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How does one break in a football?
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:16 am
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:16 am
The real leather ones are slippery stones when new.
I’ve done the wet it, then scrub the wax off once it dries method. I beat the crap out of them with a wooden bat, mostly on the seams.
They just don’t get springy like an old one.
This guy has it down:
https://youtu.be/ZxD6lLshV4I
But I don’t have a bristle grinder, shaving cream is nuts, no telling what that leather conditioner is, heat gun, mud...
I’m looking for something more doable. I hear a dryer works, but I don’t want to break ours.
Trying to get these 695s broken in and I have another Vapor Elite on the way. That’s the one I want to turn into a butter ball like the LSU game ball pictured.
I’ve done the wet it, then scrub the wax off once it dries method. I beat the crap out of them with a wooden bat, mostly on the seams.
They just don’t get springy like an old one.
This guy has it down:
https://youtu.be/ZxD6lLshV4I
But I don’t have a bristle grinder, shaving cream is nuts, no telling what that leather conditioner is, heat gun, mud...
I’m looking for something more doable. I hear a dryer works, but I don’t want to break ours.
Trying to get these 695s broken in and I have another Vapor Elite on the way. That’s the one I want to turn into a butter ball like the LSU game ball pictured.
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Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:17 am to Gaston
Well first, you make a roux
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:18 am to Gaston
The Brady method, just deflate it a little
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:18 am to Gaston
You play with it.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:18 am to Gaston
Rub some dirt on it
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:18 am to Gaston
Bucket of sand from Mississippi, the same way they break in baseballs
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:19 am to High C
TWSS
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:19 am to Winston Cup
shove it up your arse and do cagle exercises.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:19 am to Gaston
quote:Step 1 -- kneel
How does one break in a football?
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:19 am to Gaston
there are 3 known ways to break in a football:
1) use it regularly for about 2 weeks
2) let vince wilfork fart on it
3) have the ball blessed/touched by joe burrow
1) use it regularly for about 2 weeks
2) let vince wilfork fart on it
3) have the ball blessed/touched by joe burrow
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:23 am to Gaston
You can try a very fine grit sandpaper to kind of rub the new "wax" off. Then, the best way to break it in is to play with it. Go outside and play catch. The sweat on oil from your hands will, over time, condition it. And every time it hit the ground on a missed throw it will scuff it up a little more.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:24 am to Alt26
quote:
Go outside and play catch.
they don't play catch, they play footsies.
which is why he wants springy. he needs to make the balls better to make his son appear better.
This post was edited on 3/26/20 at 9:26 am
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:29 am to Alt26
On the broken in ones it feels like the bladder and leather have fused, it gets more springy off the bounce. My son plays QB and kicks, but his favorite ball to do both with is the broken in one. If we go throw he picks the Broken in ones. Kicking the 695s sucks too, and those are kicker balls. They need something. More kicks, I know...
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:30 am to Gaston
Man you could overcomplicate baking cookies. Just go play with the damn thing
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:30 am to Chad504boy
He’s QB as well. I air them up over 11 psi...so spongy is the wrong term. The broken in ones bounce much better. They just sound different too.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:32 am to DownshiftAndFloorIt
Punt one of those new balls...seriously it’s like a stone.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:34 am to Gaston
Just keep kicking it. It doesnt matter if you lose some hang time kicking around the yard.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:36 am to Gaston
quote:
He’s QB as well. I air them up over 11 psi...so spongy is the wrong term. The broken in ones bounce much better.
If he’s a QB, bouncing them is not the outcome you desire.
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:39 am to Gaston
Just put them in the dryer....
Some NFL kicker use to do that, till the powers that be heard of it. That’s one of the reasons there’s a designated kickers ball...
Some NFL kicker use to do that, till the powers that be heard of it. That’s one of the reasons there’s a designated kickers ball...
This post was edited on 3/26/20 at 9:40 am
Posted on 3/26/20 at 9:40 am to High C
QB in 8th grade will be more RB than anything. He threw 1 TD pass last year and ran in the rest.
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