Padded athletic gloves

A flexible athletic glove, comprising:

• a glove body having a palmar side and a dorsal side;
• a plurality of finger portions and a thumb portion each having a palmar side and a dorsal side, wherein said finger portions and thumb portion are operably attached to said glove body;
• a first resilient pad comprising silicon foam and operably attached to the palmar side of said glove body, said first resilient pad having a thickness between about 0.050 inches and about 0.060 inches;
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• wherein said first resilient pad has a durometer in the range of about 45 Shore A to about 55 Shore A and a specific gravity in the range of about 1.13 to about 1.16.

A flexible athletic or driving glove, comprising:

• a glove body having a palmar side and a dorsal side;
• a plurality of partial finger portions and a partial thumb portion each having a palmar side and a dorsal side and each operably attached to said glove body, said partial thumb and partial finger portions adapted to cover only a portion of a glove wearer's thumb and fingers;
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• at least one resilient pad comprising silicon foam operably attached to the palmar side of said glove body.

A flexible athletic or driving glove, comprising;

• a glove body having a palmar side and a dorsal side;
• a plurality of partial finger portions and a partial thumb portion each having a palmar side and a dorsal side and each operably attached to said glove body, said partial thumb and partial finger portions adapted to cover only a portion of a glove wearer's thumb and fingers;
• at least one resilient pad comprising silicon foam operably attached to the palmar side of said glove body;
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• a plurality of resilient pads operably attached to the palmar side of said thumb portion and to the palmar side of said finger portions, said plurality of resilient pads comprising silicon foam.