Protective sports glove

A protective glove having a grip portion and a cuff, wherein the grip portion includes an interior flexible shell conforming to the interior of a human hand with a thumb and at least an index finger, the grip portion including a dorsal side covered with elongated padded ribs crowded close together and arranged such as to provide full padded protection of the dorsal side, the thumb including an independent padded segment from the cuff to the distal end of the thumb with strategically located flexion zones, at least an elongated padded rib extending along the index finger interrupted by flexion zones and extending from the knuckle at the proximate end to the distal end of each finger;

• a first break line separating the padded finger rib from the metatarsal area of the hand extending along an axis coincident with the proximate knuckle of the finger, the metatarsal area being delimited by the first break line and the margin of the cuff in the longitudinal direction, and the inner and outer edges in the lateral direction, and a plurality of padded ribs fanning out from the proximate knuckle of the index finger to a margin of the cuff and the outer edge and defining second break lines between each such padded rib in order to provide flexibility to the glove coincident with the ergonomics of the hand when moving from a stick gripping position at an acute angle to the stick and a normal position, and padded cuff segments extend beyond the cuff margin.