Baseball

[michboro]

Has anyone bought a chest protector for their kids in baseball. I was wondering if one kind was better than another?

 

[GoofyBaseballMom26]

My son always preferred Mizuno catching gear.

 

[michboro]

My son is 9 and pitches, and the baseball league is suggesting that kids buy chest protectors, but they are not requiring it yet. I was worried about the incident in NJ (there was a 12 year old who suffered heart and brain damage as the result of the line drive to the chest last year. The kid's heart stopped due to the impact). so I would rather be safe. I wasn't sure about whether to buy the heart gard, that has the straps, or the shirt that has the heart gard built into it. I didn't know if the heart gard with all of the straps would be uncomfortable, and then my son wouldn't wear it. There is a website that sells sleeveless underarmour shirt with a pocket for the heart gard, and no straps, but the only thing I wasn't sure about was whether or not my son would be too hot wearing 2 shirts. The website is: http://www.homeofsafeheart.com/introduction.html
The woman who sells the shirts developed them because her son found it uncomfortable to wear heart gard with straps.

 

[GoofyBaseballMom26]

I don't know about those kind sorry, they came on the market for younger kids etc after mine was older so he never used one. I thought you meant a chest protector like in catching gear.

Maybe someone else can help!

Edited to add: I will say though that the under armour heat gear made my son hotter he said, he just wore a tshirt under his jersey if necessary(but who knows, catchers are crazy anyway). (OT.He did use the cold gear though) I think I would try the shirt first, probably more comfortable for pitchers.

 

[Goofyish]

Found this if it's any help:

http://www.fogdog.com/product/index.jsp?productId=1972721&cp=711608.711641.1208135&parentPage=family

 

[Anewman]

EDIT= REFERRING TO CATCHERS GEAR.

Better ones filled with Cork or Gel actually reduce ball bounce off the chest, with cheaper foam filled protectors the ball bounces farther away possibly allowing the runners to advance.

I dont know if they make the higher end ones for small kids.