Football Tape

Football players will typically wear tape around their wrists, knees and ankles to support an injury that has not yet fully healed. The tape can be used to restrict movement and to provide support against impact. This helps to prevent hyperextension or flexion, and any range of movement that could aggravate a preexisting injury or weakness.

Football tape can be used to stabilise joints, prevent blisters and to secure socks and shin pads. Various techniques are used by physios and team medics to wrap and anchor specific joints like wrists, knees and ankles.

Tape used to hold up football socks is usually made from PVC. High quality PVC football tape is water resistant, holds up to sweat and offers a stretch of 150 to 175%. For football, ideally the tape colour should match the colour of your socks as closely as possible.

PVC sock tape is a stretchy, water resistant tape mainly used to hold up football socks and secure shin pads in place. It is lightweight, comfortable and available in a range of colours. Zinc oxide tape is a rigid, non stretch medical tape used to strap and support joints including ankles, wrists and knees. It is commonly applied by physios and team medics to restrict movement and protect against injury. Both types of tape are widely used in football, but they serve very different purposes. PVC tape is best for keeping your football socks in place, while zinc oxide tape is best for joint support.