Breaking in a new Catcher/Trapper

[sonsplayhockey 0]

I got a new cather/trapper from a friend second hand. Its been used by him maybe 3 times. It is as stiff as a board. I can't even close it down all the way.

How do I break this in or loosen it up.

Here is what it is:

http://www.mylec.com/580-570.htm

[pantherfan 0]

Tie it up closed and/or put it under the sofa for a few days

Well thats what my mate did

[hockeysew 0]

:P

Make sure that you put 2 or 3 pucks in the pocket before you tie it up-I glued 3 pucks together and used an old pad strap instead of tieing-MAKE SURE HE KEEPS THIS IN THE GLOVE ALWAYS!!

I've seen a lot of catch gloves get the pocket trashed because people just toss them in their bag with nothing in the pocket-then they throw their pads and everything else on top of it-nothing kills a pocket faster

Just toss pucks to him as much as you can for break in-DONT USE A BALL-you want the pocket to form to pucks, not balls

[sc37 0]

Well...it isn't exactly high quality. Idk if it's leather or some fake leather of sorts, and depending on what, it might be hard to soften it up. But I do what I do with my baseball gloves, beat it with something, slather some baseball glove foam/oil on it and stick balls/pucks in it and keep it squished.

[sogaduch 0]

you could also go to your lhs to see if theyll let you use there oven to heat up your glove