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Stick Taping techniques
Stick taping techniques are like belly buttons – everybody’s got one. There are many options depending upon your personal preferences. If you are not sure what to do, try one of these, then keep tinkering with it until you find a method that is perfect for you.
Shaft
The two most popular ways of taping the butt end of the shaft are as follows:
Method One (Finger Grips):
1)Start the tape at the top of your stick.
2)Twist the tape into a "string" and then wrap that around the top 1/2 inch of the stick to the desired thickness.
3)Then spiral it down the shaft about 5 inches leaving 1/2 inch between each spiral.
4)When you get to the bottom, change from the twisted "string" tape to regular taping and work back up to the top overwrapping the spirals as you go up.
5)This leaves the "finger grips" that you see many players with.
6)When you get back to the top of the stick, change from the twisted "string" taping to regular taping and cover the knob you have created.
Method Two (Without Finger Grips):
1)Start the tape at the top of your stick.
2)Twist the tape into a "string" and then wrap that around the top 1/2 inch of the stick to the desired thickness.
3)Then change from the twisted "string" tape to regular taping and work your way down the stick about 5 inches.
4)When you get to the bottom, change direction and work your way back up the stick.
5)When you get back to the top of the stick, cover the knob you have created.
A note on colored tape:
Always use white tape at the top of a stick as colored tapes can tend to stain your gloves.
Blade
Roller Hockey
Tape that runs under the blade of the stick can cause problems when playing roller. These include problems with the tape marking up the rink surface as well as the “slowing” effect that tape has on the blade moving across the surface of the rink during stickhandling, passing and shooting. For this reason, we recommend the following technique for taping a stick blade for roller hockey:
1)Run tape horizontally across the tape blade following the lower contour of the blade. Start at the heel and move towards the toe.
2)Cut the tape 1/2" inch short of the toe of the blade.
3)Place more rows of tape above the first piece until you’ve achieved a height that you like.
4)Be sure to avoid any wrinkles in tape as you go.
Ice Hockey
Follow these instructions for the basic method in stick blade taping for ice hockey:
1)Start the tape at the heel of the blade with the tape going up.
2)Wrap over the top of the blade, pulling tight as you wrap.
3)Continue around the back of the blade and underneath. As you come back up the front side for your second wrap, overlap approximately 50% over the first wrap.
3)Continue taping in this manner until you reach the toe of the blade.
4)Remember to pull the tape tight on the front and the back of the blade as you wrap.
5)Be sure to avoid any wrinkles in tape as you go.
Special Taping Notes:
1)The reason for starting at the heel rather than the toe is so that the snow does not pack up on the blade as you skate. A few defensemen that do a lot of backward skating like to wrap toe to heel, but most still prefer the heel to toe method.
2)To keep the tape a little drier as well as to add a “tacky” feel to the blade, many players rub stick wax over the tape before hitting the ice.
3)For players that are rough on the bottom surface of the blade, adding a strip of tape along the bottom before overwrapping with a standard wrap helps with durability.
4)Some players prefer to tape only certain sections of the blade. Experiment and see what you like!
5)Most players opt for black tape on the blade as it tends to camouflage the puck during a shot.
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