Anyone ever use these? They look gimmicky and I can’t really find any reviews. Also I don’t see this design by any other glove maker. I showed them to my son and he thought they looked interesting.
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My soon used these for a year. He liked them. He liked the webbing between the finger and thumb. In my observation, it acted similar to what a Pro Hitter would do. If you order them, definitely get the top model. When he used them it was the 2.0 and 1.0 models available. There was definitely a quality difference between the two. He hasn't tried the new pro model since he found another batting glove company which he likes better, and better on my wallet.
@ARCEKU21 What are the batting gloves he likes better? My son used to love the UA Heater gloves because of the rubbery grip on the palms. For some reason they stopped making them. He was using Franklin for a while but those wear out quickly and they smell terrible. He's been using Marucci for a few months and likes them.
They look great, I hope they have a promo soon. I recently bought a pro sway glove based on a members recommendation. It is padded something my kid prefers. He wears Franklin Shoksorb gloves. The pro sway had a discount promo so it was more palatable to my wallet.
My son had been using the spiderz and likes them but he usually goes through a couple of pairs a year
ProSway Gloves. The padded glove version have been beasts for my son. He is very hard on gloves. He would usually get a new pair of gloves every 2 months or so. The ProSway padded glove lasted him about 8 months. From what I can tell from picking them off the garage floor, they are made from a different material than traditional batting gloves. They often run discounts. We grabbed three pairs for half price this past big sale they had. So we should be set for the year.
I’m going to check them out
I use Bruce Bolts. Very soft and comfortable. They have held up well and don’t get crusty like the other ones.
My son likes the Bruce Bolts too - he is really hard on his batting gloves (a pair of Franklins only lasted him two weeks) but the Bruce Bolts last about 3 months each.
Another vote for Bruce Bolts. My son gets a terrible blood blister/callus on his palm and these have helped tremendously.
The kid who started Bruce Bolt went to our school. He is 19, it's pretty impressive.
In case anyone is interested in trying Prosway, they have 60% off some of their batting gloves right now. You have to add them to the cart to see the price.
You may buy a little larger glove that has more space for growing since you can’t grip the bat and move if it gets tight on your hands. Although certain styles of gloves will stretch, you still need that expanding space to let your gloves last longer.
I use them and so does my youngest son. I got them free in a promotion and gave them a try, the web really works helping keep the bat toward your fingers, so like it for my youngest to help train him to keep the bat out of the palm. Plus he kept losing his prohitter, so this works great for him. You still have to use it right, as you can bypass the web by forcing it flat. My oldest son doesn't like them. They are soft so you go through them. My older son would rip through a pair in about half a travel season, but he hangs his hand over the knob.
I got a season out of them in my old man wood bat league but that's like 35-40 AB a season.
I think if you don't have a problem holding the bat correctly, there is no real advantage to them. I look at them solely as an in-game training tool but if you find a glove you like, a pro-hitter will do the same thing.