Ok, here's my problem; My spare ball started out w/ a thumb hole a half size smaller than normal due to weather change, over the last 3.5 weeks I've been losing the ball at the bottom of the swing. I've got 4.5 pieces of tape in it and it still falls off of my thumb at the bottom of my swing. At this point my thumb looks like hamburger the hole is sized down(with tape) 2 sizes smaller than normal, it's falling off and tearing me up at the same time. I've narrowed it down to these two and not span because I have the same span on all of my equipment and the rest of it is fine. Am I having a sizing or pitching issue or am I missing something more basic? Any help would be appriciated I thank you in advance.
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The machine keeps puttin them up I keep puttin em down.

Wrong thumb pitch? Even a small adjustment can do wonders - I tried a used friend's ball some time ago he got from Ebay, and the thumb pithc was a touch too negatiev for me. I could not hold it in the downswing, it just fell off of my thumb and slammed into the foul line. Maybe you have a similar problem? Let your hand and ball be checked in a pro shop. Maybe a thumb slug insert in the old hole with a slightly steeper pitch will do the problem, and you will be able to use a more confortable hole size.
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Go more forward in the thumb pitch.  Whatever you have now is too much reverse.  You might also want to try shortening the span an 1/8th too
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