Anyone use Metal Cleats?
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Crazy Daddy
- Oct 31, 2008
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DD has donated a couple of pairs of barely used cleats, one to her PC who has low income students and one to our local Little League program.
Molded are usable on turf fields, though good tennis shoes might be better, Metal cleats are not useable or advisable on turf.
I have a DD that pitches with molded most of the time, and only uses metal in very sandy or sloppy conditions. She throws fairly hard and feels that the metal cleats don't allow her to move her foot through the pitch- it stops her short where she plants. At her level she is one of the only ones I have seen that use them but they work great for her. I think it is individual.
DD has a pair of Ringor turf shoes with the pitching toe for pitching lessons and indoor practices.
Nice, Same for my DD. just had to go buy a new pair as she had finally worn through the pitching toe on the last one, 2 years.
- Apr 1, 2010
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Ditto with GOINGDEEP, DGD used hers for the very first time yesterday, not even having practiced in them. She said in the first game it took a little bit getting used to, but by the end of the game she felt comfortable. She caught the first game, played lf the second game, and 3rd the last game. She said she felt like she had more traction to move laterally and she felt like she was faster (of course with her, that wouldn't take much).
So they felt ok when she was in her squat? DD was looking forward to getting a pair of metal cleats, but I heard from a mom on her team that her DD's older sister, who catches, tried on a pair and found them uncomfortable to squat in.
