Do you tape your shaft?

[waffledave]

I do near the top because I have a bad habit of keeping only one hand on the stick. I poke check alot and I tend to drive down the boards with one hand on the stick and another pushing people back. It doesn't work on really good players but where I play it's fine...I also shield the puck in the corners with one arm and have my other on my stick.

 

[FLYLine27*]

Yup I do. Always have, always will.

 

[hockey_power]

HA yeah i think when people tape their composite stick shafts it looks frruiitaaayyyy

 

[crashlanding]

Nope. I tape the top 6-8" with a knob at the end and the blade and that's it. I like to be able to slide my hand down for slap shots and the candy striping seems like it would get in the way.

 

[kingpin_19]

Take some black tape and use the side of the roll to add grip to the shaft. It's a trick I learned in junior. The glue from the outside of the tape (second hand, i guess, however you say it) is used to add grip. It usually wears off by the end of the period, so I ended up doing it three times per game. Not sure if, in the past few years, the tape has gotten stickier or not, but...