TCB ball breaks!

[obbay]

Well it didn't actually break- I didn't know if id ever see it but it is in the process of dying. I just noticed it today but DD said it started a few weeks ago when AC was throwing front toss. a little (1/8" - 3/16") rip/cut in the ball so it looks fine but when it is hit there is a little puf of smoke from the fine sand exiting the vehicle

I don't remember how long I've been using these -some of mine I got from Amy when she bought too many.
I just ordered and received 6 new ones so it doesn't matter, I just wanted to let you know that it has been years and used from U12 thru U18 - you get good mileage out of these things.

 

[Amy in AZ.]

I hope that I didn't guarantee, those.

 

[obbay]

No- I already had some and yours were new - Caveat Emtor !

I just threw in that detail in case you remembered how long ago you had too many TCBs

 

[Six11 Hitting]

I actually had 3 of them fail at the end of last summer. They developed small cracks around the holes they use to fill them.

I just ordered 6 new ones. I have been very happy with these. I think the 3 that just failed were 3 years old and used A LOT!!!!

 

[Amy in AZ.]

No. I don't know how old they are. Mine have changed to a really ugly yellow pukish color. I need to keep them out of the Tucson sun. I, too, bought some new ones.

 

[Jdaddy]

We lost three this year that were appx. 2 years old with thousands of hits on them from 12u's. Can't complain about that. Bought two dozen hole balls this winter. Still going strong.

 

[JAD]

We have had one or two casualties over the past 4 years....probably need to order a few new ones to replace them.

 

[starsnuffer]

They get brittle when it's cold. I remember the first time my daughter shattered one during warmups on a rare 25 degree morning in Jan a few years back. Better the ball then the bat though. I felt bad for the coach that was showered in sand.

-W

 

[MsDinosaur]

a little (1/8" - 3/16") rip/cut in the ball so it looks fine but when it is hit there is a little puf of smoke from the fine sand exiting the vehicle

Same thing happened to one of mine a year or so ago. One of the coaches was warming up the team with my tcbs and as one of the girls hit, a slit opened up and there was the puff of the fine sand. I still have that one sitting around somewhere. I was thinking that I might try slapping a piece of duct tape over the slit. The dozen and a half that I had took a lot of use before that one break. I'm still a tcb fan!

 

[Rocketech1]

My set of 12 is almost 4 years old and only one has broken. It hit the sharp edge of a chain-linked fence and popped a small hole in it and the sand/silicon poured out.