| It's vital that when you purchase goalkeepers gloves | | | | there who can advise you. |
| that the gloves fit very well around your hand. Badly | | | | Ideally when you try a pair of goalkeeper gloves on, |
| fitting gloves restrict movement making it difficult to | | | | the goalie gloves should fit exactly snug on the tips of |
| catch a ball cleanly. Gloves that are too small can be | | | | each finger and also the thumb. You do not want them |
| painful and distract you in a game, which could cause a | | | | too tight or definitely too big. They need to be snug on |
| goal. | | | | you! |
| However, having a keeper glove too big, is just as bad. | | | | Also please make sure you buy a pair of gloves that |
| Probably worse! | | | | have a white palm, and have soft latex. There are |
| This is the most common thing that I see with my | | | | loads of different named palmed gloves now, a lot |
| students, is that they buy gloves with a couple of cm | | | | blind you with science but if you stick to a white super |
| space on the tips of each finger and thumb. This is a | | | | soft palm, you will never go far wrong. |
| massive mistake for a goalkeeper because this extra | | | | Another important bit of advice for buying goalie |
| glove material can actually get in the way of you | | | | gloves is that you do not have to pay £50 plus to |
| catching the ball! | | | | have a decent pair. There are enough glove brands on |
| So what do you do? | | | | the market now were you can get a quality pair of |
| When you buy a pair of goalkeeper gloves, first ask | | | | gloves between the price of £30-£50, so do not |
| advice on buying gloves from the shop that you are | | | | pay silly money! |
| buying from as most should have at least one person | | | | |