Why Your Youth Baseball Field Needs a Sports Netting Installation
Are you ramping up for the return of youth baseball at your local park or outdoor facility? If you are in charge of maintaining the grounds or making sure the field or stadium is ready to go, you are no doubt working on painting the lines, mowing the grass and cleaning the seats in the stands. But if you want your youth field to look more like the professional one in your nearby city, there's an addition you might want to make this year: sports netting. Here's why a sports netting installation at your local youth field is a good idea for next season and every year that follows.
Safety First
Today's kids are learning baseball from a younger age than ever before. Some parents decide to make their kids specialize in just one sport from early on in life. This means that by the time they get to competitive play, kids today are throwing harder and swinging harder than ever before. While you likely won't see any fastballs that belong in a big-league stadium, the balls can still be thrown and then hit into stands at a velocity that is fast enough to injure someone. Depending on where your stands are located, it's possible a foul ball sent in the wrong direction could end up injuring someone. Sports netting can make sure that these wayward balls don't cause any harm.
Create Space Between Families and the Teams
Do you want your kids to focus on what their coach is saying instead of the parents? Some parents today get a little too involved in trying to provide additional coaching for their kids while they are out on the field or just trying to play a game. If you have sports netting up across both baselines and behind home plate, this will serve as a barrier for safety purposes as well as a separation between the players and the fans. The parents will be more likely to stay put where they are supposed to be if they can't just casually walk right over to the dugout while the netting is in the way.
Make Your Youth Field Look More Professional
Finally, the last reason you should add sports netting to your field is that it's a great way to emulate most pro stadiums. Baseball fields all over the country are now taking safety more seriously, so adding this netting yourself will make you look more professional.