Batting Cage Policy and Usage
*Cage use is at
the users own risk ...
*NO cleats/spikes inside of the batting cage areas are permitted, (including
rubber ones) ... this pertains to all players and coaches.
*NO climbing or pulling or hanging on the nets ... NO climbing over the
fence to enter the cage areas to use the cages.
*Only the approved trainers, instructors, team members and coaches, parent
assistants, etc. are permitted in the cage areas. No other siblings, etc.
The cages are not a play area.
*ALL Players inside the cages MUST wear a
Helmet ... typically there should be a batter inside the designated cage hitting
area, and a hitter awaiting their turn in the entry staging area. Anyone
in the staging area should keep a safe distance from the netting behind the
batter. When gathering up balls inside of the netted areas no batter should be
hitting. If coaches are using a hitting tee and/or doing soft toss and having
players hit balls into the center net inside of a cage lane, then adequate
distance should be used between players and each hitting station must use one of
the movable hitting mats for each hitter. Also only appropriate wiffle balls may
be used for such soft toss drills. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCS WILL ANY TYPE OF
BATTING MACHINES BE ALLOWED IN THE CAGES.
*NO swinging of Bats ,"outside of the immediate cage areas", this is
especially a concern with the cage located near the concession stand area that
has a lot of pedestrian traffic ... this means No warm up swings, nor
hitting of swing sticks, or other devices, and/or hitting of any balls into the
cages fence. Players awaiting their turn in the cage should keep their bats
lined up inside of the cage itself.
We encourage coaches to take advantage of these enhancements to our facilities
but with proper respect and common sense regarding safety considerations and to
the integrity of the cages themselves.
Members can reserve the use of the Batting Cage(s) by
calling Bob Quatkemeyer @ 777-8706.