Are you using the Scott Johnson sticks on the drum set?

I rarely pit heads, but usually it's a result of playing into the head, rather than letting the stick bounce back toward you. It's not the sticks, it's how you're using them. To some extent it can also be a function of the angle of attack at which you hit the heads. For instance, if the toms are angled steeply, and your strokes are coming from near perpendicular to the head, you're going to get pitting.

It's hard to diagnose technical issues without seeing someone play, so I can't offer any suggestions. Do you have a teacher in your area you could speak to? Someone known for top-notch technical knowledge?

Simply put, your heads are too angled (flatten your drums!) and you aren't coming off the head fast enough. 

There are some players whom are great and dent heads.  I remember having several lessons from Ray Luzier: he could not use ambassador heads cause he said he would literally "go thru them like tissue paper".  This man can play very hard!  To experience it first hand is amazing!

Subsequently I played and play rock with single ply heads *started with ambassadors* and have graduated to aquarians.  I think I get alot of sound from them but don't dent them (usually LOL but it happens sometimes) They never become "pitted" though.

Pitting is just poor technique and set up in my opinion.

Well, it also depends on how hard you play...to each his own.

I've been using 5As on the set for the past 20+ years.  I am studying with a teacher......see him about 2x a month.  But I haven't been able to see him lately because of his schedule. 

I haven't messed with my tom angles for a long time so I'll see if that makes a difference.  But now that I think about it.......my practice set has the same angles but different heads (EC2s) and no dents.  It could be the thickness of the EC2s or it could also mean I don't play as hard when I'm practicing. 

Also, the snare drums on both sets have the same head, same angle but my gig snare drum has the pits. 

I'll have to be more conscience of my technique.  Maybe not "force" the volume so much.  I've been working on playing comfortably but with volume if that makes sense. 

I remember doing a recording session one time and the engineer told me to play harder than usual.  I'm thinking to myself, "does he mean with more intensity/feeling or more volume.  Why would he want more volume if the kit is mic'd?".

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I prefer the term "urinary warfare", but I digress.

I think the stick you use plays a part to some degree.  I've noticed that when I use sticks with a rounded/roundish tip (i.e. Steve Gadd model, or Vic Firth 3A, or Peter Erskine original model), I tend to dent the heads more.