What size glove to buy?

My son is now 7 1/2 years old and for the last two years he has used a 6 3/4 glove. Does he need to move up in glove size and if so, what size, 7, 7 1/4? What's the best way to tell? Thanks for your help!

 

Glove size

At that age, I would think weight, something he can physically handle to go along with increased length. Take him with you and make sure it is gonna be something he can raise and control comfortably. I bought my nephew a new glove for his birthday, he is 9 and fairly weak, I wound up buying him an mizuno mvp series that was game ready, soft and light. It was like a 10 1/4 but I am sure it comes in smaller sizes. I am sure you will get other answers, probably better, but I hope this helps some.

 

don't get him a "peach basket"!

too many kids have gloves way too big, not just for their little hands to "work" in but also these big gloves take away the feel needed to become a good fielder.

My son used a 9 1/2" glove until he was 10. He then moved to a 10 1/2" until he was in high school and went to an 11". He was a middle infielder. Now an outfielder may use a larger glove, but in the early years, you don't want a glove that they just wave around and hope the ball lands in it. My son would use that little 9 1/2" to practice taking ground balls even in high school.

You should teach your son that the glove is just an extension of his hand... it is a part of him, not a thing that catches the ball.

I still have that little 9 1/2" on a shelf with a ball in it. Someday, my son might have a son and then that little glove can teach another little boy how to field a baseball.

 

Stay small. Stay away from big gloves.

 

Thanks for the info,

I mean't to say my son has been using a 10 3/4 glove, not a 6 3/4. Appreciate the advice.

 

Personally I think that is big enough. My 16 year old only uses an 11 at 3rd.

 

Agree with Putt. I'll add this.

Small as you can use IMO. Slightly larger gloves for outfielders.

Someone mentioned "the glove is an extension of the hand" That is right on.

Really it is protection and extension. Using that, I would look at your hand and ask, "Hand. What is the minimum I need to protect you? And Hand. How much extension do you need with out inhibiting YOUR catching/fielding the ball?"

Hands catch. Gloves don't.

 

when watching a good "glove man"

I always get a chuckle when a routine ball gets by them... they always have this incredulous look on their face and stare at their glove like an old friend has betrayed them in the worst way.

 

I overheard this center fielder say, after he ran into the fence, "Fence! We are not going to get along."