Breaking in balls for professional sports is a whole thing. Brand new equipment out of the box sucks, but if you let equipment managers bring out old balls tha

Breaking in balls for professional sports is a whole thing. Brand new equipment out of the box sucks, but if you let equipment managers bring out old balls than there is going to be wild variations between every different ball used. So having a consistent break-in process is pretty important. You should see the kind of shenanigans they do in the football world: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4136154/2023/01/31/nfl-kickers-super-bowl-footballs/ https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4136154/2023/01/31/nfl-kick...