Not sure if you've searched any older posts here regarding breaking in a Vinci catchers mitt?Please share some of your wisdom and persistence. We received DD's 34" Optimus mitt back in late January and I feel like we are only at the point where the ball doesn't pop out consistently. I was naively hopeful it would be if not game ready at least close to game ready by now. This thing is a beast.
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PALM PAD!!!!
It has a memory of it's own, right when you think you're making progress, the temperature changes, the moon changes it's lunar cycle, your wife changes moods on a dime.....then that palm pad goes right back to where it was!
If you can conquer the palm pad, the rest of the mitt is a piece of cake! You've got to get mean and rude with it!