Each modality and each player require a type of protection within a large range of allowed materials, depending on the weight and hardness of the pilota, sensibility, playstyle and comfort. The singularity of pilota led to the lack of a standard protection for all players.

The main materials in professional and elite leagues are:

• Leather glove, the main protection equipment. It protects the palm while leaving the fingers out.
• Double-sided tape to fix the palm and fingers to the protections.
• 'Tessamol' is adhessive foam to kill the impact.
• Cards (naipes), properly cut and bent.
• Plantxetes are tiny iron pieces to adapt to the pilotari fingers and hand shape.
• Thimbles are only used in raspall to protects the hand against the friction of the 'raspada'.
• Tape is used to hold all the elements together.

Most of these materials share a history of being handmade, some of them still are and their secret elaboration is passed from parents to children.