Accelerated Glove Conditioning - Making Your Baseball, Softball, and Other Sports Gloves Playable Without Oils

HELPFUL HINTS

Ways Not To Break In The Glove:

DO NOT put it in the oven, microwave, a bucket of water, clothes dryer, run it over with the car, or coat it with oil. All those processes will ruin the equipment by breaking down the leather over time. A natural process that creates flexibility is always the best.

Selecting The Proper Size Glove:

It is very important when selecting equipment to get the right fit. A portion of your palm should be sticking out of the bottom of the glove. If your hand goes inside, past your wrist it is at least two seasons too big. Even after AGC Conditioning, most players will not be strong enough to open or close a glove that size, let alone get it into position to make a play.

Cold Weather:

Is an enemy to your leather glove! A cold glove takes a long time to warm up and become playable. During those seasons of the year your glove needs to kept in a warm place.

Reshaping Equipment:

In general, the majority of gloves/mitts are unplayable. The reason is they are flat or were never correctly conditioned. How do they get flat? After use, the player throws the equipment in a bag with everything else and after awhile it becomes flat with a crease in the pocket. Therefore, instead of being open, the player has to open the glove first to make a play and cannot do it fast enough. The ball is deflected or bounces out of the glove because the pocket is creased. At this stage, only 30% of the glove is playable. Our reshaping process opens up the glove 100%, eliminates the crease and makes it game-ready again. It is revitalized. To keep it that way after use, the player needs to put a ball in the pocket or roll the little finger of the glove under the thumb like an Indian tepee and wrap an AGC glove band around it, which holds everything in place.

Care Of The Glove After AGC Conditioning Or Reshaping:

During a game when your fielders or first base glove is not in use, place it palm down in your bat bag not on its side. Conversely, a catcher’s mitt should be placed on its side. At all times when not using your equipment, place a ball in the pocket with a glove band wrapped around it.