Saturday, July 09, 2011

Great Suggestions On How To Shop For Baseball Cleats

By Ralph McFarland


Cleats play an important role in a child's performance in playing baseball. Therefore, you should choose a good quality baseball cleat for your son.

High quality cleats greatly enhance performance; therefore, it is necessary to invest in one to boost your child's confidence.

Often, youth league set a standard of cleats for their players. So, go and check out with your child's league as to what kind of cleats they allow and which ones they don't.

Metal cleats are prohibited by majority of youth leagues. This is because metal cleats are not safe while playing in the field. So, this leaves you to select from molded cleats only.

Rubber made studs provide flexible movement and allow for playing well in either wet or dry baseball fields. You should select a cleat which has shock absorbent so to protect your child from knee or ankle injuries.

You will find while shopping for your son that youth baseball cleats are made of leather. Good thing about leathered baseball cleats is that they are chemically treated and polished. This treatment with the cleats protects them from getting damaged under extreme wet conditions.

An important thing to consider when buying you set cleats is that they should be comfortable and flexible. If they are not flexible then they will restrict your son's movement and will thus hinder his performance.

You should also make sure that the rubber cleats that you plan to buy are secured by Velcro. Rubber keys secured by shoe strings are not ideal as they untie very often. This in turn, restricts your child to perform his best.

It is suggested that you buy two kinds of cleats for two types of baseball fields i.e. dry and wet. This is because majority of the leagues make their players play in both the fields. Therefore, investing in two cleats will provide him maximum opportunity to show his baseball abilities.




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