I've got a little pad that I found at Walmart. It velcroes onto my index finger and is a pad that protects the base of my index finger and middle finger. It was like four bucks. One problem with it is that it is pretty easy to lose. In the package it provides a piece of leather lace so you can tie it onto the mitt, but I've found it doesn't work all that well. I just stuff the pad in my back pocket in between innings.