NOT TO BE MEAN but,
yes i feel you are doing it wrong.
the only thing that wants to GRAB your glider is a bird or snake, and they grab him to EAT him. so STOP with the grabbing. He thinks you are trying to eat him.
today we took out connor in his sleeping pouch, never grabbed or touched him, we transported him to bathroom. I had a towel and two baby toys to explore a boat and a mailbox. After a few minutes I lifted up pouch and gently forced him out, then put pouch out of reach. (note: connor was somewhat tame by first owner, but when his cage mate died they kind of gave up on him, left him in small cage and didn't interact with him much.) so connor crabs like crazy in pouch, but once out we sat an bathroom and watched him explore. we offered him some mealworms and yogurt drops. He ran on us, sniffed us, and explored the room. I offered him my fist low and slow and let him sniff my scent. After about 40 minutes we showed him front of his sleeping pouch, he went in and we put him back in cage. Other then a quick short pet we didn't touch him or try to grab him. It was a very good trip with the running on us.
someday in the weeks ahead I will try to get him to get on my hand by himself to get a treat. Once he starts trusting us, I can go for the pickup, with probably get a small nip (no blood). But mostly I just offer the gliders my hand or arm and let them get on willingly, specially since that will mean a trip to refrigerator and a few mealworms.