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Batting cage at home

Posted on 4/16/20 at 7:04 am
Posted by fishbig
Member since Feb 2007
1585 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 7:04 am
Anyone set one up for their kids? I'd like to get one for the kids along with a machine. Anyone know the best place to purchase the frame and net. Looking to go with a 12x12x70.
Posted by VermilionTiger
Member since Dec 2012
37584 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 7:06 am to
Prepare yourself for the travel ball jokes
Posted by bakersman
Grant parish
Member since Apr 2011
5711 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 8:13 am to
I’d like to have one for myself. Get some extra exercise and if the kids decide they want to finally get into baseball, great
Posted by Lakefront-Tiger
Da Lakefront
Member since Nov 2004
5913 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 8:14 am to
I put one up.
Bought the net kit with cables and clips from Ultimate Sport Gyms, LLC on ebay.
I got a 14x14x55 cage and installed it myself with 6 4x4's.
Now because I bought them from Lowe's, they were green and wet, and bowed like sons of bitches.
I would use 6x6's on the sides, and a 4x4 in the middle.
I got them 16ft long, and buried them 4ft deep.
Ran the cables with turn buckles across the top, and voila, batting cage.
The very next season they made my kid a PO, and he never picked up a bat again,
Daughter uses it now for HS Softball.
Whole set up was less than $600, and with the carabiner clips on the cables, I can pull it back for grass cutting, or long periods of non use.
This post was edited on 4/16/20 at 8:18 am
Posted by EvrybodysAllAmerican
Member since Apr 2013
11156 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 8:51 am to
i put one up recently. When I priced everything out, I think you're better off buying a kit online instead of trying to get stuff from home depot. Then it will also come with helpful info on things to do and not do, so it wont sag.
This post was edited on 4/16/20 at 3:18 pm
Posted by L5UT1ger
Member since Feb 2004
2599 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 8:52 am to
Facebook marketplace is by far the best place if you are patient.
Posted by Jack Daniel
In the bottle
Member since Feb 2013
25461 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:19 am to
Don’t let Brahyden be a quitter
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:23 am to
I had one as a kid. We built the frame ourselves out of PVC. We got the net from Louisiana Net & Twine in Lafayette.

Looks like they sell kits now. LINK
This post was edited on 4/16/20 at 9:30 am
Posted by AUCE05
Member since Dec 2009
42566 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:38 am to
I have net in my garage. I make them hit with a broom stick cut to 27" and use those plastic golf balls.
Posted by KosmoCramer
Member since Dec 2007
76519 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 9:53 am to
If you truly want to help your child get better and learn valuable life lessons (How to learn new skills, hard work) Look up Motor Learning, Principle of Tansfer, Principle of Specificity, Principle of Whole vs Part, Blocked vs Random.

It will change how you view practice.
Posted by 9Fiddy
19th Hole
Member since Jan 2007
64057 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:28 am to
Already have one. I have a pole barn that wasn't in use, but in great shape. I took half of it and hung the netting for 80x15x15 dimensions. We have a mound and plate area. Turf throughout.

I built it a few years ago because my son really wanted it, and I was coaching, so on rainy days, the whole team comes for practice.
Posted by double d
Amarillo by morning
Member since Jun 2004
16421 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 10:33 am to
Had a full size one like you want when the kids were young. Ordered it through baseball express back then, it had metal poles and a qood quality net. It lasted at least 10 years before I got rid of it. It was a good investment and was used year round.
Posted by WilsonPickett
St Amant, LA
Member since Oct 2009
1650 posts
Posted on 4/16/20 at 11:44 am to
70' Hell on... that's just more spread out the balls will be! You rarely throw full distance. Go 45-55', more times than not you'll be sitting behind an L screen throw short toss from 20-25' or so.

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