Starting9 Updated Rules & Protocols

A Letter To The Community:

It’s with great excitement that we announce we are opening the doors at Starting9 Batting Cages on Tuesday, June 23!  In an effort to make this a permanent re-opening, and keep our customers and S9 team members healthy and safe, we will be strictly enforcing the following rules and protocols. We are confident that if we get full cooperation from the public, this process will be a success and we will get to continue offering our facility for your enjoyment.  If you have any questions regarding the following, please do not hesitate to contact us at (661) 424-9581.  Please keep in mind that these new rules and regulations are being temporarily put in place with the goal of getting back to regular operations sooner than later.

• New Hours of Operation:
  • Tuesday, Thursday, Friday from 4:00-9:00 (by reservation only)
  • Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 4:00 (by reservation only)
  • No times will be available Monday and Wednesday as the facility is rented out for Private Instruction
  • BE ADVISED…All times will be on a strict half hour cycle.  If you arrive late for a workout, please understand your time will stop 30 minutes after the designated start time, without exception.
• All Batting Cage reservations must be reserved ahead of time as no “walk-ins” will be permitted.  Call us at (661) 424-9581 to reserve your time.
• Reservations will be offered in 30-minute time blocks with a 15-minute ‘facility cleanup’ period in between every session.  In the event no one reserves cage time behind you we will accept a request to stay longer for a nominal fee.

• At the end of the session, we ask hitters to ONLY kickbaseballs to the opposite end of the cage.  Red tape will be placed to separate both halves of the hitting tunnels. Please do not pick up or touch any of the balls as an S9 team member will handle that process and be responsible for reloading the machines during the 15-minute clean-up period.
• Before being allowed to enter the facility, the player and their parent/guardian may be asked questions about their current health status.  We reserve the right to take temperatures at the door if we feel the need.  For the safety of our customers, anyone with a temperature above 99.7 will not be allowed to enter the facility.
• Facemasks or bandanas are required and mandated by the State of California.
• All customers entering the facility will be asked to keep their hands sanitized as best as possible.  You can bring your own hand sanitizer if you prefer, however, we will have hand sanitizer for your
• A credit card will be required to reserve cage time and we reserve the right to keep the credit card information on file in our scheduling system to limit human contact between our S9 team members and clients.  You may pay with cash once arriving at the facility as the credit card being held on file will not be charged until the completion of the reservation.
• We strictly enforce a 24-hour cancellation policy.  We are a small facility and due to the additional time being lost in between sessions to clean the facility, if a reservation is not canceled 24-hours or more before the reserved time, the credit card on file will be charged the full reservation rate.  A hospital or emergency room visit will be the only exception to nullify being charged.
• Prices and Packages
  • 1 Cage for 30 minutes = $30
  • Cash price = $27
  • Package Deal: Four (4) 30 minute sessions = $100  [$20 savings]
    • All Four (4) sessions must be used during the month they were purchased.  Unused sessions will expire on the last day of the month and will not rollover to the following month.
  • Cage reservations are for individual hitting sessions ONLY.  No teams at this time.  We will notify via our mailing list and post on our website when team sessions are permitted.
  • Teams that had time left on their discount cards with us before the pandemic will be offered a full refund of the remaining time, or a coach can present us with a team roster and each player may receive a free half-hour of personal cage time to be used by September 1, 2020.
  • One hitter/athlete and one parent/guardian/chaperone are allowed in the facility (per cage) during the 30 minute session.
  • Please do not enter the facility more than 5 minutes before your scheduled reservation, and please exit the facility within 5 minutes of completing your session.
  • If you want to pitch ‘live’ in the cage you may do so, however you must bring your own baseballs/softballs.  In an effort to minimize contact, customers will not be permitted to use Starting9’s baseballs or softballs.
  • All T-stations will be closed until further notice.
  • We reserve the right to amend these rules and regulations, if necessary.

During these unprecedented times, we feel our facility has the unique opportunity to offer a safe environment and accommodate a more private setting for those looking to avoid larger crowds.  Our six-foot-tall vinyl partitions and twenty-foot mesh curtains will remain in place to divide both cages as an additional safety precaution.  We hope you like the pertinent and new renovations we have made to our facility as more are on the way!

Looking forward to seeing you,

Starting9 Batting Cages

IMPORTANT UPDATE FROM S9 

It is with great excitement and optimism that we announce our plans to RE-OPEN Starting 9 Batting Cages to the public on Tuesday, June 23rd!

We are currently getting the facility prepared so that we can offer a safe and clean environment for our athletes and their families.  Although our rules and procedures will be a little different, we know that the changes being made will make sure everyone is remaining safe and healthy.

Please keep an eye out as we will be emailing and posting on our website later this week the new rules and procedures for reserving cage time, summer hours of operation, and more!

With everything going on out there in the world, we are looking forward to getting the doors opened and doing our part as we get our athletes back on the field!

Starting 9

Please be sure to look for updates on Facebook and our website. We hope you and your families are staying safe and healthy, and keep swinging those bats!

Furthermore, for the remainder of March, we’re offering a reduced (single cage) flat rate of $20 per 1/2 hour to make it more advantageous for individuals and small groups to continue practicing in a more private setting.

Also, we have temporarily discontinued scheduling multiple teams at the same time in an attempt to limit the exposure to other customers, teams, and their family members.