Nokona Alpha Select Series Baseball Glove: S-100 Youth
Features
10.50 (+/- 0.25) Inch Pattern
Fully Closed Web
Conventional Open Back
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Constructed with Buffalo and Stampede Leathers
Made in the USA - Since 1934 (Nocona, TX)
Game-Ready Feel
Youth Fit - Smaller Hand Opening, Tighter Finger Stalls
One (1) Year Manufacturer's Warranty
Weight: Approx. 475 g
Nolera Composite Padding System - Lighter Feel than Traditional Felt with Similar Absorption Characteristics
Description
This Nokona Alpha Select Series: S-100 Youth features an Approximate 10.50" Pattern, Fully Closed Web, and is one of the highest quality Youth gloves available today. Nokona: America's Pastime. American Made.
Reviews
Average Ratings Based on 14 Customer Reviews
Pros: I'll have to admit it that I was completely skeptical buying this glove for my 8 yo daughter. After the first week of breaking it into her comfort zone we couldn't be any happier. The glove is a part of her when she puts it on.
Cons: No cons, buy this glove. :)
Pros: Really good glove!
Cons: No cons
Pros: Price-quality-shipping. Fit well like a glove. Just another great nokona. I'm satisfied as well as my daughter.
Cons:
Pros: Sturdy glove, quick break-in, quality look and feel. Delivery was free and quick, got it day after shipping.
Cons: None so far
Pros: Great feel for middle infielders.
Cons: Slightly heavy.
Pros: Bought this for my 7 year old after years only using Rawlings.. I will have to say it is truely awesome. My son loves it and works on breaking it in every day.
Cons:
Pros: GREAT, GREAT BALL GLOVE. MY 7 YR OLD LOVES THIS GLOVE, IT IS BREAKING IN VERY NICELY. THE LEATHER AND CRAFTSMANSHIP IS GRADE A. I DEF RECOMMEND THIS GLOVE BEFORE BUYING OTHER.
Cons: NONE... MY SONS FIELDING IS IMPROVING QUICKLY !!!
Pros: Highest quality glove for the junior travel ball player..great break in and comfortable fit..great glove..
Cons: Pricey glove, but you get what you pay for...
Pros: It's a Nakona. It was pretty much ready to go for my 6 year old! Great glove, as always and a great company.
Cons: It's a Nakona. There are no cons to this perfect glove.
Pros: Nokona got it just right. When I first held the S-100 in my hand I was amazed at how light the glove is. The leather feels amazing. As soon as my son tryed it on he said it felt perfect. Don't waste your time with other gloves. i would say great glove for ages 7 through 11. Awesome glove!
Cons: Pricey but thats how it goes it you want the best
Pros: Exceptional craftsmanship; breaking in nicely. i can already see improvements in fielding and catching.
Cons: none
Pros: My grandson loves this glove. He has been playing second base for 7 years and he thinks this glove is the best - the padding is great.
Cons: none
Pros: This is a pro level glove. I ordered this for my 6 year old and in just a couple practices is showing exceptional confidence with this. I would say he will be using this glove until hes 10 or 11 years old. Great glove
Cons: none
Pros: Hands down best youth BB glove. My son is 7 and has worn it for 6 seasons and loves it. Great quality and soft enough to break in nicely. Made in the U.S.A.
Cons: They are pricey but are worth every penny.
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About the Brand
Joe Phillips writes about his visit to Nokona. It was like sitting in at the plantation party in Gone with the Wind or maybe gazing from the grandstand at the “Field of Dreams” while the Black Sox players tried to work out their idled muscle kinks. And, I was gently reminded by the lines in that movie while I dug into a delicious plate of North Texas barbecue: “threshing crews eating at outdoor tables. It continually reminds us of what once was, like an Indian-head penny in a handful of new coins. . . You talk a good dream.” And here I was. . . graciously invited into this magical and charming “Field of Glove-Making Dreams” in former Comanche Indian land at Nocona, Texas. It was a warm August evening, basked in a golden harvest moon, while friends and the Nokona family paid its kindly southern regards to two of their own and two of America’s finest but relatively obscure glove makers, Bobby Storey and Elvin Ray “Ab” Lemons. You see, the pair had just completed fifty years of time-honored employment with Nocona Athletic Goods, the last of the all-American made ball glove company's. The occasion brought echoes of past successes and human contentment, but in Nocona today you still experience much the same American texture of yesterday and perhaps a glimpse into tomorrow as well.
The two stately gentlemen were being honored in a way that could have taken place in the same manner when they first reported for full-time work at Nokona, in 1952, or back even earlier, in 1933 when the company started making sports equipment. During a brief and informal presentation at the celebration, Nokona’s new sales manager called the two glove makers “Legends - because that’s what their ball gloves stood for, American know-how and pride taken in a best-made product.”
A man of few words but a marveled craftsman who could literally conjure a sows ear into a playable baseball mitt, Mr. Lemons got up and fondly recalled the several men he worked with through his half-century and of the training that had been passed along to him from his old bosses.
His counter part and just as talented, Bobby Storey, had filled in at just about every job at Nokona. Bobby, the son of the sporting goods founder, R.E. “Bob” Storey had most recently served as president and now chairman of the board of Nokona. Though past retirement age like Mr. Lemons, he’s now serving at one of his favorite roles, that of ball glove designer.
At a time for employment in this country when five years is considered a long tenure with the same company, Ab and Bobby are not even the first to complete a half-century journey with Nocona Athletics. The now deceased Jewell Brickey, hit that milestone in 1993, after joining the company during World War II. That’s the kind of devotion that employees forge into this glove-making outfit. A devoted and sustained tenure here is not rare. Last year the company advertising, displayed along with Storey and Lemons, three other employees who had garnered 40 years with Nokona, Warren Clary, Bud Meekins, and Melvin Weedin.“
I don’t have to tell you that the one constant through all the years has been baseball”, wrote W.P. Kinsella. And the most constant of ball glove makers has been Nokona, and the men and women there who keep alive the tradition of American craftsmanship of ball glove making. The spirit of glove-making is still alive and well in Nocona, Texas.
Glove Properties
Color | Brown |
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Feel | Soft |
Glove Type | Baseball Youth |
Position | Infield Pitcher Second Base Short Stop Third Base All Positions Outfield |
Series | Alpha |
Size | 10.50 10.00 10.75 11.00 |
Sub Type | Fielders |
Vendor | Nokona |
Web Type | Fully Closed |
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