Re: Conditioning the Ball

[Todd <tdh@vbref.org>]

"Mike Charow" <Docl@pipeline.com> writes:

> 
> I have a synthetic leather ball and would like to know if anyone has any
> ideas on helping to break it in.  I play coed ball and all the girls (no
> offense) complain that it is to hard.  I have purchased a couple of good
> quality leather balls and those are much softer but they get trashed rather
> quickly.  (We played 8-10 hours per week)  At $60 to $80 dollars apiece that
> gets expensive.  Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 

As another poster said, synthetic leather typically won't get any
better with time.  

Where are you finding leather balls that cost so much?  Spike Nashbar
for instance has the Tachikara SV-18L ball for only $33.90.  The SV-5W
color team balls are $38.90.  Check them out here:

http://www.nashbar.com/catalog/spike/display_html/spikeindex.html

Under balls/indoor balls, catalog items TK-SV18L and TK-CBC
respectively.  Most juniors teams in this region tend to show up with
these at tournaments.

Best Regards,

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                  Todd H.   tdh@vbref.org
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