I have an athletic tape that im going to use to tape my wood bat with. Im using the bat just for bp in the cage and i was wondering what the best pattern/way to tape it is
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wood bats are gunna crack in the cages…
why even do it
but if u must
tape a spiral direction up the bat
and then spiral it the opposite direction with a new strand of tape
use like a thin strand where u can still see some wood though
Depending on what kind of grip you want, the answer varies.
For a bat with a nice grip…
1. Pull yourself a piece of tape about 1.5 feet but don’t tear it from the roll.
2. Twist it a couple times so that the tape looks like a thick shoelace.
3. Start wrapping at the bottom of the bat and go once around the beginning of the knob of the bat (at the bottom)
4. As you make your way up the bat, rap the twisted tape diagonally around the bat so it looks like those poles with red stripes you see at barber shops.
5. Keep wrapping the tape up the bat so that the twisted tape creates parallel lines up to the point where you want to stop.
6. At the point you want to stop, go once around the stopping point so that your diagonal lines stop.
7. Then go back down the bat with the twisted tape the same way you came up, but the opposite direction. Keep your lines going back down the bat parallel to each other, but crossing the previous lines at the exact same spot all the way down to the bottom.
8. Rip the tape once your reach the knob.
9. Then rap over your diagonal, perpendicular lines with tape that isn’t twisted. This will prevent your lines from falling off once your in the cages. Overlap the normal pieces of tape so that none of the twisted pieces are exposed.
10. You can cut the tape once you gotten to the point where you stopped the twisted tape.
Tape the handle part until you like it the way it is, there is no certain pattern..
wood bats are gunna crack in the cages…
why even do it
but if u must
tape a spiral direction up the bat
and then spiral it the opposite direction with a new strand of tape
use like a thin strand where u can still see some wood though
Depending on what kind of grip you want, the answer varies.
For a bat with a nice grip…
1. Pull yourself a piece of tape about 1.5 feet but don’t tear it from the roll.
2. Twist it a couple times so that the tape looks like a thick shoelace.
3. Start wrapping at the bottom of the bat and go once around the beginning of the knob of the bat (at the bottom)
4. As you make your way up the bat, rap the twisted tape diagonally around the bat so it looks like those poles with red stripes you see at barber shops.
5. Keep wrapping the tape up the bat so that the twisted tape creates parallel lines up to the point where you want to stop.
6. At the point you want to stop, go once around the stopping point so that your diagonal lines stop.
7. Then go back down the bat with the twisted tape the same way you came up, but the opposite direction. Keep your lines going back down the bat parallel to each other, but crossing the previous lines at the exact same spot all the way down to the bottom.
8. Rip the tape once your reach the knob.
9. Then rap over your diagonal, perpendicular lines with tape that isn’t twisted. This will prevent your lines from falling off once your in the cages. Overlap the normal pieces of tape so that none of the twisted pieces are exposed.
10. You can cut the tape once you gotten to the point where you stopped the twisted tape.
11. Get some pine tar and your good to go!