macgyver thumb protectors

[THE_1protector]

pretty sure this belongs here but if it doesn't, mods please do your thing. i dont want to go get those stx thumb protectors cause 1. i have superfreaks and the cross branding prolly wont work out. 2. im cheap. now i have reg field supers and i want to put a thumb protector on them cause i took a hard one yesterday and it didnt tickle. so has anyone done this before and knows how to do it? or does anyone have any ideas on materials and/or process to do it?

[laxcanada]

you can just wrap tape around them, or tape the thumb of the gloves itself

[cannon]

Find pics of Matt McMonagle from Cornell. He had busted thumbs so beefed up his thumb guard.

Like this one: http://www.lax.com/bimages/1858/168

[THE_1protector]

ok yea but im not going to wrap just tape around my thumbs. cardboard or somethin under it.???

[fenwicklax89]

Find a pic of Matt McMonagle from Cornell. He had busted thumbs so beefed up his thumb guard.

http://www.lax.com/bimages/1858/167

[bigdale9]

see if cslax is still sellin his carbon fiber thumbs.
id be surprised if does with his injury and all but give it a shot

[lacrosse19]

this was what i was going to do...

go to a sporting good store, play it again or something...get a old pair of crappy hockey gloves. cut the thumbs off, older gloves have a thumb that is just a plastic piece...cut off the leather and find the plastic with the padding under it...essentially just sliding that over your thumb and taping. worked wonders!

[THE_1protector]

i think ill do that.

[rmolax888]

the goalies on my team got someone to put carbon fiber over there thumbs i think they bolted it on there, but im probably wrong because if that was hit hard enough couldnt the bolt go into there thumb

[EHSLAX12]

st1 has the right idea. just use old gloves to make them. i used my old goalie defts to make the removable thumbs that i use on a couple pairs of gloves i have and they work pretty well.