Sports Product Review

In sports and in life, confidence is everything. On the playing field, it’s a constant battle waged in the mind. Every athlete faces fear. Am I good enough? Am I prepared? What if something goes wrong?

Perhaps the most insidious fear that athletes face is the fear of injury. Elite athletes may have trained themselves to overcome the fear of pain associated with their sport, but they dread an injury that will sideline them and potentially eliminate their livelihood. Younger players often don’t think in these broad terms, but rather simply worry about getting hurt for the most basic reason – because it hurts.

In either case, players who take the field with even the slightest worry or doubt are setting themselves up for not only failure, but also greater potential for harm. That’s one of the reasons we’re such huge fans of the XProTex line of gloves, (www.xprotex.com).

They sent us some gloves to try. The “wow” factor alone when they come out of the package is enough reason to put these high up on any player’s gift wish list. But it’s when the action starts that they truly shine.

The Reaktr infielder’s glove covers the hand inside the mitt and protects the wrist, palm and fingers from hard throws and short-hop bounces. It’s tough catching a hard throw from a teammate and, in that instant before it hits the mitt, if a players senses impending pain, any flinch might cause him to miss. At the very least, a lack of aggressiveness coming to get the ball could be the difference between safe and out on a bang-bang play.

My son, who is a shortstop, says he loves the way the glove protects his wrist from getting dinged up on bad hops. It helps him focus more on doing whatever it takes to make the play, to get in front of a ball that’s smoked, and worry less about the consequences if the ball doesn’t do what he expects it to.

XProTex gloves are among the most innovative new products to come along in the baseball world in some time, and help athletes step onto the field knowing they’re prepared and protected. And a player with the utmost confidence is sure to have the utmost success.

Source: XProTex