Coach Arnald at Baseball Tips says:
Experience has taught us that there's a simple and inexpensive way to make sure that your cage will be very stable in the wind.
When you are purchasing your poles for the framework, take a trip over to the concrete department and get pre-cut pieces of 2 to 3 foot concrete reinforcing bar (normally called REBAR) and purchase 4 to 14 pieces.
Then after you have your cage set up where you want, take one piece of rebar and drive it into the ground at the same angle of your legs. But only drive it half-way into the ground, leaving half of each rebar piece sticking out of the ground.
Now pick up your leg and slide it down over a piece of rebar. This will cause a binding effect on the legs that makes the cage exceptionally stable in windy conditions.
Note: Only one piece of rebar is needed to stabilize each of the cage's legs. You can get by with only reinforcing the corners (4 pieces of rebar required), or you can stabilize each leg (up to 14 rebar pieces, depending on cage length).
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