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Thursday, July 31, 2008

How to Easily Store Your Batting Cage Net

Yesterday was batting cage take down day for Boaz High Baseball. Each year at this time we take down our 4 outdoor batting cages and put them into storage until next January. There are three reasons we do this: 1)For security to insure that no one steals or damages these valuable assets of our program. The area where they are located is accessible year round. 2)The AHSAA has rules restricting the use of these cages in the off-season, and 3)Storing them during the off-season will double their life expectancy. We have been using these cages for 5 years and we expect to get at least 5 more years of use out of them.

Tips for Off-season Batting Cage Storage:
  1. Make sure that your cage is absolutely dry before taking it down. Do not store your cage if it is damp or wet.
  2. Make sure to repair all holes if you have any before you take it down. Often we have small tears or holes that we easily and quickly fix with heavy-duty black weather proof twine.
  3. Make sure to collect all cables, rope, clips and other hardware in a bucket or box and label it for easy location when you put the cages back up.
  4. BEST TIP EVER - To easily store your cage and to make it easy to carry, use the heavy-duty paper roll or tube that new carpet or flooring comes on. Carpet store and flooring stores will often give you this tubes free. They are about 12 feet long. If these are not available, use heavy-duty PVC pipe.
  5. Spread your cage out evenly on the ground and roll in onto the tube. This makes the cage easy to carry by two people, and you can hang the net from the ceiling in your garage, carport, or basement. Use heavy-duty wire, rope, or chain to hang net from a adequate support structure. Make sure that what you use to hang it with is strong enough to safely hold the weight.

Remember you can depend on Nedco Sports and CoachesBest.com for all of your batting cage and net needs. Our customer support, toll free, number is 1-877-431-4487.

I hope you find these tips useful. Have a great day, Nick

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