10U Catcher's mitt - recommendations

[Gags]

Remember that catchers mitts and fielding gloves are measured differently. There’s a bigger difference b/w an 11.5” and 14” glove (heel to finger tip) than there is between a 31.5” and 34” mitt (circumference)

I’ll take a comparison picture - I need an excuse to get outside anyway and enjoy this crazy 65 degree weather we’re having.

Off topic - last year we had our best tournament finish to date - 2nd place. Dugout heaters and hand warmers, temps around 35 / 40 by end of game.

Same tournament this year - girls were taking off layers at 8:30 game time, and applying sunscreen by 11AM. High was ~75. #2020


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[Gags]

Also - and I have no evidence to back this statement up - but I imagine a 34” glove light enough for a 9YO to want to break-in and use is going to have minimal padding and use thinner leather.


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[MikeP]

I bought that Allstar for my dd last year and she loved it. She is very small so the lighter weight was perfect.

 

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Same tournament this year - girls were taking off layers at 8:30 game time, and applying sunscreen by 11AM. High was ~75. #2020

This weekend in Myrtle, it was 89 degrees on Saturday, it actually felt hotter!

 

[ANNASDAD]

Also - and I have no evidence to back this statement up - but I imagine a 34” glove light enough for a 9YO to want to break-in and use is going to have minimal padding and use thinner leather.


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Bottom line, unless she's a gigantic 9 year old......a 34" mitt is too big for her!

 

[Gags]

I was mistaken - my Liberty is 33”. IIRC, Rawlings makes a couple 33” version. The Dick’s “GG Elite” may be lighter than the Liberty Advanced.

33” Vinci baseball, 33” Liberty Advanced, 31.5” All-Star CMW1010BT


12” ball comparison


12” ball comparison b/w Mizuno Finch 12” and 14” adult softball glove


Size comparison - it was tough to line the heels up b/c my daughter had broken the glove in with an almost thumb-index crease.


Side note - the extra lacing on the mizuno is how much slack I was able to take out after tightening a few years ago. I think this was her glove from 2nd or 3rd grade until Christmas of 5th grade.

ETA: sorry for pic size - usually there’s an option to select size/quality level. And apparently Tapatalk likes to flip images...

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[ANNASDAD]

Gags, you appear to have a glove problem!

 

[Schmick's Gloves]

You think thats a glove problem? Thats cute.

Here's a few of mine

 

[ANNASDAD]

I can play!

 

[ANNASDAD]

My two rarest ones that’ll go nowhere, although the RV is promised to some cold blooded member here should something happen to me!