Practice Gloves question

[Magic32]

Saw the players practicing on the news and they were all wearing gloves. Anyone know why they wear them and what they help with?

 

[uh-no]

they do drills where they handle the balls with gloves during warmup.

 

[husky429]

Saw the players practicing on the news and they were all wearing gloves. Anyone know why they wear them and what they help with?

Someone asked about it the other day and I posted this:

The gloves make it harder to dribble because you can't feel with your fingertips. Then when you go back to no gloves, it feels way easier to dribble. Like these

There's also things like heavy basketballs and basketballs with no grip you can buy for similar results. TBH they're all kind of gimmicky, but I do think it helps a bit and it DEFINITELY helps you mentally. Imagine the confidence you're gonna have if you can go full-court wearing a pair of freakin' gloves when the regular game comes around?

It's like running in combat boots, then going back to track shoes. It feels way easier to take long strides after being weighed down.

 

[Magic32]

Thanks! Guess I never pay attention when I watch warmups in person unless those drills are before I arrive.

 

[mussels]

Simple injury avoidence. In 2004 a UConn player got so hot from three he had to keep blowing on his fingers to cool down. Sports equipment has advanced a lot since then.

 

[dvegas]

Saw the title and figured this was a thread about Ricky Moore

 

[huskymedic]

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