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As a goalkeeper, I've had a few jammed fingers, and incidently, one was fractured today. The reason? A high-velocity projectile slamming into my fingers, bending them backwards or to the side, out of their normal range of motion.
Thus, I propose a titanium (or other lightweight metal) exoskeleton
to disallow lateral movement and hyperextensions. Perhaps a plastic tip could cap off the tips of the fingers to combat jams.
I'll look to the engineers here for suggestions of other feasible alloys.
(?) Big Gloves
http://www.obo.co.n...e=robo&product=robo
The harder the ball, the bigger the gloves... [Fishrat, Oct 05 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
Reusch Raptor Pro G1 OT Goalkeeper Gloves
http://www.thegoalk...s-raptor-ortho.aspx
"The ORTHO-TEC technology is based on ergonomically moulded sticks which adapt perfectly to the fingers and may be individually put in or taken out." [jutta, Aug 20 2009]
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Alloy should be rather "soft" as well and provisions have to be made for the exoskelton breaking (break points?) as well. |
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the dream glove, of course, would feature stickiness, so if the ball touches it, it stays on the glove. There could be a release button to let it be punted or thrown out. |
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It'd make it even harder for Beckham to score an Euro penalty then! |
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Pretty sure this is illegal but I'm gonna check the FIFA website and see if I'm wrong. |
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I presume part of [WordUp]'s proposed change would be an addendum to FIFA's rules. |
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