How to Break in a New Baseball Glove

1,Purchase a new baseball glove. Choose a glove that you can fit your hand all the way into and that won’t slip off your hand. If you play a certain position, get that type of glove.

2,Purchase baseball glove conditioning oil. This oil will soften, enrich, and preserve your leather glove.

3,Get a baseball or softball, depending on your needs for the glove.

4,Put the ball in the glove, tie it with string, and leave it out in direct sunlight for no more than a few hours. This will get the leather hot and easy to shape.

5,After you take the glove out of the sun, untie it, take the ball out, and shape the glove by pressing in the pocket and opening and closing it. Throw the ball into the center of the glove’s pocket as hard as possible. Repeat this step several times.

6,Close the glove around the ball tightly and wrap it with the string again and store it overnight or over a weekend in a dry, dark corner away from small children.

7,After the set time is up, retrieve the glove and remove the string and ball.