Is there a drawback to practicong fielding with a larger ball? My son loves to field ground balls and fly balls that make him run and dive at times. He really gets into it and loves getting dirty going after hard to reach balls.
Yesterday I picked up a small s****r ball that is about the size of a softball. Hit fly balls to him and he did his thing. I like it because if he misjudges things and gets hit it doesn't hurt him. he seemed to pick up on this and was more willing to get under the high fly balls and directly behind the hard hit grounders. It does somewhat force him to use both hands and he has to squeeze the glove to keep the ball in there is he dives or rolls with it. I think that could be a good thing. I'm just wondering if it would have any negative affects like it might if you get used to hitting a larger ball.
My son is 8.
Thanks,
Tim
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