How to Break In Your Glove

A new glove is a paramount item when purchasing baseball equipment. Choose a baseball glove that you can fit your hand all the way into and won’t slip off. The proper way to break in a glove is up for dispute, but here is one of the most popular methods:

~Purchase baseball glove conditioning oil; this oil will soften, enrich, and preserve your leather glove. It will also get that sweaty hand smell out.

~Put the ball in the glove, tie it with string, and leave it out in direct sunlight for most of the day. This will get the leather hot and easy to shape.

~After you take the glove out of the sun, untie it, take the ball out, and shape the glove by pressing in the pocket and opening and closing it. Throw the ball into the center of the glove’s pocket as hard as possible. Repeat this step several times.

~Close the glove around the ball tightly and wrap it with the string again and store it overnight or over a weekend in a dry, dark corner away from small children.

~After the set time is up, retrieve the glove and remove the string and ball.

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