The fit
It is important for the gloves to properly fit your hand measurements as you will be required to wear them on for a pretty long time. In order to make sure the gloves fit you, you should go for physical glove stores and not online ones, so you can try on the gloves and check out if they feel comfortable on your hands or not.
Size guide for goalie gloves
Size Age/Size Height
4 6-7 years 125-135 cm (-4’5”)
5 8-9 years 135-145 cm (4’5”-4’9”)
6 10-11 years 145-165 cm (4’9”-5’1”)
7 Youth 157-165 cm 5’2”-5’5”)
8 Adult (S to M) 165-174 cm (5’5”-5’9”)
9 Adult (L) 175-183 cm (5’9”-6’0”)
10 Adult (XL) 184-189 cm (6’0”-6’2”)
11 Adult (XXL) 190cm- (6’3”-)
Material
You should go for turf gloves that are made of strong latex material combined with heavy-duty adhesives as they last longer and are very comfortable to wear for long hours on end.
Durability
Harder surfaces like turfs can be tough on your gloves. When the gloves come in contact with the turf it tends to damage them faster. Therefore, you will need an extremely durable glove to play of artificial grounds. Our recommendations for you will be please own two pairs of gloves. Well, the logic behind this is to keep the gloves vibrant and make them last longer. As you will use one pair during your training and the other for matches. Or you can buy a pair of top range gloves for matches and the other pair of low quality cheaper training gloves. Do not forget to choose glove designed for playing on the turf.
Finger protection
It is quite normal that goalies who are young tend to get their fingers injured a lot. So you need to select the glove very cautiously as all the gloves made, are not same. Therefore, if you are an amateur soccer player you should look for gloves that are produced to protect your hands better. While choosing study intensely the glove’s description whether the glove is properly equipped with the finger protection.