How To Pick Correct Goalkeeper Glove
A lot of keepers make the same MASSIVE mistake and buy a pair of gloves, just because their favourite pro goalkeeper wears them. Or a parent of a keeper will goto a high street sports shop or online, and buy gloves that look nice and or seem a good price. Please DO NOT do this, because you are most probably buying a glove that is not suitable for your hand shape.
IMPORTANT: You MUST pick a pair of gloves that are suited for your hand shape -These are known as ‘Glove Cuts’ - And means the shape of the goalkeeper glove. Please see below the 3 main goalkeeper gloves (Cuts) that you can choose from.
Roll Finger Goalkeeper Gloves:
The Roll Finger is probably the most popular glove palm for pro keepers and this type of palm is suitable for keepers with thin, slender hands or fingers.
Negative Cut Goalkeeper Gloves:
Negative Cut gloves are generally suitable for goalkeepers with broad hands and or fingers.
Hybrid Cut Palm Goalkeeper Gloves:
Hybrid Cut is normally when the little finger and index finger of the glove is a Roll Finger and the middle two fingers are Negative Cut. This is normally for keepers who have irregular shaped hands or fingers.
Important: Now the above is just a rule of thumb, and too be honest the only way you will ever know what goalkeeper glove cut is right for your hand, is to try them all.
The best advice we can give you is this, when you put a pair of goalkeeper gloves on, and it does NOT feel you are wearing goalkeeper gloves, this will be the correct glove cut for you, because it has matched your hand shape.
If you need more help, check out the FREE J4K goalkeeper glove hand scanning service.
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