The girls in my daughter’s group all recently received their grips. My daughter and a teammate have had a couple private lessons together and that coach has let them use them a little to break them in. Well yesterday the bar coach let all the girls use their grips for the first time. She took a spray bottle and wet all the girl’s grips (except my dd’s). I know the manufacturer said not to use water as it weakens the leather and voids the warranty. I was glad that my dd’s grips were not sprayed. However, she saw it as the coach treating her different, maybe in an attempt to hold her back. I told her it was because her grips were already broke in. Our gym has a water bottle hanging at all the chalk stations. My son says the boys do not put water on their grips. Some of the mom’s are upset that the coach has wet the grips. Is it common practice to go against manufacturers’ recommendations and wet the grips?