Palm guard

[redhotcoach]

Is a palm guard glove, or anything similiar worth the money for a young catcher?

 

[Coach JV]

She can use a batting glove, or some use a small gel pak designed for the purpose

 

[SoCalDad]

One of the catchers on my DDs travel team used a PalmGuard when catching her. Claims it really helps cut down the sting on inside pitches. She uses this one: Batting gloves - football gloves - receiver gloves - lineman gloves - youth football

 

[absdad]

My dd used one for a while when she first started catching. As she got better, and stopped 'palming' the ball, she didn't wear it as much, and doesn't really at all any more. She likes wearing a glove though, batting glove, as she found a side benefit that it helps keep the mitt from moving around too much when her hand gets sweaty.

 

[SnocatzDad]

My daughter's palm guard is like this

Palmgard Inner Glove | BaseballExpress.com

She swears by it.

 

[redhotcoach]

Picked one up, she is really liking it. thanks.

 

[WinThemAll]

They need to catch the ball in the pocket of the catcher's mitt. Throw tennis balls to them and without a mitt to work on catching the ball with their thumb down. It works!!!

Also relaxing the "catching hand" when the pitcher begins her motion helps. Have the catcher let the glove go down (wave down) and then up when the pitcher releases.

 

[SnocatzDad]

They need to catch the ball in the pocket of the catcher's mitt. Throw tennis balls to them and without a mitt to work on catching the ball with their thumb down. It works!!!

Also relaxing the "catching hand" when the pitcher begins her motion helps. Have the catcher let the glove go down (wave down) and then up when the pitcher releases.

Actually my daugther does relax her hand pre pitch, had to discuss with some coaches to allow her to do so as that is the instruction she got at college clinics, but not what the standard target they were used to. If you have a pitcher throwing real heat with movement, especially pitches that break inside, your going to catch a few out of the pocket. She caught 28 innings in 2 days for her HS and is tenative about asking for a break because she feels that may mean getting benched. If a little extra padding helps take the sting out of the occasional pitch caught out of the pocket, thank god for Palmguard.

 

[redhotcoach]

I got one for her last Wednesday, and she really likes it. Found out almost every HS boy and girl catching locally plus alot of college catchers still use them.