Protective glove liner for use in athletics

Abstract

A protective inner athletic glove for use with an outer athletic glove. The inner athletic glove includes a glove body including a moisture wicking, elastic fabric material for covering at least a portion of a user's hand and one or more protective barrier layers attached to an outer surface of the glove body, the one or more protective barrier layers comprising a material to reduce a coefficient of friction between the glove body and an inner surface of an outer athletic glove.

1 . A method comprising:
 providing an inner athletic glove comprising:
 a glove body including a moisture wicking, elastic fabric material for covering at least a portion of a user's hand; 
 at least one protective barrier layer attached to an outer surface of the glove body at a location specific to a sport being played by the user, the at least one protective barrier layer comprising a material having a low coefficient of friction; 
   placing the hand into the inner athletic glove resulting in a gloved hand;   placing the gloved hand into the outer athletic glove so that the at least one protective barrier of the inner athletic glove contacts an inner surface of the outer athletic glove and reduces friction between the user's hand and the inner surface of the outer athletic glove.