OT - I'm Joining a softball team - NEED HELP!!

[suave1477]

Re: OT - I'm Joining a softball team - NEED HELP!!

I would like to thank everyone who gave there input.

Here is what I decided so far I picked up.

Rawlings all black Gold Glove outfielders fielding glove
Mizuno Techfire g2 batting gloves
Nike Air Zoom cleats

I am still deciding on a bat. Our first practice is Sunday so i think im going to check out what everyone else has, try some out and get a feel for what I like.

[gingi79]

Re: OT - I'm Joining a softball team - NEED HELP!!

Suave,

As a guy who joined my companies Softball team after a layoff of less than 5 years from playing regularly, may I suggest LOTS of stretching and batting cage time!

I realized 3 years later that I had a cyst behind my knee (the same kind that Peyton Manning had removed and contributed to tearing his ACL) after playing 2nd base in one game and hobbling for 3 weeks after.

I now play all summer long as a Teen Counselor at a Day Camp but I stretch all the time just to swing and run and I'm about to turn 30.

In short, any bat and glove looks great during the game but until I started stretching for 20 minutes a day and hit the cages daily, I was sore and looked like the fat kid in dodgeball for days after!

(Now that I have spilled my guys about painful fat guy memories, I'm going to hit the exercise bike for 30 minutes )

Good Luck