Turf shoes or molded cleats?

[uncdrew]

For playing on turf, do your daughters prefer molded cleats or turf shoes? I find turfs can slip more than molded if the turf gets wet.

What say you, DFP?

We show up with both, and in warm ups determine which to wear that game.

 

[NJZoo]

Not all turfs are created equal. My DD pitches and likes turfs when playing on artificial surfaces. However she really only likes the Nike turfs that have the spikes on the bottom and give more grip. Some turfs have small shallow nubs that offer little grip.
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My daughter loves her Nike turf shoes (tried NB and wasn't a fan). If the turf is very wet we'll use cleats, but my daughter had a bad experience catching her cleat in the carpet while trying to turn a double play while playing SS. No injury, but threw off her timing by the extra second and didn't turn 2. As a result, it's almost exclusively turf shoes.

 

[Lightning]

DD's only turf experience has been turf fields with dirt cutouts, so she'll wear molded cleats. She has turf shoes for pitching lessons (the cage is all turf), but if there's dirt on the field she wants molded cleats every time.

 

[LW23]

For playing on turf, do your daughters prefer molded cleats or turf shoes? I find turfs can slip more than molded if the turf gets wet.

What say you, DFP?

DD wears molded on turf. She has turf shoes but has slipped in the past. That was the end of using them in a game.

 

[HunterMO]

My daughter loves her Nike turf shoes (tried NB and wasn't a fan). If the turf is very wet we'll use cleats, but my daughter had a bad experience catching her cleat in the carpet while trying to turn a double play while playing SS. No injury, but threw off her timing by the extra second and didn't turn 2. As a result, it's almost exclusively turf shoes.

DD had a JV game this year at a school that uses turf IF but grass OF. And allows players to use metal cleats. I pushed and pushed her to take her molded but she refused. Safe to say I had fingers crossed she didn't catch a cleat and turn an ankle or knee.