For the Little Leaguers out there make sure that your mom knows what kind of custom shoes they should get you if you want to play baseball. These shoes are called cleats and these cleats for kids are Youth Baseball Cleats. These kind of footwear are a specialized kind of shoes, they have cleats at the soles. These cleats are like protrusions which help provide the wearer a better grip on the ground. It is preferable that a kid use youth baseball cleats with non-detachable cleats. Also it is recommended that the cleats be made of plastic and not metal for safety reasons and of course regulation provides that they not use metal cleats. The shoes themselves must be made of a breathable synthetic material and not leather. Leather baseball cleats are used by high level or advanced players but are expensive, thus it is advisable that synthetic youth baseball cleats be used.