Gloves - Who uses them?

[nospareball]

A teammate of mine uses a Brunswick tacky glove, red in color I believe.  I've been wanting to try one, the tacky feeling intrigues me, too bad he's a lefty though.

So after looking at all of the choices of tacky style gloves, and brands I'm a bit overwhelmed.  Everyone has them, Bruns, Ebonite, Storm, Columbia, etc. On top of that they all have various flavors - backed, palm pad, wrist support, etc.

So who uses one here, what do you like, what have you tried and not liked?

I think what I want is one that is backed with a wrist closure to firm up my release a bit.  Also, are all brands sized the same?  His is a medium and fit me pretty good, so would a medium Storm or Ebonite be the same?
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-Clint

[Monster Pike]

I use the Storm xtra grip plus.  I need the wrist support also.  I just went to it this year because I didn't like the cumbersome Gadget & other wrist supports on the market.  I also like the feel.  Here's a pic of it.

http://www.cheapbowlingballs.com/gloves_and_supports/storm/xtra_grip_plus.php
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Just grip it & rip it!

[VIXIV]

I'm fiddling with gloves myself and have found that the ones w/ the padded palm feel quite nice. At 1st, I thought it felt a little weird since I hadn't worn one before. Then, I tried on a glove w/o the palm pad and the glove w/o the pad suddenly felt odd. It's all about feel from person to person, really.

I'm considering cutting the middle and ring fingers and thumb down on my football glove and trying out how that feels. I'm just really comfortable w/ feel and tackiness of football gloves and figure I can afford to destroy one of my old pairs.

[Zanatos1914]

Was using a MegForce 9000 - Guy @ hit job gave me a work glove that is more sticky...

[nospareball]

After looking at all of the gloves from the different companies it looks like they are all made by the same manufacturer.  Either that, or they all copied each other!

quote:I use the Storm xtra grip plus. I need the wrist support also. I just went to it this year because I didn't like the cumbersome Gadget & other wrist supports on the market. I also like the feel. Here's a pic of it.

Does the wrist support still allow some wrist action?  Or are you locked in place?
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-Clint

[CHawk15]

I use the Ebonite Glove mainly because it gives me a better feel on the ball (sweaty palms, oily hands)  no wrist support.

[DanH78]

quote:I use the Ebonite Glove mainly because it gives me a better feel on the ball (sweaty palms, oily hands)  no wrist support.

What he said.  The hand dryers at my usual center don't really work, at places where they do work I don't use one.  

I had the grey leather one from Ebonite a while back, but didn't like it.
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It IS next year!

[Monster Pike]

quote:
Does the wrist support still allow some wrist action?  Or are you locked in place?
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-Clint

You're not locked in place.  Just enough support to keep the hand/wrist from going to far back.  That's what I liked about it compared to the other harder wrist supports that tend go a little further up the forearm.  I can still cup the wrist & ball without pain & feeling like the ball is gonna drop out of my hand.  Plus there is no strap going across the palm of the hand, so the grip feels better.
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Just grip it & rip it!

Edited on 1/11/2008 3:42 PM