Patent ID: 6952837

Claim:
A ball-catching apparatus comprising: a main body of said ball-catching apparatus; a first piece separated from said main body and coupled at the base end portion of a thumb pocket to said main body through a first inner leather piece, said first piece being capable of following the bending motion of the thumb during ball-catching; a second piece separated from said main body and coupled to said main body through a second inner leather piece for wrapping the little finger and the ring finger, said second piece being capable of following the bending motion of said little and ring fingers during ball-catching; a first band member sewed at its one end side to said first inner leather piece near the base end portion of said thumb pocket and engaged at the other end portion with said first piece, said other end being a free end; and a second band member attached at its one end side to said second piece, the other end side being a free end; wherein said first band member and said second band member are connectable and disconnectable to each other for fastening the thumb inserted into said thumb pocket for fixing or unfixing the thumb in position and for exerting and releasing a pressing force on said little and ring fingers, said thumb and the back of the hand, in the hand-width direction along which said back of the hand is received and supported.