form a hand receiving portion which includes a palm thumb stall and a plurality of finger stalls the hockey and lacrosse gloves and sports gloves of the present invention include the glove to the users 39 hand and wrist area the protective element for the wrist area is known as the cuff 70 and 72 in fig1 a wrist cuff closure mechanism for securely and easily fastening is provided the wrist cuff includes a back portion 72 attached to the glove side and the front portion 70 which is attached to it as a continuation from the glove portion 72 the wrist cuff is not fully sewn to form a continuously closed cuff around its perimeter there is an open portion so the cuff is not permanently closed it allows the cuff to open and close the two or more parts of the cuff have hinged action from the sewing or attaching the parts together while not permanently attaching the opposite side to the gloves back portion the closure mechanism may include velcro u00ae hook and loop type fasteners and snaps or any other workable attachment means the preferred closure has a velcro u00ae hook and loop type fastener on the base of the palm at the wrist area and opposite on the cuff side 71 these two areas coincide to form the attachment at these.