Now broken in, this glove is my favorite. It isn't "game ready" (most good, durable gloves are not) but broke in nicely after about 8 hours of practice. It begins tight and forms to your fingers.

I've caught many infield line drives and only hurt my palm once.

This isn't an ideal outfield glove for softball, since it is somewhat small.

We first purchased a Demarini Diablo for our daughter and fell in love with the Demarini gloves. She was playing 1st base then and the glove was great for her. The leather was very soft and she was able to start playing with the glove from day 1. When she changed positions we decided we needed to get her a fielding glove. After an extensive search in all our local stores we ended up ordering the Voodoo online. We had seen a lot of Demarini gloves in the stores and our previous experience suggested to us that it would be a safe thing to do. We like the glove. It has pretty soft leather and it is the perfect compromise in size for her. The ONLY negative we have seen with the glove is the weight. It is noticeably heavier than other gloves we were looking at. Like I said though, that is the oly negative that we are able to find with it. The leather is soft and durable. We still think that Demarini makes some of the best gloves for their price range. We would (and do) recommend this glove to anyone looking for a good fielding glove. Good luck!