Every professional athlete who has ever been asked what they attribute their success too, has named someone who encouraged them to keep on practicing. About batting cages, it is said that use of a batting cage can improve your batting average. Where you live, as well as schedule conflicts can limit your accessibility to public batting cages.
The best way to improve your batting average is to practice, but not just to practice hitting balls. You should also practice hitting balls in specific areas, in specific ways. The easiest way to accomplish this is to score your sessions in the batting cage. Take three points for a line drive, two points for a grounder and one point for a fly ball. This also will give you a target to aim for on your next session.
If you don't have access to a batting cage, you can always build your own, right in your own backyard. You'll have access to it whenever you want. A good size batting cage is seventy feet in length, fourteen feet in width, and twelve feet in height. The height shouldn't be a problem for anyone, but if you don't have a big enough yard for the length or width, just modify them to suit your area.
The materials you will need to build your batting cage are, batting cage nets, generally made from polyethylene or nylon, support tubes for the nets, aluminum is a good choice, PVC pipes and some concrete or cement.
Once you have marked out the outline you will need to drill or dig holes for the support poles. These poles have to support the weight of the net, so you should make them a minimum of three feet deep. Using cement around the poles will increase the stability of them. Once you install your top frame made from your PVC pipe, you simply attach the net to the top and drape it down.
The last two things you need to make sure you didn't forget is an entranceway so you can get in and out of the batting cage. You also want to make sure that the balls can't get out from under the bottom of the netting. Your netting should come all the way to the ground.
Now install your pitching machine, and you're ready to start improving your batting average. Besides that you're ready to have hours and hours of fun. Invite some friends and have a friendly competition.
The best way to improve your batting average is to practice, but not just to practice hitting balls. You should also practice hitting balls in specific areas, in specific ways. The easiest way to accomplish this is to score your sessions in the batting cage. Take three points for a line drive, two points for a grounder and one point for a fly ball. This also will give you a target to aim for on your next session.
If you don't have access to a batting cage, you can always build your own, right in your own backyard. You'll have access to it whenever you want. A good size batting cage is seventy feet in length, fourteen feet in width, and twelve feet in height. The height shouldn't be a problem for anyone, but if you don't have a big enough yard for the length or width, just modify them to suit your area.
The materials you will need to build your batting cage are, batting cage nets, generally made from polyethylene or nylon, support tubes for the nets, aluminum is a good choice, PVC pipes and some concrete or cement.
Once you have marked out the outline you will need to drill or dig holes for the support poles. These poles have to support the weight of the net, so you should make them a minimum of three feet deep. Using cement around the poles will increase the stability of them. Once you install your top frame made from your PVC pipe, you simply attach the net to the top and drape it down.
The last two things you need to make sure you didn't forget is an entranceway so you can get in and out of the batting cage. You also want to make sure that the balls can't get out from under the bottom of the netting. Your netting should come all the way to the ground.
Now install your pitching machine, and you're ready to start improving your batting average. Besides that you're ready to have hours and hours of fun. Invite some friends and have a friendly competition.
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Scott writes articles that instruct people about portable batting cages and also a tips on batting cage installation.
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