Anyone been yet, and have any advice on shoes? Sneakers seem wrong. Just ole-fashioned youth rubber cleats?
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Google baseball cleats for artificial turf.
Regular turfs seem fine, though I've got no experience when it's actually wet. Did see a few kids in what appeared to be plastic spikes that seem like an exact match for typical metal ones, except for the spike actually being plastic, too.
Regular turfs seem fine, though I've got no experience when it's actually wet. Did see a few kids in what appeared to be plastic spikes that seem like an exact match for typical metal ones, except for the spike actually being plastic, too.
That may be the best bet for players.. buy the interchangeable cleats. Then, when you play on natural surfaces you can wear metal, but you can switch them out for the molded cleats for turf games. This would obviously be cheaper than having two pairs of cleats. And I know some have been critical and made comment about wearing "Little League" cleats and whatever. But honestly, that's what I wore my senior year of high school all the time. I had a pair of interchangeable cleats, but never put the metals in at all..
My son played several games in his turfs. Wet fields too. caught mostly but pitched a few innings. Didn't seem to affect him.
My son pitched and played infield, and we played during/after rain. He wore boombah turfs and felt that they worked well. I'm pretty sure most of our other players wore turfs as well. BTW, the mounds are great and the turf mound plays much better than the (often beat up) dirt mounds you find at most parks. Set his personal MPH record on the mound at Lakepoint.