Playing tennis with a glove

[Paul Goldstein]

Does anyone have any feedback on how different it feels to play with a glove?

[TheShaun]

wondering the same thing. and which glove, golf, racquet ball, something else?

[gerikoh]

i have problems with my hands when they get sweaty. the grip slides backward as i hit the ball making me commit a lot of unecessary errors. so used a glove. it was very hard to find a right hand glove since most of it are worn by the left hand. plus it's so hard to find a right hand glove that is thin enough for me not to compromise my feel with the racquet plus with it should be very tacky as it is the reason on why i should use on. all of a sudden, i happen to pass by a golf shop, found these fit39 golf gloves. it's very perfect: right handed, thin and has a hell of tackyness. eventually, all my problems are solved. i can do a pure flat powered backswing forehand then add some spin on my follow through, and the grip didn't even slide, not one bit. i felt like in heaven as all my problems were solved. and what's more, i don't even need to replace my overgrip even for a month of usage and the grip just feels like the same. however, after my first few uses with the gloves, i happen to experience severe aching in the lower left portion of the palm. but i got used to it after a week. fortunately for me, the gloves were so damn fitted and so thin that i didn't experience a lesser feel w/c i was supposed to expect. it's well ventelated too

[origmarm]

Why would you want a glove?
Interested as opposed to provoking. I have always found Tournagrip deals well with the sweaty hands and a bit of tape with the blisters.

[gerikoh]

maybe he has a sweaty hands. there's no tournagrip in our place. and i still have to order with tw plus the shipping fee of some $40 omg. though i tried a package of them. indeed they are good. but not as good as the golf glove

[origmarm]

Aha, lack of tourna is a bad thing....
Can't believe its $40 shipping, I have the same problem in the UK but at least some shops here have it. I tend to put together a decent sized order of strings, racquets etc...once or twice a year from TW

[Ripper]

I once asked at a tennis shop if anyone made gloves for tennis and got laughed at. Never asked again

[EnterYourNickname]

do I look like Michael Jackson to you?

[forzainter]

Aha, I do in fact have a solution to your glove question. Such a product is in existence that would blow your mind. Its a glove (of course) that has a sleeve in it so the racquet is still in contact with your hand, but the handle is covered up by the glove, so you are actually joined to the racquet, how clever, ill see if I can find a pic.

[forzainter]

Alas, its not the best picture, if you saw someone wearing it, then you would be well and truly amazed.

[gerikoh]

so what does that do? it just covers your arm and the grip, not minimizing the sweat like what a golf glove does.

[forzainter]

its not supposed to minimize sweat, its a 'hot' glove, for when its freezing outside

[Fedace]

I think old guys use racketball gloves, i have actually seen this before. they seem to do well with it. but you lose too much feel

[Fedace]

Originally Posted by forzainter

Alas, its not the best picture, if you saw someone wearing it, then you would be well and truly amazed.

This is for that tournament in Greenland, or in Alaska challenger playing outdoors. need to keep your hand warm

[TheShaun]

Originally Posted by origmarm

Why would you want a glove?
Interested as opposed to provoking. I have always found Tournagrip deals well with the sweaty hands and a bit of tape with the blisters.

for me it's because it's cold outside...

Originally Posted by forzainter

Alas, its not the best picture, if you saw someone wearing it, then you would be well and truly amazed.

this is what i'm looking for! do you use one?

[origmarm]

Playing outside when its that cold requires some dedication, kudos to you guys!

[forzainter]

Originally Posted by TheShaun

for me it's because it's cold outside...



this is what i'm looking for! do you use one?

no, i do not use one im afraid, but of course, I do know of places you can get them

[AlpineCadet]

Originally Posted by Paul Goldstein

Does anyone have any feedback on how different it feels to play with a glove?

Imagine wearing a glove, with a racket in your hand. Not hard to imagine how that would feel. Interesting enough, I saw a man wearing a racketball glove while he was playing tennis on a public court. He looked like a 3.0-3.5. Next time I see him, I'll ask him why he prefers a glove. It seems to me that he'd be the perfect candidate for a bigger handle size.

[shwetty[tennis]balls]

Originally Posted by EnterYourNickname

do I look like Michael Jackson to you?

For your sake I hope not!

[AceofBase]

Just any kind of glove cause a buddy of mine used the cotton kinda glove that you can buy anywhere to play tennis and plus i try with those squash racket glove and its work alright but not use to the feel.