Practice area in the house or garage?

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Jul 14, 2018
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If you can get heat and light in there, I'd do it.

It’s close enough to two outdoor outlets that I think I could power an electric space heater, a string of LED work lights, and a pitching machine.

But don’t encourage me.


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Jun 29, 2021
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It’s close enough to two outdoor outlets that I think I could power an electric space heater, a string of LED work lights, and a pitching machine.

But don’t encourage me.


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I have a 900 Watt Ryobi generator that's perfect for running my Jugs machine.

The problem is you'd need a lot of lighting, and those containers aren't high, so the lighting won't be that great.

If you build it, he will come...
 
Oct 9, 2018
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Texas
I have an in-the-house setup with a ceiling-mounted sliding track with outdoor nets attached. This setup allows for you to slide the next out of the way when not in use.
 
Nov 6, 2019
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I have an in-the-house setup with a ceiling-mounted sliding track with outdoor nets attached. This setup allows for you to slide the next out of the way when not in use.


I would like to see pictures of that. I have no idea where something like that would even fit in my house.
 
Dec 2, 2019
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I have a 25' batting cage in my basement. I found the net on FB marketplace for $100 and hung it from the rafters with drywall screws. It works pretty well for front toss.
 
Mar 1, 2018
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We have a cage we set up on the basement. Not long enough to pitch in by great for hitting and catching work. We are currently redoing it and adding 2" foam along the wall and ceiling. We have a net on sliding wire guide, with a heavy tarp in the back as well.

This is a shot of the original set up
 

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Nov 20, 2020
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We have a 2-car garage that we utilize for hitting and pitching. Our setup is pretty basic. It's an off-brand Bownet for the main catch-all and I put up plywood on the interior garage wall that is behind it. This was of course before the great price hike of 2020. Other than being loud it's worked great in protecting the drywall and when DD is finally done with softball it will come down and get used for another project.

For hitting, DD works off a tee or we do side toss. For pitching, from the Bownet to the end of our driveway offers plenty of room to do closeup work all the way out to full length pitching. We have a pitching mat, so DD isn't destroying her shoes every other practice session.
 
Oct 11, 2010
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Tarp has holes in it so it was easy to tie it to something with a litte rope. Mostly just used in the basement. Easy to setup.

My truck was the backstop if we were pitching outside. 8u
 
Feb 24, 2022
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No joke, during the 18 months when my daughter was pitching, I put a bow net up in her room to throw into. It scraped the ceiling, and was only about 4 feet from her, and I put a ton of pillows and cushions behind it, but it was just to practice her motion. We will do crazy things for our kids.

On the flip side, my friend has a huge basement. He installed a full length hitting/pitching tunnel for his daughters, and also had a separate station with a bow net and tee. We litterally had a mini practice down there when our practice got rained out once.
 

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