Do you protect batters/pitchers during indoor live hitting?

[CoachPete]

Going live in a week or so and wonder what you think about providing L screens to protect batters from errant pitches and pitching nets for the pitchers for the screaming shots up the middle. I think the nets can distracting to batters/catchers and placing the L screens just right is tricky (and sometimes you get those hard shots to the poles which ricochet). Just hoping noone gets seriously hurt indoors.

 

[coach james]

Always... pitchers will wear their rip it masks and batters will have on their helmets! If you have a screen...use it!

 

[Greenmonsters]

I'd screen neither if you're trying to replicate game conditions. If your objective is to have pitchers throw BP, screen the pitchers. If you feel there's a need to screen your batters, you have bigger problems!

 

[bucket pinata]

Batters wearing helmets pitchers wearing masks. Thats it. The only thing that I might "consider" using is softies.

 

[PA SB Dad]

Pitchers behind a screen.

 

[starsnuffer]

Pitching through a screen (with the hole cutout) is a valuable skill and I use them when we do indoor practices. I want the pitchers to experiment a bit in practice and not have to worry about being decapitated if they throw a ball too fat.

It is HITTING practice though, not batting practice. No fastballs down the middle here.

-W

 

[bucket pinata]

Seen more pitchers hit because they are counting on a screen or a bar ricochet then ever hit not using one. Just my own observation.