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Glove oil, baseball in glove, and rubber band. Let that bad boy sit over night. And then play catch until your hand feels like it’s going to break. Beat it against the ground. Fold it with your hands. Play catch some more. Glove is broken in. I don’t know it’s been over 20 years. This is probably a better way if you have a pitching machine just laying around.

i’m fine with just playing catch for 2 months thank you very much

Love all your vids, my first was your glove collection and I’m hooked! Just got a aria chocolate ice cream glove and love it I watch your video and gave me some GREAT advice, thank you so much for all your help over the years, love your stuff keep it up!!!👍👍👍

Foam shaving cream works okay as long as it has lanolin in it as that is what softens the leather. The best thing I use on them is Nakona glove conditioner all over and inside and on the lacings, a hair dryer for heat and a good glove mallet for breaking down flex points with the pad and forming and softening the pocket just like catching. Everyone always wants the thumb and pinky tips flared on alot of the gloves I've done. You may have to adjust and trim some of your lacing afterwords to your likeing as well due to stretching after break in. Pitching machines work great too.

Tbh, for me it’s the old way that works the best. Nothing but playing catch 24/7 to break it in.

I simply play catch with it and use it in the field during BP. I’m a pitcher so I always order stiff in the custom process. It takes me a season using it as a back up glove to break it in. So I actually prefer Japanese kip leather so I buy Wilson Staff or Kubota Slugger gloves.

My Dad circa 2006: cover with shaving cream and put it under your mattress take it or leave it.

Me: What do you like better, cupcakes or ice cream? Ballgloveking: Yes

What I have done is glove oil+ baseball in it and put a rubber band around it but I put my hand in it and then the rubber band so it would be comfortable in my hand

Thank you, just got an new A2000 and this will really help

I used to just sit it under a couch or heavy object and leave it about 24hr. worked on every glove

Baseball (or two, or a softball depending on glove) in pocket. Rubber band glove closed, you can even kind of roll the finger tips into it but I just like to fold the glove like I’m wearing it) put it under your mattress for the night. Go play catch with it.

Glove oil and catch always worked for me

Shaving cream always worked for me as a kid.

Best way to break in a glove: buy a used one so it’s already broken in for you

Bro said don't force your gloves closed then proceeded to force it closed

Thank you for the advice

Love the shorts!!

I remember putting a ball in the glove and sliding it under my mattress for like a week lay lmao

The hot water takes of a year of use

Most of my family played baseball we did it old school with linseed oil and left a ball in the glove then wrapped it up so it would stretch out the glove. I played first base and was catcher , didn't like playing short stop and right field was fun.

I enjoy all your videos and have learned a lot from them. After hot water and playing a decent amount of catch; if you feel it’s not quiet there yet is it ok to go back to mallet work?

Petroleum jelly and a very low temp oven with a ball and ribber bands. Trick my dad taught me. Works every time

When I was a kid when my dad would break in a glove he would always lather them in shaving cream and then put them in the oven until they would get slightly warm and then he would use a mallet and then put a softball in the webbing and tightly tie them closed around it. Probably isn’t the correct way to break in a glove but it always worked great and it never took very long to do

Can I fully break in my glove (Wilson a2000 11.5 1786) by doing just couch catch with a glove mallet, and if so how long should it take?

Used to use glove oil then wrap the glove with rubber bands then put in plastic bag and chalk my truck tire with the glove for a day or so …makes glove game ready!

Rub shaving cream into for 5 min, tie it all up in rubber bands, put it under your mattress and sleep on it. Every day for at least a week, consistent. It’s the hard way but it the right way. The right way to break in a glove.

In the dash on summer day BEFORE practice with ball in pocket and band tied around glove! Hot water jt pocket and hinge points and heavy ball couch catch!

I use to put mink oil in the palm, put a ball in it and rubber band it shut for about 24hrs. Then go play catch with it and it would break in pretty quickly.

I’m definitely going to use this trick on my next glove

I also have a little helper for a glove I got my new glove and I put a bowl in there and then I put rubber bands around it and that kind of shift towards easier to catch the ball

Microwaving water is probably the most american thing ever

Can you do a tutorial on the glove conditioner

Never apply water. Lather with shaving cream and Just put baseballs in your choice position in the glove and put a leather tie over the glove and put your oven on the lowest setting for about 15 minutes.

Important question I’ve had for ages. In Dear Evan Hansen the musical there is a song called “break in a glove” and I wanna know if that method works. Basically you rub shaving cream all over the glove, tie it all up with rubber bands. Put it under your mattress and sleep on it. And you do this for a week, everyday, consistent. Doubt it’ll work but I’m curious lol

What is the glove brand for the black and red glove

You can also put glove oil on in turn it inside out and then leave it overnight

Some break in oil, oven at 275, put that bad boy in there for 25 minufes take out and play catch. Broke in under 3 hours, did all my A2Ks like this. From 9yrs old to college.

