by fasterpitch92701 » Mon Jan 16, 2017 2:44 pm
I posted this 6 years ago. Don't see a need to alter it....
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Ok, this is NOT intended to be sarcastic, really. The best glove is the one that works best. Accepting opinions on a softball board is like having someone from a far away zip code select your underwear.
Try gloves borrowed from players that DD knows or associates with. Just field 10 balls. Try it. What counts is what works. If you insist on the "go to the store" routine, have DD pick out 6 gloves that feel "good", whatever that means. Have her check for weight, size, hand feel, etc. None of the gloves will be broken in. Then take the six gloves and making her NOT look at the glove, hand each glove to her one at a time (NO PEEKING). Hand her a couple gloves twice. Toss a ball into the glove. The POINT is to narrow the selection down not based on price, graphics, name or "fashion", rather, what works. Narrow it down to the best three. Repeat again. Narrow it down to the best two, remembering, NO PEEKING. And then a final choice.
Most of the time you will be surprised. Players tend to buy what is trendy and fashionable. That's... swell. However, what you really want is what works.
Again, best venue, borrow gloves. In lieu of that...