Is there a drawback to practicong fielding with a larger ball? My son loves to field ground balls and fly balls that make him run and dive at times. He really gets into it and loves getting dirty going after hard to reach balls.

Yesterday I picked up a small s****r ball that is about the size of a softball. Hit fly balls to him and he did his thing. I like it because if he misjudges things and gets hit it doesn't hurt him. he seemed to pick up on this and was more willing to get under the high fly balls and directly behind the hard hit grounders. It does somewhat force him to use both hands and he has to squeeze the glove to keep the ball in there is he dives or rolls with it. I think that could be a good thing. I'm just wondering if it would have any negative affects like it might if you get used to hitting a larger ball.

My son is 8.

Thanks,

Tim

Sounds to me like the kid is having fun and playing with a smile on his face... You can't beat that.
Keep it up pops... playing catch (of any type really) is the greatest thing you can do with your little guys... on many levels.

He is 8, so you shouldn't go crazy, but one drawback I could think of would be that softballs sink faster, and baseballs go deeper and stay in the air longer. Converting back and forth could be confusing...He could end up misjudging alot...