Product Description

Multi function / multi sport traing net 7'

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #29031 in Sports & Outdoors
• Brand: Easton
• Model: 7' POP UP
• Dimensions: 3.50" h x 37.00" w x 37.00" l, 24.00 pounds

Features

• 7-foot pop-up catch net ideal for practicing fundamentals or pre-game warm-ups
• Heavy-duty hanging net absorbs impact of soccer balls, golf balls, footballs, and other items
• Durable steel flatwire construction; 2 breakdown poles with individual pole pockets
• Completely portable, with folding design that fits in 37-inch circular carrying bag
• Measures 7 feet wide by 7 feet tall; 90-day warranty

Amazon.com Product Description
Have a budding soccer star, field goal kicker, or golfer in your midst? Pick up Easton's 7-foot pop-up catch net, an ideal tool for practicing fundamentals or performing pre-game warm-ups. The heavy-duty hanging net is designed to absorb the impact of the ball, so a particularly hard shot will fall harmlessly into the net's clutches. Looking to practice your long woods without heading to the driving range? Go for it. As an alternative, your high-school football fiend can work on his field goal and punting technique in the backyard. And thanks to the net's durable steel flatwire construction, the unit will stay upright and secure regardless of how often you use it.

Remarkably easy to set up and take down, the net comes with two breakdown poles with individual pockets, along with four grand stakes for stability. And best of all, the net is completely portable, with a folding design that fits in a 37-inch circular carrying bag. Measuring 7 feet wide by 7 feet tall, the catch net is backed by a 90-day warranty.

About Easton
In 1922, Doug Easton began crafting custom wood bows and cedar arrows in Watsonville, California. Although Doug produced tournament-grade, footed cedar arrows for the archery champions of that era, he was constantly frustrated with the inconsistency and lack of uniformity of wood shafts. Convinced that consistently straight uniform arrow shafts were impossible to manufacture from wood, Doug turned his attentions to aluminum. In 1939, he began manufacturing aluminum arrows in Los Angeles. His instincts about this material were correct, and in 1941, California archer Larry Hughes won the national championship with a set of Doug's aluminum arrows. This was the beginning of a trend that would change traditional archery and transcend into numerous other sports arenas over the next 50 years. Considered one of the world's preeminent innovators, designers, and manufacturers of sporting equipment, Easton has a reputation of producing products for the highest level of performance.

Customer Reviews

Works great once you figure it out
Another coach I worked with used one of these. I liked it, so I bought my own. I'm past the half-way mark on the second season of using this with a Little League team, and I'm very happy with it.

Like with other "pop-up" type products, there's a trick to getting it to fold up. I've found it works best if you lay it on the ground, then fold the bottom-left corner up to the top-right. Two loops form to the sides. Grab those, and gently guide them back into a circle.

If you force it, you can twist the bars inside, and undoing that could be a hassle. But, done right, it folds up fast. I use this for soft-toss in the outfield right before a game, and I can fold it up and get it into the bag in about a minute.

The only downside I have noticed, which is why this gets 4 stars and not 5, is that the zipper on the bag on both models I've seen has broken. It's not that big of a deal, because the bag comes with velcro straps to close it up, which work good enough.

I now keep this net in the trunk of my car, and use it at every practice and game - I've probably used it over 100 times. Recommended.

Horrible Product
I purchased this product based on the claim that it is portable and the ease to fold down and store. The first time I used it it took me nearly 20 minutes to get it to fold up and store away. There were many occasions where I was unable to get it to fold up at all, and ended up just leaving it outdoors. If you leave it folded too long the frame starts to get distorted. A major disappointment....

Best Portable Backstop I've found
As a coach, I believe a portable backstop is CRUCIAL to my team's success. I went through quite a few backstops before I settled on the Easton 7-foot Pop-Up Catch net. The three qualities I looked for were portability, durability and easy setup, and this backstop provides all three. My fastpitch softball teams have hit literally thousands (over 15,000 so far, actually) of 12" softballs into the netting (and dozens clanking off the sides) with almost no wear. One person can easily set it up and take it down in a couple of minutes (though as with all Pop-Up merchandise, there is a trick to getting it to fold into the right shape).

Another feature that makes it #1 in my book is that at 7 feet tall, it is the largest portable backstop I have seen. This is an important safety factor, as we often have to set up our batting stations in a limited area waiting on the game before us to finish. The last thing you want to deal with before a game is an errant ball conking someone on the head because your backstop was too small to catch the pop fly that your player accidentally hit.

I have had the Easton 7-foot Pop-Up Catch Net for two plus seasons of hard use, and the carrying bag is starting to tear at the handles. I would recommend that Easton make this carry bag out of the same material as their Pop-Up Playback Trainer's carry bag, which seems to be of higher quality.

The reason this product gets 4 stars instead of 5 from me is that the fold-down instructions that come with the Catch Net are, frankly, awful. I almost returned it because I couldn't get it to fold down by following the directions, until another coach showed me how to do it (Thanks, Kim!!). The real way to fold down the Catch Net bears no resemblance to the instructions provided. Improve the instructions for folding down the net, and I think Easton would have an excellent, as opposed to good, product.