Human Player + Gloves = ?

[ColinHalter]

I was wondering what the rules were about the HP wearing gardening/grip gloves to improve their grip on the ball. I have seen some teams use this, but I wanted to double check if it was legal or not.

[Daniel_LaFleur]

Originally Posted by ColinHalter

I was wondering what the rules were about the HP wearing gardening/grip gloves to improve their grip on the ball. I have seen some teams use this, but I wanted to double check if it was legal or not.

I don't see a rule against it, and the safety manual actually encourages the entire drive team to wear gloves.

[Jay O'Donnell]

I wore mechanics gloves almost every match at UNH as a human player. I only wore them because I needed to lift the robot, but there was nothing against having them on during the match.

[Steven Donow]

The has been Q&A'd twice and 195's HP had gloves this weekend at Groton
https://frc-qa.usfirst.org/Question/418/questionlink

[Joe Ross]

I would have considered it a violation of T22, but the GDC does not.

Q418 Q. Are human players allowed to wear gloves?
FRC0195 on 2014-02-26
A. There are no rules that prevent this.

[XaulZan11]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

I would have considered it a violation of T22, but the GDC does not.

I wonder if they would consider Stickum a violation of T22...

[bkahl]

There is no rule. One of our NEMO mentors threw out the idea for this but it was turned down right away because we all thought there was a rule against it. Upon further investigation, we found that there, in fact, was no rule. Our human player is using Under Armour Football Wide Reciever gloves and they make a HUGE difference! She loves them, being able to catch the ball by her finger tips or over her head is now easier than ever. I would highly reccomend using them if you shoot over the truss to your human player. Similar gloves can be found at any sporting goods store, or even Walmart/Target.