Aside from Kinesio tapes, there are other tapes used in sports. There are many types of sports tape but the main three are zinc oxide tape, elastic adhesive bandage and elastic cohesive bandage. The zinc oxide tape is non elastic and sticky. It comes in a variety of widths and is easy to tear. It is used in a variety of applications particularly in limiting the range of movement of a joint or in protecting the skin against blisters.

Elastic adhesive bandage is an elastic tape that will stick to the skin. EAB is particularly useful for taping around muscles as they will expand during exercise and the tape will allow this to some extent. It is often used to apply anchors from which zinc oxide tape is applied to restrict joint movement.  The cohesive bandage is elastic and will stick to itself but not to the skin.  They are commonly used for wrapping joints, finishing off and covering tapings and for compression to injured joints.