06/26/2018
OK time to get a little frustration off my chest. All About Kidz is a facility being offered to our community, free of charge. All equipment, gear, machines and balls and bats are available, FREE. All we ask is you treat the facility with respect and care and leave it better than how you found it. Recently that has become an issue. Both pitching machines are down due to improper care. I understand wear and tear and things will break. We expect that, but both of these break downs are due to improper use and bad care. The softball machine was left facing a batter with the control panel facing the batter. Someone hit a ball off the control box and broke it. All the person had to do was use common sense and turn the machine so the metal guard plate protected the machines control panel. Next our three wheeled baseball machine has had the pin broken twice which makes it inoperable and unsafe. To break this pin someone had to turn it with so much force to sheer a 1/4 metal pin. The other thing about this is it's not made to turn that way (it has turning wheels on the machine) and who ever did had to have used this wrong and improper. This has happened twice.
Next I want to address the care and use of the building. Please use equipment the correct way and leave it the way you find it. Don't move stuff around but if you do then place stuff back how you found it. I have found all the basketballs on top of the bathrooms along with several mule balls. I have watched video of kids bouncing balls off the glass window and throwing baseballs off the backboards. Turn the lights off and lock the door when you are done. I have found it many times unlocked with lights on. Kids have wrote on the bulletin board and scratched names into it.
Coaches watch your kids and make sure you are there as long as they are. You are responsible for them. Please pick up everything and put away when done with equipment. Put all tees back and nets returned and balls in buckets.
I know this is a long rant, but it is only because I care about this facility and the community keeping to get to use it. I understand equipment does break and wear out, which I will take care of happily when it breaks. That means its getting a lot of good use and our kids are learning and getting better. What I wont continue to do is pay for and repair stuff that is damaged and ruined by negligent improper care.
This batting cage is all of ours, and I am asking PLEASE help take care of it. Please pass this on and share it with people who you know use the cage. If improper care continues, I will shut it down and close it up.