Metal Cleats

Welcome to Discuss Fastpitch

Your FREE Account is waiting to the Best Softball Community on the Web.

Mar 1, 2016
195
18
DD has been in metals since she was the same age yours is now. Like others have said, they have better grip by far. They are allowed in all sanctioned rule sets (some LOCAL little leagues or schools may not allow them). Never been to a tournament that didn’t allow them, only specific turf fields. Keep them off your wood floors and wood decks. If you want to make them last longer, tell your DD not to walk on concrete with them if she can help it. The biggest con I see with them is that sometimes players get cleated in a game. DD is a catcher and got it to the throwing hand last week and it still hasn’t healed yet.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
 
May 22, 2015
410
28
Illinois
DD got her first medal about that same age. Unless it's a turf field metals have been fine to wear everywhere she has played since her first year of 14U. In middle school ball most 7th & 8th graders wore metals as well.
 
May 19, 2016
198
28
Pros.....more durable and better grip.

Cons..... more expensive and you have to be careful of when you are wearing them. Like an above poster stated, you dont want to wear them In the house If you have hardwood floors. I guess It could be considered a con, but they can do some damage If you accidently cleat someone sliding feet first. That Is the reason why they are not allowed In Rec ball from what I understand. My DD has the habit of stepping on her mothers toes (In more ways than one lol) I always tell her....just be thankful she doesnt wear metal spikes yet.
 
Jan 27, 2010
1,871
83
NJ
Pros.....more durable and better grip.

Cons..... more expensive and you have to be careful of when you are wearing them. Like an above poster stated, you dont want to wear them In the house If you have hardwood floors. I guess It could be considered a con, but they can do some damage If you accidently cleat someone sliding feet first. That Is the reason why they are not allowed In Rec ball from what I understand. My DD has the habit of stepping on her mothers toes (In more ways than one lol) I always tell her....just be thankful she doesnt wear metal spikes yet.

If your child is having you purchase game specific shoes, you should insist they take care of the by not wearing them outside of playing time. The older girls all wear crocs or slides to and from the fields. It's easier than you think when you point out the older girls wear something else.
 
May 19, 2016
198
28
If your child is having you purchase game specific shoes, you should insist they take care of the by not wearing them outside of playing time. The older girls all wear crocs or slides to and from the fields. It's easier than you think when you point out the older girls wear something else.

DD wears slides after her games and practices. Id like to say the bottoms of her cleats never touch concrete but that would be a lie considering most of the complex that she plays In Is surrounded by concrete walkways and the floor of the dugout Is concrete as well. Id like to see an investment made by them to put some fake turf down In the dugouts. Just seems like It would make sense to me seeing how they don't allow metal cleats In this league and there Is an awful lot of jumping up and down and movement Inside the dugouts. After most games and practices she rarely ever has time to change out of them In the dugout because another team Is pressing to get In. So of course she has to change In the grassy area but to get there she has to walk on concrete. I have no real complaints about how she takes care of her gear because she knows If she neglects It then she can go back to the cheaper options. Was speaking more In general terms as I know kids can be kids sometimes.
 
Jan 27, 2010
1,871
83
NJ
I didn't mean to imply that if they touch concrete they aren't taking care of them but walking through the parking lot and past 4 or 5 field on concrete or asphalt will definitely reduce the life of the cleat.

Also taking them out of the bag to dry helps. We can start a new thread on smelly batting and fielding gloves. :(
 
Oct 7, 2015
72
8
When they first start wearing them, does it take adjusting to them. Or any issues with them hurting ankles because of the better grip? Just worried that it’d be my kid who would fall over :/

My daughter twisted her ankle in the second tournament when she wore metal cleats. She says it was because of the cleats and now she won't wear them anymore. I don't know if it's really because of the cleats or not but I guess perception is what matters.
 

Latest posts

Members online

No members online now.

Forum statistics

Threads
42,830
Messages
679,468
Members
21,443
Latest member
sstop28
Top