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The client has 2 young children who are both mad keen on Baseball. He contacted Premier Cricket Net Construction to install a Baseball batting (and pitching) cage inside the 6m x 6m shed on his Brisbane Northside property.
Fixing plates were utilised to attach the tensioned (net) supporting cables. The nets were placed 300mm away from the shed walls to prevent the balls from impacting the sides of the shed and the netting was placed under tension to reduce the amount of flex in the nets (thereby reducing the chances of balls impacting the shed walls). A full roof net was also required to prevent balls from leaving the enclosure.
The nets were manufactured with a heavy bottom rope and a 6mm rope was sewn to the rest of the perimeter. All nets were custom fitted onsite (cut to size and sewn) to the supporting wire cables.
Additionally, the client specifically requested that the front of the batting cage have the ability for the netting to retract (open) so that the boys could practice their pitching from the driveway section located outside of the shed.
The installation was completed in a single day.
Baseball versus Cricket
The demands of the sport also dictated the type of netting we used:
In Cricket, the ball is (generally) played into the ground first, which absorbs some of the force of the ball, before it hits the netting - a 48 ply sports grade netting is used
In Baseball, the ball is (generally) hit directly into the upper sections of the netting - a heavier 60 ply netting was used is as it is more durable and therefore more suited to the demands of Baseball
You can view our other backyard sports netting projects here - https://www.premiercricketnetconstruction.com.au/sports-barrier-netting-installation