While this may seem like a poorly made commercial for a wrist guard, the one thing I see catchers who genuinely block pitches in the dirt do is take hits to the arms. While we teach our catchers techniques to keep the elbows wide and reduce arm contact, the wrists tend to be vulnerable. Repetition and practice go a long way to minimize this type of contact, but a few pitches still take a weird bounce or the catcher is off slightly. In this video, the hit recorded on the wrist guard was incredibly loud, but our catcher felt no pain. This was her first time trying it out. We were actually working on block and throw drills when this impact occurred. So we made this short video...
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The thing I found interesting was that the protecting portion is a pad that is packaged in an air tight foil pouch. Once the pouch is opening,your catcher slides it in the sleeve and positions it on their wrist. It hardens as it contacts air and conforms to the contour of the catchers wrist. As we say in this part of the country. It's a neat little gizzy!
-Chaz @ ACC
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The thing I found interesting was that the protecting portion is a pad that is packaged in an air tight foil pouch. Once the pouch is opening,your catcher slides it in the sleeve and positions it on their wrist. It hardens as it contacts air and conforms to the contour of the catchers wrist. As we say in this part of the country. It's a neat little gizzy!
-Chaz @ ACC