I never played football but can someone tell me about the gloves?  I don’t doubt the talent of the high school kids, college, or pro football players but you can’t convince me that the glove technology in today’s game doesn’t help with all these incredible one handed grabs made every weekend at all levels.  It’s reminds me of how the golf technology has revolutionized the sport (especially for the weekend warriors).  Assuming the wind is fair.  The rain is steady and not an all out monsoon.  I think plenty of catches will still be made around the state Friday night, regardless of the rain.  Anyone have experience with the gloves these modern players use?   Just how tacky are they?

I never liked gloves while playing offense, I only used them for defense. Personal preference. Then again, we ran an offense where as a receiver I was only ever blocking and had a better chance to touch the ball playing corner. They help a fair amount! But some brands were worse than just your hands if it was raining at all... Cutters are still the brand I think most highly of, but even the Walmart ones help a bit when conditions are fair. 

In the NFL and well funded colleges I’m sure they bust out a new pair of gloves often and when they’re fresh the amount of tack on them is unbelievable. 

I’d say we’ll see a lot of dropped passes this Friday, and some will be on the pass catchers though the QB still has the tallest task by trying to sling a wet football. In my personal experience, I’d rather throw a wet football than a football that has to be in the frigid temperature cause it turns into a big ol stone that nobody is trying to throw nor catch.

3 minutes ago, TheBallCoach said:

In the NFL and well funded colleges I’m sure they bust out a new pair of gloves often and when they’re fresh the amount of tack on them is unbelievable. 

I’d say we’ll see a lot of dropped passes this Friday, and some will be on the pass catchers though the QB still has the tallest task by trying to sling a wet football. In my personal experience, I’d rather throw a wet football than a football that has to be in the frigid temperature cause it turns into a big ol stone that nobody is trying to throw nor catch.

The only time I want my receivers trying to catch with their chest is when its cold and wet... It helps some with or without gloves in that instance. 

4 minutes ago, AssistantFBCoach said:

The only time I want my receivers trying to catch with their chest is when its cold and wet... It helps some with or without gloves in that instance. 

Completely agree, when we get to this part of the season sure we want to see the fundamentals in action but do whatever you have to do to execute the catch. No doubt.