Not safety, mostly. Time. Without a net, a hitting session is three swings and a walk. With\none, it is fifty swings in the same twenty minutes, and the difference in what a player learns is\nnot subtle.
\n\nTwo metres square sounds generous until the first sliced foul. It is the right size because\npractice swings are exactly when contact is worst.
\n\nBoth are the same 2.13 m square and both fold the same way. The Pro is the heavier build, and\nthe case for it is simple: if a club or a coach is putting it up and taking it down several times\na week, the heavier frame and netting is what survives that. For a family using it at weekends,\nthe Standard is the sensible buy.
\n\nPeg it. The stakes are in the box and they are not optional on a breezy day: an unstaked frame\nis a sail. On grass, drive the stakes in at an angle away from the net so a pull tightens them\nrather than lifting them.
\n\nOn a hard surface where you cannot stake, put weight on the feet. A couple of sandbags or even\na gym plate each side is enough.
\n\nThe strike zone target hangs in the net and gives a pitcher something to aim at that is the\nsize of the actual zone rather than the size of the net. Ten minutes at the target beats an hour\nof throwing at nothing, for the same reason a tee beats live pitching when you are fixing a swing.
\n\nThe failure that ends a net early is always the same: it went away wet. Netting folded damp\ninto a closed bag for a fortnight comes out weaker at every fold. Shake it out, let it dry, then\nbag it.
\n\nCheck the frame joints at the start of a season too. A joint that has worked loose is a five\nsecond fix and a snapped pole if you leave it.
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