I bought this for my then-10-year old son playing Little League 18 months ago, specifically because he wanted to catch and we got him some catcher's gear that he'd need to bring to practices and games. First, the good news. This bag is huge. If packed correctly, it holds youth catchers shin guards with the Knee Savers pads, a chest protector, a catcher's helmet/mask; a batting helmet, a catcher's mitt, a fielder's glove, two bats, a water bottle, and assorted other small equipment such as a few baseballs, batting gloves, shoes, J-bands, etc. It's also durable, having been dragged back and forth to easily over 200 practices, games and private workouts, etc., and despite getting thrown down in the bottom of the dugout, dragged and kicked around etc. It's got some worn edges, but everything's intact including the seams, all zippers work. So far, so good. The problem is the little things. A bag this size for a little leaguer that doesn't have wheels could sure use some padded straps to sling over one's shoulders. Yes, it's not a backpack, but realistically a Little Leaguer isn't going to carry this around like a duffel bag given its size and likely weight of all of the equipment. This would be a large duffle bag for an adult. Instead it's simply got adjustable loop straps on either side. My son still wore it like a backpack and made do. Second, the pockets/compartments are limited. There's a larger collapsible compartment for shoes, but honestly that rarely gets used because it's not ventilated and it gets crushed with the other equipment in the bag, so you may as well just throw your shoes into the main compartment anyway. I think my son only ever threw his (hard) sunglasses case in there. There's only one other pocket, a single flat, rectangular pocket on the broad side that can only hold smaller items - batting gloves, keys, small snacks, etc. It's large and deep, but fishing around in there isn't great. There are no internal pockets, which it seems like there could be, to help sort out your smaller pieces of gear, e.g. batting gloves in one, J-bands in another, etc. When you have catcher's gear filling the large compartment, finding small items in the bottom of the bag (always) is a real pain. It also lacks a hook to hang it on the fence, which would be a nice feature, but you can get a carabiner d-hook if you really want one, but be forewarned that the bag doesn't hold its shape by itself and needs equipment inside to do that, so the hook may not work very well anyway. I'd buy this if you've got a young catcher and you don't want to bother with any really expensive gear. It'll do and will get you through Little League/rec ball. If your son or daughter is a bit more serious, however, I'm sure there are better bags out there.
