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Training Gloves
Small, flat training gloves force soft hands and clean footwork - a coach's favourite for infield reps, from our training aids.
How to choose: use them for short-range drills to sharpen technique, then switch back to your gamer from our baseball gloves
A training glove is a small, flat glove with little or no pocket, used during practice to improve fielding technique. Because the ball can’t hide in a deep pocket, players must catch it in the center of the glove and use their throwing hand to secure it. It’s one of the most popular training aids for infielders and catchers.
Training gloves help players develop:
Soft hands: absorbing the ball instead of stabbing at it
Two-hand fielding: covering the ball with the throwing hand every time
Quick transfers: getting the ball out of the glove faster for the throw
Better glove position: fielding the ball out in front of the body
These skills carry directly over to a player’s regular infield glove in games.
A pancake glove, like the Wilson Pancake, is a completely flat training glove with no pocket. The ball can’t stay in it on its own, so the player has no choice but to use two hands. It’s a classic tool for teaching young infielders proper fielding habits.
Most infield training gloves range from 9" to 10", much smaller than a game glove. The smaller size forces precise catches in the center of the glove. Catcher’s training mitts are usually 27" to 30", compared to 32" to 34" for a regular catcher’s mitt.
Most infield training gloves range from 9" to 10", much smaller than a game glove, like the Rawlings R9 9.5", Mizuno 9" or Wilson 10" trainers. The smaller size forces precise catches in the center of the glove. Catcher’s training mitts are usually 27" to 30", compared to 32" to 34" for a regular catcher’s mitt.
Yes. A first base training mitt, like the Wilson 11" first base trainer, is smaller than a regular first base mitt, forcing first basemen to track the ball all the way in and develop cleaner scoops on throws in the dirt.