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How to Set Up Your Personal Pitcher -

in a Garage

Hitting Indoors - in a garage

You can use the Personal Pitcher Pro in a typical two car garage in most cases. You might like to partition off one half of the garage using lightweight netting.. The distance from the machine to home plate will need to be anywhere from 15’ - 25’ depending on the pitch speed selected.

The Personal Pitcher Pro top speed and curve ball pitching options will usually require a minimum of 25’ pitching distance (or more) for most age groups. Using the Personal Pitcher at 25’ or more may require the machine to be placed outside of the garage door . In that case, you may need to create a portal opening to pitch through.

Pitching through a “portal opening”

A pitching machine can be placed outside of a caged in hitting area and pitched through a “portal” into the netted in hitting cage. This is done when the machine needs to be placed at a distance greater than the cage itself, away from the batter. A “portal” is a “window” opening cut into in a wall of netting through which a pitching machine pitches.

A portal is used when more distance is needed between a pitching machine and home plate than a batting cage area allows . See the below diagram for a cage layout in a two car garage using a portal opening to pitch through.

Because the machine is placed outside of the garage, you will be limited to using the portal window to days when the weather permits the Personal Pitcher to be placed outside.

On rainy or inclement days, you can use the slower pitching speeds and *place the machine inside the garage and caged area -at a closer distance.

Using a portal pitching opening allows you to use a smaller batting cage. Even outdoor cages can be shorter when using a portal opening to pitch through. See the Home Run Batting Cage below.

See Personal Pitcher for more information on this mini Wiffle ball pitching machine.

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A Crusher Curve pitching machine pitching through a portal in the Home Run batting cage. - an ideal backyard hitting cage for the Personal Pitcher

Lightweight Netting

for the

Personal Pitcher

Build containment partitions as needed. Comes in 14' length X 40' wide. Can be cut to size as needed.

Batting Practice Special BPS-1

Pro Pitcher

Tripod

50' of Netting

$184.00 + S/H

$60.00 + S/H

Indoor Batting Practice

How to Set Up Your Personal Pitcher -

in a Basement

Hitting Indoors - in a Basement

If you live in a northern climate, and you don’t have a heated garage, you can still use the Personal Pitcher in a basement during the off season (as well as “in season“). Basements offer the advantage of room temperatures - year round, and usually even more room to set a hitting cage than a garage. A basement is ideal for indoor hitting with the Personal Pitcher because it can be used year round summer or winter, rain, snow or sunshine.

Clear out a hitting “lane”

You will need to clear out a hitting area of about 10’ wide - or wide enough room to swing your game bat (or a Grobat), by about 20’ - 25’ long. You can partition off the basement using our lightweight polyball netting. Often you can use an exterior wall on one side with netting on the other side to partition off a hitting lane (see diagram below).

Connecting the netting

You can use standard hardware from your local hardware store for hanging the netting. Hooks (like those used for hanging plants or something similar) offer the ability to “hang” the net in sections and allow for removal when you are done hitting (by simply un-hooking the netting).

Windows and light fixtures (garage or basement)

Although the small plastic polyballs are very safe, don’t take a chance with either windows or light fixtures (or any other breakable item). If you have a window or light fixture inside the hitting cage, you should shield them from batted balls with netting or corrugated cardboard or something similar.

Check Ceiling Height First

Garages usually have higher ceilings but basements can sometimes have lower ceiling heights. An eight foot ceiling height (or higher) works best for bat clearance for most situations. Much depends on the age and height of the player (and bat length). Most basements and garages will work for most players, but check and see if there is enough height and swinging clearance before making a decision on using the basement or garage for a hitting cage

See Personal Pitcher for more information on this mini Wiffle ball pitching machine.