Batting Cage Use Policy and Reservations
Cage Use Policy
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.
On days when the fields are closed, the PYO Hotline will address Cage Usage on that day. Our intent is to make the cages available to PYO Teams for their use during the available daylight hours as long as it is not raining and there is no lightening threat in the area.
The cage should be unlocked by the first team of the day and locked by all teams after use as long as there is no other team immediately ready to use the cage.
You will be provided the Lock Combination at the time of your reservation.
Pitching Lane Use Policy
On days when the fields are closed, pitching lanes will open or closed based on the Hot Line's Cage usage for that day.
All catchers and stand in batters must wear full game equipment.
The pitching rubber and home plate area and must be repaired after use.
If there is a tarp on the pitching or catching areas it must be replaced after use.
Batting Cage / Pitching Lane Reservation Policy
Each PYO Affiliated team for the Spring Season will be able to reserve a Cage / Lane 1 time per week for 1 hour
Each PYO Affiliated team can reserve Cage / Lane use for the following week. There will be no multiple or recurring Cage / Lane slot reservations honored
Same day weekday reservation requests will not be honored. Weekend reservation requests after 4 pm on Friday's will not be honored
Same day or weekend usage without a prior reservation will be first come first served and will be limited to 30 minute honor system increments
Batting Cage / Pitching Lane Reservation Process
Log on to the PYO Web Site and select the Batting Cage Use link (if you are on line you are here)
Hit this link to go to the Batting Cage / Pitching Lane Calendar
User Name and Password is: cage
Determine your preferred slot from available slots based on the following time schedule in 1hour increments:
Weekdays = 6pm to 8pm ---- Saturdays = 8am to 6pm ---- Sundays = 1pm to 6pm
Click on the E-Mail link in the Calendar Header and request the slot for the upcoming week
The Batting Cage Coordinator will check your eligibility and schedule your approved slot with a confirmation E-Mail reply
The more in advance you schedule your Cage / Lane, the easier it will be to communicate same to your team
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 and lanes themselves.