My hand hurts

[Coach-n-Dad]

Oh yeah...

I only catch for DD at her lessons when I can't get one of her team catchers. I treat them to a good breakfast and it is totally worth it!!

 

[RubberBiscuit]

OK - wait til 14U-16U and you gotta block all those drop balls - you'll forget about hurt hands real quick!

OUCH!

 

[halskinner]

Most of my catchers would take a washcloth, fold it over twice and place it between their palm and the glove. They said it helped alot.

Not to sound like a smart alec here but, that is why the glove has webbing ya know, where you are supposed to catch the ball. ')

A new glove gives more cushion than the old worn ones that are like catching with a paper sack on your hand.

If DD has a new glove, wear hers at pitching practice. Helps break hers in so not so stiff and better protection for you too.

 

[SOFTBALLCRAZY]

Im with bringing the team catcher.. no more sitting on the bucket for me!!!

 

[guero_gordo]

I'd rent you a catcher in return for a meal, but unless you live on a farm, you'd be better off paying her cash. ;-)

 

[Coach-n-Dad]

OK - wait til 14U-16U and you gotta block all those drop balls - you'll forget about hurt hands real quick!

OUCH!

Tell me about it. DD is 16, Starts on her HS team and plays 18Gold TB. There is a black home plate with a lip all around it that her PC likes to use, I refuse to catch with it in front of me. Last weekend drop balls caught the front lip and nearly got me in the jaw.

 

[GOINGDEEP]

Coach-n-dad

Knew I had this one somewhere, you should be able to "save as" and use the moving avatar.

 

[chinamigarden]

OK - wait til 14U-16U and you gotta block all those drop balls - you'll forget about hurt hands real quick!

OUCH!

I sit on my bucket in full gear and let the low ones go right on by. They bounce off the barn wall and roll back toward her. Last time I reached for a low one, I missed and it hit my toe (steel toe shoe) and it ricocheted straight up my leg and while I remembered the steel toed shoes that day, I did not remember the cup

 

[chinamigarden]

Most of my catchers would take a washcloth, fold it over twice and place it between their palm and the glove. They said it helped alot.

Not to sound like a smart alec here but, that is why the glove has webbing ya know, where you are supposed to catch the ball. ')

A new glove gives more cushion than the old worn ones that are like catching with a paper sack on your hand.

If DD has a new glove, wear hers at pitching practice. Helps break hers in so not so stiff and better protection for you too.

She has this crazy late movement on her fastball that rides in and down on a RH batter. And it goes from web to palm in a finger snap. Her TB coach was a AAA catcher and he hates catching her because of how many times she has caught him on the thumb

 

[chinamigarden]

Im with bringing the team catcher.. no more sitting on the bucket for me!!!

Thats part of my problem. I haven't been catching her lately, a team catcher usually does. But with no other catchers around, a dad has to do what a dad has to do. My hand got tender