Any coach, trainer, or person involved in sports knows what a team's equipment looks like at the end of a season. It's broken, beaten, worn, and battered. It's not wise to use old and broken equipment, but new equipment is becoming increasingly expensive and school budgets are limited. From this dilemma, the concept of athletic equipment reconditioning was born. Awareness of the benefits of reconditioning, as well as the value-added services a quality reconditioner can provide, is an invaluable tool in helping today's coaches meet the increasing responsibilities--and risks--of their jobs.