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Pole Taping

Unread postby Darth Vaulter » Mon May 02, 2005 10:59 pm

The rule says that the pole "may have a binding of no more than two layers of adhesive tape of uniform thickness in the hand area." I've never seen a definition of "adhesive tape." Can I use tacky tennis or squash racquet grip tape? How about road bike handlebar tape? both are strips of material with adhesive on one side.
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Unread postby bvpv07 » Mon May 02, 2005 11:04 pm

Many people just use athletic tape...I haven't seen anything else.
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Unread postby CHC04Vault » Mon May 02, 2005 11:12 pm

ive seen duct tape and electrical tape no joke...kinda seems ineffective
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Unread postby master » Tue May 03, 2005 1:54 am

CHC04Vault wrote:ive seen duct tape and electrical tape no joke...kinda seems ineffective

When duct tape is used, it is applied sticky side out. That can be so effective it is a problem in that you can't release the pole they way you want to.
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Unread postby Darth Vaulter » Tue May 03, 2005 7:40 am

I guess what I'm asking is, can an official come up to one of my kids at a meet and tell him or her that the racquet grip tape or handlebar tape is illegal and has to be removed?
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Unread postby indestructo » Tue May 03, 2005 9:58 am

I would also be interested in the interpretation on this. I've found some tape that is similar to a tennis racket grip that is designed for poles. It used to be sold by a MF athletics a few years back.....unfortunately I can't seem to find it on their site anymore. My kids would like to use this stuff but we're not sure on the rules regarding it.
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Unread postby CHC04Vault » Tue May 03, 2005 11:58 am

master wrote:
CHC04Vault wrote:ive seen duct tape and electrical tape no joke...kinda seems ineffective

When duct tape is used, it is applied sticky side out. That can be so effective it is a problem in that you can't release the pole they way you want to.


i shoulda said w/o the sticky side up on both of them. as for officials, i have seen officals after warm ups to have some1 rewrap their pole.
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Unread postby Aviendha » Tue May 03, 2005 2:36 pm

having to rewrap the pole doesn't necessarily mean they were using the wrong kind of tape...they may just have had too many layers.
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Unread postby CHC04Vault » Tue May 03, 2005 4:14 pm

thats what i meant, sorry i forgot to add that
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