Son's left thumb is getting pretty beat up. What's out there to help protect and support the thumb?
Thanks
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Evoshield Thumb Guard
Here is a picture of how a thumb guard Uncle Ethan linked fits on the thumb. It looks a bit bulky to fit in a mitt to me.
Anybody out their use one?
Here is a picture of how a thumb guard Uncle Ethan linked fits on the thumb. It looks a bit bulky to fit in a mitt to me.
Anybody out their use one?
I would add, aside from shields, tape jobs, padded batting gloves etc., teaching this simple adjustment puts the thumb in a better position. Most inexperienced or young catcher's rotate their glove thumbside down on middle-in and inside pitches. This exposes the thumb to alot of ball strikes. If you will slightly rotate thumbside up, at the last moment in set-up - after the pitcher has seen his target, it will help the catcher frame and receive the ball in the glove in a way that minimizes these strikes.
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bkekcs,
My son is a college catcher and he wears an Evoshield. It is not bulky at all and stays in his mitt when he takes his hand out of the glove.
My son is a college catcher and he wears an Evoshield. It is not bulky at all and stays in his mitt when he takes his hand out of the glove.
Okay, I now have one with a broken thumb. Which of the evoshields do you use-the hourglass or oval, and will it fit in a 32.5" mitt?
