What's the story the last year or two with footballers taping up their wrists for matches? Is there any benefit? A few of the younger lads in our club do it aswell but I can't see the point? Does it not just stop the bloodflow?

myrealname (Westmeath) - Posts: 12 - 30/10/2009 11:07:10    470604

some young guys do it for the look.
i used to do it cos it helps the wrist's flying back when you put your hands out to tackle a lad coming at you. just gives you a small amount of protection.also good for catching high balls as it keeps wrists straight. to be honest though, i didnt do it once this year and didnt notice any difference

Rhodejim (Offaly) - Posts: 2888 - 30/10/2009 11:48:19    470646

I've started doing it when playing hurling, my wrist starts to get sore so taping it seems to give it a bit of support...

bosch (Derry) - Posts: 873 - 30/10/2009 12:06:18    470683

probably one of these fashion trends that happen from time to time. Soccer players used to put some tape on the noses. They said it helped them breath better. Turned out it did nothing at all.

JPM1981 (Kildare) - Posts: 825 - 30/10/2009 12:52:47    470754

i see young lads now taping socks up and sleeves up just shaping if you ask me ,one young lad from my club nearly uses a whole roll of insulating tape before a game can't see the point of it but each to their own i suppose

peat_burns (Westmeath) - Posts: 94 - 30/10/2009 15:13:03    470941

Rhodejim
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470646 some young guys do it for the look.
i used to do it cos it helps the wrist's flying back when you put your hands out to tackle a lad coming at you. just gives you a small amount of protection.also good for catching high balls as it keeps wrists straight. to be honest though, i didnt do it once this year and didnt notice any difference

did ya catch arya ball

dhorse (Laois) - Posts: 11374 - 30/10/2009 15:15:27    470945

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470945 Rhodejim
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470646 some young guys do it for the look.
i used to do it cos it helps the wrist's flying back when you put your hands out to tackle a lad coming at you. just gives you a small amount of protection.also good for catching high balls as it keeps wrists straight. to be honest though, i didnt do it once this year and didnt notice any difference

did ya catch arya ball

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well Narya one either way. more of a put in my hands player!!!
your a gas man!

Rhodejim (Offaly) - Posts: 2888 - 30/10/2009 15:59:13    471012

Seems like players use the tape as a kind of brace so to speak,I know for a fact that the Armagh players started this trend after talking to a rugby coach (read Oisin McConville's autobiography for details)

Duffy89 (Wexford) - Posts: 3320 - 30/10/2009 16:21:17    471037

Ive never had to tape up my wrists before a game. Our team doctor once remarked about what incredibly strong wrists i had and enquired as to how i managed to build up such muscles in them

whiterbannnas (Mayo) - Posts: 2441 - 30/10/2009 18:03:53    471197

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471197
Ive never had to tape up my wrists before a game. Our team doctor once remarked about what incredibly strong wrists i had and enquired as to how i managed to build up such muscles in them



Love it. Mind you, I always thought you would have strong wrists having read your posts. LOL

patrique (Antrim) - Posts: 13709 - 30/10/2009 21:09:44    471371

post of the year whiterbananas! :)

kilglasskrazy (Roscommon) - Posts: 80 - 30/10/2009 22:22:05    471412

theirs a few posters on here that need tape around their fingers

hipster (Dublin) - Posts: 2509 - 30/10/2009 22:24:26    471416

I just mumbled something about doing alot of painting and quickly changed the subject

whiterbannnas (Mayo) - Posts: 2441 - 31/10/2009 21:24:31    471970

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471970 I just mumbled something about doing alot of painting and quickly changed the subject


Result Pages: 1

Your an artist then

tomaoo7 (Dublin) - Posts: 5896 - 31/10/2009 21:29:11    471976

9 times out of 10 its done just for the look i believe..also seen lads do it around there ankles but now they seem to have upgraded to just a white sock which shows it was always for the show..

mydog (Galway) - Posts: 154 - 31/10/2009 21:48:51    471994

There was an article in one of the papers a few years ago, about McGeeney and Armagh and some of their training methods. If I remember rightly the tapes on the wrists thing came about after training sessions with the former rugby league player Shaun Edwards. They were used to protect the wrists when shoving two hands into the chests of oncoming opposition players.

On_the_ditch (Tyrone) - Posts: 98 - 31/10/2009 23:03:54    472031

Yes a lot of senior county hurlers wear wrist tape e.g eoin kelly, damien hayes loads more. Why do they do this ? There must be some benefit other than for looks?..

Dhuibh (Down) - Posts: 281 - 18/05/2010 21:03:15    651543

its only for the look!!!eg benny dunne....he has a white tape then puts black around it.

lowerormond (Tipperary) - Posts: 1267 - 18/05/2010 21:07:18    651561

Love it. Mind you, I always thought you would have strong wrists having read your posts. LOL

Patrique, the most subtle of ways to call him a you know what, genius!

maor_uisce (Tyrone) - Posts: 167 - 18/05/2010 21:14:05    651576

tape worms were another phase -oh no, that was Jane fonda and the aerobic and leg warmers phase

kerrykerry (Kerry) - Posts: 1779 - 18/05/2010 21:20:22    651592