Abstract: The invention provides a glove having connected back and palmar portions for overlaying and protecting respective back and palm regions of a human hand, the back and palmar portions having distal and proximal ends with a plurality of digital segments projecting from the distal ends, where the digital segments overlay the proximal interphalangeal joints of the fingers of the hand and are open over the distal interphalangeal joints of the fingers, where the palmar portion comprises a padded region overlaying the base of the metacarpal bones of the hand, and where the glove comprises a padded region overlaying the length of the fifth metacarpal of the hand.