The Complete Handbook of American Football Gloves
Practical guidance for coaches, equipment managers, athletes, and resellers on selection, fit, maintenance, and business strategy
by Alumigogo Books
non-fiction
The technical reference for choosing, fitting, maintaining, and sourcing football gloves—no marketing, just what actually works.
About this book
Football gloves have become a critical piece of equipment, yet most buyers and equipment managers rely on guesswork, athlete preference, or retail marketing to make decisions. This handbook cuts through that uncertainty.
You'll learn what a football glove actually is—a precision product with specific materials, designs, and performance characteristics—and why those details matter on the field and in inventory. Whether you're outfitting an offensive line, selecting gloves for a cornerback in wet conditions, troubleshooting loss of grip mid-season, or evaluating supplier options, this book gives you the concrete technical knowledge and decision framework to do it right.
Written for coaches, equipment managers, athletes, retailers, and anyone building a business in football equipment, this is a reference guide you'll return to repeatedly—not a marketing piece.
Reader Reviews
Donna Scott
★★★★★Finally, a book that treats football gloves as actual engineering products instead of just marketing jargon. I've been outfitting teams for eight years and I wish I'd had this when I started—the chapter on grip coatings and how they perform in different weather actually explains why certain gloves die by October while others last all season. Highly recommended for anyone serious about equipment.
David Thomas
★★★★★As a defensive coordinator, I was tired of guessing why some glove orders worked out and others didn't. This handbook breaks down the real specifications—palm thickness, wrist support design, sewn versus molded construction—in a way that actually makes sense. The section on choosing gloves by position and role saved me money and player frustration this season.
Timothy Flores
★★★★★Very solid reference material. The technical content in chapters 1 and 2 is exactly what I needed to understand what I'm actually buying. My only minor complaint is that chapter 6 on business opportunities could have gone deeper into the logistics of team ordering and supplier negotiations, but overall this is hands-down the most practical glove guide I've found.
Brenda Young
★★★★★I used this when setting up a small glove rental program and it gave me the framework I was missing—maintenance procedures, when to retire stock, how to diagnose fit problems before they become complaints. Clear writing, no fluff. One thing I'd add: more case studies on what happens when teams make the wrong choice, but the troubleshooting chapter was still useful.
Kenneth Young
★★★★★Our equipment director assigned this to all coaches who order gloves and it immediately cut down on our ordering mistakes. The chapter on specifications and how to read a datasheet is worth the price alone—we stopped overpaying for features we didn't need. Straightforward, practical, exactly what I wanted.
Donald Hall
★★★★★I'm building a sports equipment supply business and this book gave me the technical foundation I needed to talk to manufacturers and actually understand the product I'm selling. The section on grip coatings, construction methods, and performance tradeoffs is exactly the kind of knowledge that lets you position your business differently. This is reference-level material done right.