Playing with a glove

[tygrantham]

I have an old scar on the index finger of my throwing hand and have been experimenting with using a baseball glove to ease the pain. Is this legel it tourny play?
I can't find anything in the rules that specificaly restricts this, I wouldn't call it a throwing aid, and they sell disc golf gloves.
What do you think?

[krazyeye]

802.04 Artificial Devices
A. During a round, a player shall not use any artificial device that may assist in making a throw, except those devices that reduce or control abrasion to the skin (such as gloves, tape, bandages, gauze, etc.) and medical items (such as knee and ankle braces, etc.). Items used to prevent slipping on the teeing surface are also allowed. A player is specifically prohibited from using any artificial device that changes the position of the disc in the player’s hand or artificially lengthens any of the player’s throwing levers (fingers, wrist, arm, shoulder, etc.). The use of devices which assist in determining distances over 10 meters, such as range finders and GPS devices are prohibited. Measuring devices such as a tape measure may be carried and used to determine distances 10 meters and less for the purpose of rules enforcement.

B. A player shall receive two penalty throws, without a warning, if, during any portion of a round, he or she is observed by two players or an official to be using or carrying an artificial device that is determined by the director to violate section 802.04 A. A player who uses an artificial device after it has been determined by the director to be in violation of 802.04 A has also violated 804.05 A (3) and shall be penalized accordingly.

[tygrantham]

Thanks Krazyeye, guess I missed the part where it accually say's gloves are ok.
Duh

[magilla]

We have a player here in Oregon (now relocating to Singapore) that uses a glove on his throwing hand...

He throws VERY well with it.........

[frolfdisc]

There's also a NorCal player who always plays with a [sunshield type] glove on his throwing hand to eliminate abrasion problems because he drives almost exclusively two-finger forehand.

His initials are JPB, and he checked that rule as soon as he started wearing it quite some time ago.

How well he plays seems to vary quite a bit.... [img]/msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

He recently started wearing gloves on both hands though because he got tired of the Michael Jackson jokes.

- JPB

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You're bad!

[westxchef]

who's bad?

[tygrantham]

He recently started wearing gloves on both hands though because he got tired of the Michael Jackson jokes.

- JPB

I've been hearing the Michael jokes too, but I hit an Ace with it on last night so maybe they will ease up. But I doubt it.

No glove, no love

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"Billie Jean...is not my........."

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No glove, no love

...no mitten, no kitten. [img]/msgboard/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]