Training glove

Abstract

Described is a sports training glove that can be used for training a player to properly field a ball. The training glove includes a glove portion having a plurality of fingers. A semi-rigid palm portion is affixed to the glove portion. Flexion grooves are selectively formed in the palm portion to allow for flexion while providing a player the ability to field a ball and reduce false positives.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A training glove, comprising:
 a glove portion, the glove portion having a plurality of fingers; and   a palm portion affixed with the glove portion, the palm portion having one or more flexion grooves formed therein to allow for flexion.   
     
     
         2 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fingers includes at least an index finger and a middle finger, with the palm portion being a rubber pad that is formed such that there exists no flexion grooves between the index finger and middle finger. 
     
     
         3 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 2 , wherein the palm portion is formed of a palm base component and a palm surface component, the palm base component being affixed to the glove component, and with the palm surface component being affixed to the palm base component. 
     
     
         4 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 3 , wherein the palm portion includes an exterior surface, the exterior surface having a plurality of distinct pads with flexion grooves therebetween. 
     
     
         5 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of distinct pads includes at least a thumb pad, a ring finger pad, a pinky finger pad, and a palm pad. 
     
     
         6 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of distinct pads further includes a multi-finger pad. 
     
     
         7 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein the multi-finger pad extends to surround the palm pad. 
     
     
         8 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 7 , wherein the one or more flexion grooves includes intra-finger flexion grooves formed in at least one of the thumb pad, the ring finger pad, and the pinky finger pad. 
     
     
         9 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 8 , wherein the one or more flexion grooves further includes one or more palm flexion grooves surrounding the palm pad. 
     
     
         10 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 9 , wherein the one or more palm flexion grooves separate the palm pad from the multi-finger pad. 
     
     
         11 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 10 , wherein the one or more flexion grooves further includes inter-finger flexion grooves that separate the finger pads from the multi-fingered pad. 
     
     
         12 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 11 , wherein each of the inter-finger flexion grooves, one or more palm flexion grooves, and intra-finger flexion grooves have widths, such that the width of the inter-flexion groove is greater than the width of intra-flexion grooves. 
     
     
         13 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 12 , wherein the width of the one or more palm flexion grooves is greater than the width of intra-flexion grooves. 
     
     
         14 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of fingers includes at least a pinky finger, and wherein a finger attachment is affixed with the pinky finger, the finger attachment being adapted to allow a user to selectively connect the finger attachment with an adjacent ring finger to affix the ring and pinky fingers together. 
     
     
         15 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 13 , wherein the palm portion includes a ring finger portion and a pinky finger portion, the palm portion being formed such that the ring finger portion is affixed adjacent to the pinky finger portion. 
     
     
         16 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fingers includes at least a pinky finger, and wherein a finger attachment is affixed with the pinky finger, the finger attachment being adapted to allow a user to selectively connect the finger attachment with an adjacent ring finger to affix the ring and pinky fingers together. 
     
     
         17 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the palm portion is formed of a palm base component and a palm surface component, the palm base component being affixed to the glove component, and with the palm surface component being affixed to the palm base component. 
     
     
         18 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the palm portion includes an exterior surface, the exterior surface having a plurality of distinct pads with flexion grooves therebetween. 
     
     
         19 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 18 , wherein the plurality of distinct pads includes at least a thumb pad, a ring finger pad, a pinky finger pad, and a palm pad. 
     
     
         20 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 18 , wherein the plurality of distinct pads further includes a multi-finger pad. 
     
     
         21 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 19 , wherein the multi-finger pad extends to surround the palm pad. 
     
     
         22 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 19 , wherein the one or more flexion grooves includes intra-finger flexion grooves formed in at least one of the thumb pad, the ring finger pad, and the pinky finger pad. 
     
     
         23 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 19 , wherein the one or more flexion grooves further includes one or more palm flexion grooves surrounding the palm pad. 
     
     
         24 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the palm portion includes an exterior surface, the exterior surface having a plurality of distinct pads with flexion grooves therebetween, and wherein the plurality of distinct pads includes at least a palm pad and a multi-finger pad, and wherein the one or more flexion grooves further includes one or more palm flexion grooves surrounding the palm pad and separating the palm pad from the multi-finger pad. 
     
     
         25 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the palm portion includes an exterior surface, the exterior surface having at least a multi-fingered pad, a thumb pad, a ring finger pad, and a pinky finger pad, and wherein the one or more flexion grooves further includes inter-finger flexion grooves that separate the thumb pad, ring finger pad, and pinky finger pad from the multi-fingered pad. 
     
     
         26 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the one or more flexion grooves further includes a palm flexion groove, inter-finger flexion grooves, and intra-finger flexion grooves, such that each of the inter-finger flexion grooves, palm flexion groove, and intra-finger flexion grooves have widths, wherein the width of the inter-flexion groove is greater than the width of intra-flexion grooves. 
     
     
         27 . The training glove as set forth in  claim 26 , wherein the width of the palm flexion groove is greater than the width of intra-flexion grooves.