Batting cages are a great place to practice your baseball or softball swing, pass a lazy afternoon or participate in active and possibly competitive activity. With the beautiful year-round weather and so many baseball and softball fields in South Florida, practicing at a batting cage will be of help to become a better hitter.
Try some of these batting cages out that may make you a better hitter:
Extra Innings-Margate, Fla.
Extra Innings offers both baseball and softball cages to practice your swing. Along with token-operated batting cages (packages starting with 12 pitches for a $1 token), Extra Innings offer party packages, a pro shop, training centers, baseball lessons and multi-use tunnels that includes pitcher’s mounds.
Extra Innings also offers a variety of clinics for baseball and softball hitters covering both batting and other baseball and softball fundamentals.
For token-operated batting cages, each token will offer you 12 pitches, where each one is $1 or buy 6 tokens for $5 or 12 tokens for $10.
Extra Innings-Margate is located at 1690 Banks Roads in Margate, Fla. Their hours of operations are Monday-Friday 11 A.M.-9 P.M., Saturday: 9 A.M.-7 P.M., and Sunday: 9 A.M-6 P.M.
Contact Extra Innings at (954) 968-3737 or visit them online: http://www.extrainnings-margate.com/.
Hit Zone-Miami, Fla.
Hit Zone in Miami is located inside Miami’s Tropical Park. Offering a variety of hitting machines that throw both baseballs and softballs is one of the great reasons to try Hit Zone. For instance, customers are able to rent an Atec Pro 3G, which offers the ability to hit breaking pitches from a machine, including sliders and curve-balls.
For token-operated batting cages, each token will offer you 18 pitches, where each one is $2 or buy 3 tokens for $5, 6 tokens for $10 or 10 tokens for $15.
Hit Zone offers a camps for baseball and softball players covering both batting and other baseball and softball fundamentals. The camps are offered select times during the year. The softball camps are offered by former Florida State University softball players Shaundra and Shamdra Colzie. The baseball winter camp is run by former Major Leaguer Gus Gandarillas.
Hit Zone is located at 7900 Bird Road in Miami, Fla. Their hours of operations are Monday-Friday 3 P.M.-9 P.M. and Saturday-Sunday 9 A.M-7 P.M.
Contact Hit Zone at (305) 448-9663 or visit them online: http://www.hitzoneinc.com/index.html.
Line Drive Performance-Miami, Fla.
Live Drive Performance in Miami is located just north of the Falls shopping center.
For token-operated batting cages, each token will offer you 18 pitches, where each one is $2 or 6 tokens for $10, 10 tokens for $15 or 15 tokens for $20.
Line Drive Performance offers hitting memberships for those who are regular users of batting cages. Available for either 5 tokens (90 pitches) per day or 10 tokens (180 pitches) per day, monthly memberships starting at $45 for 5 token daily and $60 for 10 token daily. Memberships are available for up to 1 year. Line Drive Performance also offers athletic training, lessons, clinics and group fitness courses.
Hit Zone is located at 13080 SW 85th Avenue in Miami, Fla.
Contact Hit Zone at (305) 259-8600 or visit them online: http://linedriveperformance.com/Line_Drive_Performance.php.
Edwin Alexander is currently lives in South Florida and is a Miami native. He did start going to batting cages in Little League. He still enjoys the occasional trip to a cage to get the juices going.