Thank you for showing because now I can drake in my glove that I got for Christmas

Watched this like halfway through and thought what the hell am i doing i don’t even play baseball

My dad use to put it under the wheel of the car all night long to break it in worked pretty good. Works good for a pud too

That glove is clean

I just give my hand a nice spray with rawlings glovolium and put my hamd in for acouple mins. That's how I form my hand inside.

Did the oven trick. If it works for upholstery guys dealing with high-end cars, it’ll work for you and “breaking in” your glove faster.

When I was a kid my dad used to put some type of oil on it and then put it in the oven

Literally grab glove or leather oil rub it over the glove generously put a ball in the pocket wrap it in a plastic bag then a towel and place Uber mattress and check it every day till you have your preferred softness

I just use it play catch and play more catch maybe catch with your self go to the batting centre to play catch or maybe a little catch.

I always used to dunk it in hot water, take it out when its soaked and then put a rubber band on it overnight come back in the morning and open/close tf out it works like a dime

God damn bro got every glove in the book I’m jelly😅can’t wait until my son brings me full circle back to doing all this glove work I used to love this type shit in high school

I’m going to use this when I get my first basemen glove

A lot of farmers fully submerge their new boots in water and walk in them for a while. Worked for me. I wonder if that would work for baseball gloves

My dad would just put it under his car tire and leave it over night and it works great

We just used them back in the good days🤷🏻‍♂️

Growing up I would tie a softball in the glove w shoelaces and sit on it like a egg till I’m tired of watching tv or whatever then put glove oil on it w the softball and put it in the oven for a lil on low just to loosen it up and then played catch like crazy alone

i heard from a teammates dad that u can use a type of shaving cream a softball and a rag or dish towel

I put a ball in it with some string around it and put it under my mattress, then I open it the next day and tie string around it to make sure it stays open, repeat for about a week and it's good

Are use the hot water message when I used mouth guards in football 😅 but for some reason it tasted good😂

Glove oil rubber band and a oven always worked for me with all my gloves it’s was my go to anytime I needed to break in a glove

Never force your glove closed - smashes glove closed with a mallet. I don’t understand

I know this is going to sound crazy, I would put a baseball in the pocket tie it with twine soak the whole thing and shaving cream and throw it in the dryer. As long as it's a white shaving cream with no die it won't ruin the glove.

I used my dads glove that he used to play baseball back in 75-77

yes

You can also use shaving cream to break In your glove

Shaving cream hot oven turn glove inside out. (Push web inward)

Or get you some leather softener/oil. They used to sell it to rub on new gloves to help soften them up and break them in easier.

If anyone puts water on leather I'd reccomend using a leather oil or similar after it's broken in. I don't play baseball but it keeps my work gloves from cracking when dry

Would glove conditioner work with these methods and when would I use it in the process

Bro just said yes💀☠️

With you new video on how to break in a glove 23 would it also work with softball gloves?

Bro the dicks sports steamers have changed my life, they are free and make your gloves so nice

Thanks

Water actually dries out leather. Leather conditioner softens and protects your glove. Bick 4 is a really effective tool.

There is a gel to it like when you have a new glove you have to put that gel on it and wait about like two days

My dad would always oil it than put a baseball inside and wrap with twine over night

My dad baked mine, several minutes in the oven and oil and that baby was buttery smooth

Can you please please please do a video on how fransisco lindor breaks in his glove before he made the switch to the rev1x ???

When I was younger I oiled mine and put a two balls and then 20lb dumbell for 2 days.

A big part of breaking in the gloves isn’t the glove being broken in, but more you getting used to the new glove

What kinda glove is the black and red one you have the reaper on it are sick and I would like to know where you got it and if it's still available to buy

Best way to break a glove in is to play catch

the only thing I do is the mallet then glove oil then BP

Bruh😂 I literally just play catch with that shit straight out the store and it’s good after like 2 sessions of warm ups, ooh I also had a baseball taped to a stick that I would use to break in particularly hard spots, usually just for catchers mits

I think I might need to use this hack

You should do a video on catchers gloves

i would just buy a glove and use it only during practice for 2 weeks so it broke in real nice

Hey, what kind of glove mallet do you use?

nope on the hot water. Especially on my nokonas

How long do you do the mallet treatment

Shaving cream You rub that in for about five minutes, tie it all up with rubber bands, put it under your mattress, and sleep on it. And you do that for at least a week, every day, consistent.

How do I get the glove to close all the way to the top. I can break in the bottom to close but the top won't and it kinda funnels

Day one of asking what web to use for outfielders?

The oven. More effective than you think.

I use mallet hot glove then catch

I never liked the hit water step. Then a way more experienced and older friend who was a marine, was like "you walk them boots dry..." Oh shi-!

Lanolin and vitamin e conditioner is best. Oil weighs it down and doesn’t dry back out. Break in with mallet and wrap with ball in pocket. Done. Well; repeat as necessary of course.

Golf clubs are instantly spec just putting that out there :)

What’s the easiest way to brake in a catchers mitt

So, in hockey you can bake your skates to mold to your fest can you do that with a glove?

As someone who just bought their first A2000 i literally have been using a mallet for HOURS AND IVE HAD LITTLE TO NO PROGRESS. I can’t close it or play catch with it