you will be playing multiple positions, to play your best , it will require Position Specific gloves for each.

Your Budget: Gloves range in price from under $35.00 for base models, to over $200 for high end Pro Model gloves. Quality gloves cost a little more, but will last allot longer. If you expect to get heavy use out of your baseball glove, it may be less expensive in the long run to spend a few dollars more on a glove that will last. Additionally, Rookie players who may quickly outgrow their baseball glove may not want to invest in a high end model.

The Feel: Akadema gloves are made by the pros and are very comfortable . They have a professional fit and feel that will enhance the players performance on the field.

Your Age / Size of the Glove: Gloves come in many different sizes made to fit different ages, positions and games (softball gloves). Gloves are measured by their "pattern size" which is a measured from the heel of the glove (by your wrist) to the top of the glove on the palm side (near your fingers). Youth gloves range from 8" (very small) to about 12". Adult gloves usually fall in the 12"-13" range. Professional gloves are actually required by the rules to be no more than 12", although that rule is rarely enforced: Rule 1.14 ...”not more than twelve inches long, nor more than eight inches wide, measured from the base of the thumb crotch to the outer edge of the glove."


The following series are for youth players of all ages and will help you determine the size you need.

 

 

 

Prodigy Rookie Series
Youth Gloves (Ages 5-9)

Prodigy Youth Series Gloves
(Ages 8-13)

 

(Ages 10-Adult)

 

Infield

Outfield

Catchers Mitt

Fastpitch Softball

Slowpitch Softball