A little background information first.   I use turbo thumb tape (purple or green) and have 3 pieces of tape in my thumbhole.  The other night we had a local tournament with tons of people watching.  It was very humid. I could not get out of my thumbhole.  It would get stuck upon release which would cause me to spin the ball like a top.  My suspicion is that humidity was the problem as I could feel my hands were super sticky.  What I did to resolve this was take all the tape out of my thumbhole and take off my thumb tape.  Now my thumbhole was huge but at least I was able to get out of it.  Has anyone ever had this problem? and what did you do to resolve this?

Dan, you use the black tape in the thumb hole on the back side don't you?  In other words against the tape on the back of your thumb when inserted?  That is how I apply mine, but was wondering if you are doing something different.  I also tend to stick, but I also tend to grip to much.

Lon

Same here. The key is to have a snug thumbhole. The slick tape keeps your thumb from sticking, even when it feels really tight. If your thumbhole is lose, you will grab the ball. If my thumb has really gotten smaller, I use white tape as a backer (smooth on top of white).

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I actually have gotten to the point where I use black tape around my entire thumbhole.  That's not very common, but it works for me.  It prevented wear-and-tear on my thumb when bowling 21 games in two and a half days in a tournament the other week at least!  As long as I keep the thumb snug, I don't have to grip the ball to hold onto it (I actually make it a point to keep my hand very open and loose).

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