You can use this method on its own or in addition to others to keep your hockey socks up securely during practice or a game. If you use this method with others, put the tape on last, after putting on a garter belt or jock shorts with Velcro tabs.
Hockey sock tape is highly adhesive, usually clear, tape used for keeping hockey socks and shin pads from moving around during play. You can purchase it online or from a sporting goods store. Don’t tear the tape yet. Wait until you are finished wrapping it.
Make sure the tape is wrapped as tightly as you can get it; otherwise, it won’t hold your socks and pads in place.
To make it easier to remove the tape when you’re getting undressed, you can fold about 1⁄4 in (0. 64 cm) of the end of the tape back under itself to create a little tab, so you can peel the tape up quickly when you’re done playing.
A hockey garter belt is a belt made specifically for holding up hockey socks. You can buy one online or at a sporting goods store.
It’s a good idea to wrap hockey sock tape around your shins in addition to using a hockey garter belt. Otherwise, your shin pads can still slide around inside your socks, since you’re only securing the tops of the socks with the garter belt. Put the tape on after you put on your garter belt.
Hockey garter belts have 2 clips on the front to keep your hockey socks up on your thighs and 2 clips on the back to keep your hockey socks up on your hamstrings. Each sock will be clipped once in the front and once in the back.
You can get jock shorts with Velcro tabs online or at a sporting goods store.
You might still have to wrap hockey sock tape around the socks where they rest on your shin pads to keep your shin pads from sliding around underneath the socks. Do this after you secure the socks in the Velcro tabs on your jock shorts.
Each sock will be secured with 1 Velcro tab in the front and 1 in the back. Wash your jock shorts with the Velcro tabs closed and separately from other items to keep the Velcro clean and sticky.
