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strikestriketapped

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Tape
« on: February 04, 2010, 09:11:56 AM »
Where do you put the white tape in your thumb hole? I'd tried putting it in the ball so that it was on the inside part of my thumb, but I kept getting hung up in the ball even though the thumb hole wasn't too small. I've also tried having white tape against the back of my thumb, but that just rubbed too much, though I do wear Vise Hada tape now, so it probably wouldn't do that anymore. Anyways, where you place your black and white tape in your thumb hole?

 

raiderh20boy

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Re: Tape
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2010, 05:19:50 PM »
white-front for feel
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Re: Tape
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2010, 05:20:22 PM »
I always put all tape on the pad side of my thumb. Some say it stretches your span, but it really isn't enough to matter...
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Re: Tape
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2010, 06:22:30 PM »
you need to learn how to bowl..  get a coach and stop buying balls

strikestriketapped

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Re: Tape
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2010, 07:15:47 PM »
This only happened in one ball. I was adding front tape to the front of the thumb hole. But instead of adding the tape right on top of each other, I put one piece of tape in the front of the hole and then a piece on each side of that piece of tape. Could I have been hanging up due to some of the tape being on the sides of my thumb?

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Re: Tape
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2010, 07:52:04 PM »
Yeah, the texture of white tape on the side of your thumb, and/or making the sides too narrow are most likely the cause of hanging.
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