| At $30 to $40 an hour, renting out a batting cage | | | | already playing in the pros, you probably won't have |
| can really burn a hole in your pocket. Backyard | | | | to invest in higher break strength, and anything over |
| batting cages can help save you hundreds of dollars | | | | 100lb will work fine. |
| over time. | | | | But what if you don't have a training partner to work |
| With an initial investment of around $200 for high | | | | with? There are a couple of ways to work around |
| quality cage netting and a steel frame, you can be | | | | buying a thousand-dollar pitching machine until you |
| well on your way towards becoming a better hitter | | | | develop the need to invest in one as well. |
| than ever before. If you think about it, $200 is just | | | | The old, toss-it-up-and-hit-it method may seem rather |
| five hours spent at the local cage, whereas if you | | | | primitive, but there's no denying that it helps batters |
| have a batting cage in your own backyard, you'll be | | | | develop some of the essential skills required in batting |
| able to use it whenever you want, for as long as | | | | such as hand-eye coordination and quickness. |
| you want to. | | | | When its form that you need to develop, an |
| A common misconception is that the break strength | | | | adjustable T ball stand will help you improve your |
| of the netting is directly related to its life span. This is | | | | stance, weight distribution, and grip. |
| not necessarily true. Break strength refers to the | | | | Backyard batting cages will help you to do of all this |
| amount of load tension that may be placed on a | | | | without having to waste valuable training time and |
| strand of material before it breaks. Unless you're | | | | effort to go and find the ball after each hit. |