Pro Gear: Martin Jones Custom Stick Grip for ‘Big Hands’
- Martin Jones applies two wraps of white tape followed by a full roll of grip tape to build a thicker custom knob on his goalie stick handle.
- The custom grip knob is designed to improve palm contact and stick feel, particularly beneficial for goalies with larger hands.
- Jones relies on feel rather than measurement to determine the right thickness, wrapping until the knob sits comfortably in his palm.
- Goalies can maintain normal finger placement on the paddle while still gaining improved grip feedback from a built-up knob.
- This simple two-tape method is an easy, low-cost equipment customization any goalie with big hands can replicate.
Martin Jones is 6-foot-4 and, in his own words “has big hands” so over his 10-year NHL career the new Toronto Maple Leafs has come up with a way to improve his stick grip.
Jones shared how and why he creates his custom “grip knob” on the handle of his stick with InGoal towards the end of this summer’s week-long NET360 Goalie Camp in Kelowna:
“I just have big hands and I like a little thicker grip so I can feel it in my palm a little bit better,” Jones explained, adding he relies on feel to get the thickness right. “I usually do a couple wraps of white tape and then I use a roll of the grip tape. I like to feel it in the palm a little more. I still have my fingers on the paddle, but I can feel the knob in my palm a little bit.”
There you go, a simple but effective way for goalies with big hands to improve stick feel.
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