The first step in making sure your gloves fit well is to choose the correct size. The easiest method is to take a glove that already fits you well to the store and compare the sizes of the different gloves to the one you already have. Once you find a few good contenders, try them on and move your fingers and hands around.
Unfortunately, the convenience of online shopping often means that the in-person technique isn’t readily available. In this case, you pretty much have two options available to you. First, take a pair of gloves you already have, the ones that fit you well and determine the size. Next, go online and find gloves that meet your criteria and have a similar size. Then, make a note of whether or not they run small, large, or are true to size and make the necessary adjustments to try to get to the closest fit you can get. This may mean increasing or decreasing the size you choose. Another option is to measure around the palm of your hand just below the knuckle area to determine the circumference of the hand in inches, and then converting that number into an overall size. While there are some differences in size conversions between different manufacturers, in the most cases a glove is considered to be small if this palm measurement falls between 6.5 and 8 inches, a medium usually falls between seven and nine inches, and large usually accommodates a circumference measure between eight and 10.5 inches.