The mittens and the gloves of baseball are not new. Their basic form and design fold up again the gloves used by the first players of the play. When the upholstered gloves made their aspect after the Second World War, the use of two hands was the only manner of gaining the ordering of ball.

These upholstered shells offered much if no pocket by the witch to only imprison the ball by using the glove . While the filling in these gloves tended to shift during the play, the pocket formed by the use would also shift. The gloves available in the trade of formation include the mitten of formation of athletics of Kelley, glove of formation of Akadema APG97 Infielders, a.k.a. the pancake; Glove of formation of Mizuno GXT1 and glove of crepe formation of trainer of eagle of Valle. The geometry and forms similar of share of these gloves.

The use of a round mitten of formation has two obvious advantages. Initially, in addition to axis of the hooks can still be imprisoned above any part of the glove. The rigid perimeter creates a stable base for the operation of glove as a whole. In the second place, because the trainers lead grounders to the player with a bat by 40 feet or more, one glove correctly placed will give the visual indicator or a complete circle. This circle is important because it confirms to the trainer that the mitten is perpendicular to the ground. The oblong forms are say to signs of tale that the player does not have their hand in suitable position. This type of moment retroact allows to trainers a greater effectiveness by supervising the position of player in all the drill.

Imagine to throw a baseball with a great flat council. So perpendicular to the play, any ball running up against the council will rebound simply towards its origin. It is a great advantage for players because the ball is in front of their line of site and between them and the play. Now, turn the council 30 degrees behind the perpendicular. The majority of the players not using two hands have their glove in this position while they reach outside advances some on the ball. Our council, any blow of ball will continue its progress forwards. The baseball will rebound upwards and behind player.

If lucky, the ball will not go too much far and made the scuffle for the order will finish inside with the low runner advancing only by one. The unhappy players take the rebound in the face or the trunk where the serious damage can occur.

One granted several versions of this type of device of formation of baseball of the patents to the United States. Simple rigid materials 4.208.051 were held by Thomas S. Robertson 1980 on the trimming of triangle, 4.802.669 held by Peter C Birmingham, 1989

It is interesting to note that under patent 4121824 of the United States, as a Robert 1977 Hirschfield developed what on outside appears a small typical glove, whereas the interior is reinforced to deteriorate the capacity of the glove to close itself.

The invention relates to a partially inflexible device what can be carried like glove by one trying to increase his competence of reaction time of glove/hand in the qualifications of baseball to catch, of fielding and agility of catch/throw. It can also be employed in an instructor or a trainer while showing or by teaching these techniques with the players of any qualification level.

The glove has the part of palm in made inflexible by which a user cannot bend the palm to catch a ball by tightening it with his hand of glove. Instead of that, the user is forced to use his free hand to imprison a ball between the inflexible palm of the glove and the free hand. The inflexible part of palm of the glove can intègralement be formed with the glove; it can be an insertion, in a permanent way fixed in a pocket of the glove; or it can be an insertion in which can easily be inserted and removed from a pocket of the glove.

Synopsis of the invention of Hirschgield:

The participation in the sport of the baseball requires, just as participation in any physical activity to involve the use of the special techniques, the development of certain fundamental qualifications. Unless these fundamental qualifications become natural of second to the player so that it carries out them practically automatically, and without hesitation or concentrated effort, its level of play will be shortened.

This invention concerns to improve competence of the one in arts of baseball of fielding, to catch and of the combination of catch/throwing. As will be shown, by employing the subjected device, one automatically will practise the suitable techniques of fielding the ground balls, will rayera orders and will fly of the balls; to catch a ball thrown by another player and to catch and throw a ball in a liquid movement.

A variety of situations emerges during a play of baseball where these techniques must be carried out with competence and quickly. To call but some, a infielder must be able in measurement with the field by ground ball and to throw it without hesitation where smooth paste, or any low runner for this matter, functions quickly; a player in the outfields must be able to catch a ball handled the beater, if in the sky or after it rebounds, and with a fast jet of release at the base suitable or the dish at the house; a infielder, usually the second basic player or shortstop, must be able to catch a thrown ball and quickly to swivel and throw it to carry out a double game. A play can be gained or lost according to the suitable execution.

Consequently, the players of baseball on all the levels of the qualifications continuously practise in an effort to increase and to advance their level of Également play, the instructors and the trainers of the players who extend from the elementary children scolarisables to the professional players of baseball insist for the development and the improvement of certain fundamental qualifications by the repeated practice of the correctly shown techniques. The of the same players and trainers had a long need for felt of device of formation which would make it possible to develop qualifications while, the potentiality reducer, if of elimination to develop practices of bad or qualifications weak.

The subjected invention, which satisfies the long need mentioned above felt, is a device which provides the means necessary to advance the qualifications of any player. It is carried like glove; indeed, its appearance can be that of an ordinary glove of baseball. However, the pocket (this part of the glove which cover the palm of the player ) and the part at least a third of the manner to the top of each finger is made inflexible, although it can be wadding of shock. Consequently, when a ball is struck or thrown to a player carrying the subjected device of formation, it must immediately cover the ball of his ungloved the hand on the contact of manufacture of the ball with the rigid pocket, or the ball will not be caught. Fact one correctly teaches the manner the player of catching the ball with hands of two , C-with-D., to immediately cover the ball at the time of the contact.

The preference for a two gave hook exists in practically all the situations -- ground balls, line orders, balls of fly and balls thrown. Naturally, there are exceptions to any rule, but they are right that, of the exceptions. The healthy fundamental qualifications require that one can carry out the foundations in a qualified manner, and then can adapt while the extraordinary situations emerge (for example where one must jump, to precipitate or stretch themselves in order to reach thrown or strike the ball with a hand).

Even with the contemporary technology of glove of baseball, it is obvious that the advances in manufacture and the function are always based on basic qualifications to reach the maximum execution of player. Simple devices which can only function if used correctly are the key with any success of player.