A batting glove includes a plurality of finger elements, a thumb element, a top portion, and a lower portion. The finger elements cover fingers, the thumb element covers a thumb, the top portion covers a back side of the hand, and the lower portion covers a palm of the hand. Preselected thicknesses of preselected materials are included in order to protect the bones, ligaments, pulleys, tendons, etc. of a wearer from direct shock, and to distribute stress along the hand.
a covering for said hand with separate elongated sections to receive a plurality of fingers therein, said covering having a top portion for covering a back side of the hand including a top side of said elongated sections to receive a plurality of fingers and a lower portion to cover a palm side of a hand including a bottom side of said elongated sections to receive said plurality of fingers; and,
at least one protective pad attached to a bottom portion of the covering for location below the center axis of rotation of a proximal interphalangeal joint and above the center axis of rotation of the metacarpalphalangeal joint of an index finger, said covering at said proximal interphalangeal joint and said metacarpalphalangeal joint of said index finger being absent of padding.
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