One of the top of the range Reusch Magno goalkeeper glove models - in a striking black and red colour scheme.

You're always safe with Reusch - as everybody knows, one of the world's best goalkeeping brands. Top of the range Reusch gloves like the Magno Pro M1 Ortho Tec are always going to be home-run hitting quality. So what's unique about this model?

Well, first, note the Reusch Ortho Tec hand protection. For goalkeepers for whom hand and finger protection is important, Reusch has led the field for several years with one of the best hand protecting goalkeeper glove technologies.

Conditions: Dry / Damp, Soft Ground
The material used on the palm of the gloves is most suitable for playing on soft ground (i.e. grass and mud, rather than concrete or traditional astro turft).

It is also most suitable for good weather, or normal rainy days. For really badly rainy weather, a specialist wet weather palm might perform better.

Glove range: Magno
The “Magno” range is the range of goalkeeper gloves Reusch first released in February 2010. It’s similar to the Raptor range from February 2009, and the Goaliator range that came out in 2008. The Magno range runs until February 2012, and according to Reusch has been one of their most popular ranges ever.

You can see the Magno’s distinctive design, with the flash pattern across the backhand of the gloves, and the bold colours of red, yellow, blue and black. Used in the backhands of the goalkeeper gloves.

The “Magno” generally refers to the design of the range, not the technical features of different gloves.

Strap: Wrist bandage – wider full strap with textile
Reusch are famous for the amazingly high level of detail they include in all their products. The goalkeeper gloves wrist strap is a great example of this. The standard Reusch strap on the Magno range features a special area designed to leave room for printing your name on, as well as a really nice feature at the end of the strap which allows you to take the gloves off easily (which as all goalkeepers know – is not easy!

‘Pro Flex’
Reusch’s ‘Pro Flex’ is about the backhand of the goalkeeper glove.

The point of Pro Flex is to make the goalkeeper gloves more naturally flexible. Reusch combine layers in the material of the backhand in a specially designed way to allow the gloves to flex particularly well.

This is one of those great details that Reusch incorporate into their top level pro gloves, increasing the comfort of wearing the gloves.

It also contributes to your performance by giving a more natural and instinctive feel of the gloves on the hands.

‘Ortho Tec’
Reusch ‘Ortho Tec’ is Reusch’s name for their unique version of goalkeeper glove finger and hand protection.

Finger and hand protection is now one of the most important keeper glove technologies around, and Reusch’s Ortho Tec is considered by many keepers to be one of the best.

The Reusch finger protection system uses special hard spines in the back of every finger in the gloves, which flex forwards to allow the fingers to bend naturally, but won’t flex backwards. This stops the football bending your fingers back too far – giving you that extra support when the natural strength of your fingers fails you.

The finger spines are like a knee joint: it flexes one way, but when your leg is straight it won’t bend back any more.

Remember that with Reusch gloves featuring Ortho Tec protection, the spines can normally be taken out of the gloves, so anybody who doesn’t want the extra hand protection can just remove the spines and play as normal.

The other really good thing about the Ortho Tec protection is that the spines can be taken out all together, or one by one. So if you feel you need a bit more flexibility in your little finger, for example – just take out the spine.

Palm: ‘M1 Mega Grip’
The Reusch M1 Mega Grip foam is one of Reusch’s top quality professional goalkeeper glove foams.

For a pro quality latex, it’s versatile – good cushioning, decent abrasion resistance, and fantastic grip in normal conditions.

The M1 foam is a specially designed mix of 80% natural latex and 20% synthetic latex, put together for best performance.

Reusch M1 foam is used on a range of Reusch’s top of the range gloves.