Benefits of a Bottom Frame Batting Cage

If you want a safe and controlled training environment for your baseball or softball athletes, motorized indoor batting cages are the answer. Motorized batting cages allow you to maximize space and improve your facility's functionality.

There are two primary types of motorized batting cages — bottom-frame and drop-down. The perfect choice for you will depend on several factors, such as the design of your indoor sports facility.

What Is a Bottom-Frame Batting Cage?

A bottom-frame batting cage uses an innovative design that lowers the cage to your facility's floor without manual effort. Its high-speed motor ensures you can enjoy a seamless and fast setup process. The cage is often called bottom-lift because it lifts from the bottom when it retracts, folding the netting as it rises to provide neat storage.

The benefits of a bottom-lift batting cage include:

• Better containment: A bottom-frame cage uses accurately measured netting to ensure there's no excess net around your cage.

• Aesthetics: Its superior containment engineering creates a cleaner setup with straight flaps. 

• Safety: A neatly sealed and tucked net reduces the risk of tripping.

• Performance: A high-speed motor ensures faster setup and storage.

What Is a Top-Frame Batting Cage?

A top-frame, or drop-down cage, lets you stop it at the desired height to pull the netting down to form the cage. For storage, first reattach the net to the frame and then retract.

The benefits of purchasing a drop-down batting cage are:

• Affordability: The drop-down cage is a more affordable motorized cage option.

• Customizable: It's easy to lift and lower according to your preferred cage height.

Setting up a Bottom-Frame vs. Top-Frame

The bottom-frame cage offers an easier setup experience. The cable lift system lowers the frame at an exceptional speed, as seen in this video, until it reaches the ground. As it descends, it unrolls the net. This process provides an effective hands-free setup with a neatly framed cage and no excess netting. This setup remains one of the major benefits of a bottom-frame batting cage. 

The drop-down batting cage, however, descends until you stop it at a desired height to unhook and pull down the flaps. Then, you'd lift it to the ideal height for your batting practice program.

Explore Our Batting Cage Solutions

Grand Slam Safety has the indoor batting cages your facility needs. Our bottom-frame cage features a high-speed, three-phase motor that delivers 2 horsepower for a quicker setup and retraction time compared to the industry standard single-phase, ¾ horsepower motor. Explore our batting cages and request a quote today.