Archery Netting U-Shaped Curtain for Garage

[sirheroics]

I have about a 10'x10' space in the garage to turn into a simulator area...but I need to be able to bring my car back in easily. My plan was to create a giant "U" with an archery curtain (Probably PR-20 from West Coast Netting) on a U-shaped track mounted to the ceiling so that I could easily put the curtain away and drive back in when I'm done.

My garage has 10' ceilings. My two main questions are:

1) How much excess should I order in height so that the curtain can protect against my kid's (and mine to be honest) occasional worm-burner thin shots off the toe that never leave the ground?
2) How far from walls and other fragile things should the curtain be placed so that a ball can hit it at full speed and be stopped by the curtain before it impacts anything behind?

Thanks!

[sirheroics]

Shameless bump? This net is super common. Surely someone has some info?

[Stetson]

1) Not sure. Do not know how heavy the screen is but if you order a little extra and put some weight on it than it wouldn’t be an issue. If you want to be real cost efficient and looks aren’t important than get a garden hose and Velcro the net around it at the bottom. Like a tube weight.

2) Not far, a foot is plenty

[alopresti23]

I have seen some of the commercial options selling a fabric strip with velcro on the two edges that can connect to the bottom of the netting / side barriers (folds over and velcos through the netting to the other velcro edge) and they recommend small chain (or hose) be placed in it to hold it to the ground and have flex. Also the 1 foot spacing seems to be what is recommended in many cases.

The flexible options (hoses, chains) seem to be used more often than Poles for side barriers, even when not considering being able to retract them.

[Dax]

For archery netting I would give yourself at least a foot. It is pretty heavy and he ball hits and pretty much drops. Mine is about 11 feet wide and about 9 in height. I would say a foot extra at the bottom would be enough excess. Please note that I have not tested this in such a way as I have a cage. If you search on YouTube for TrackMan 4, there is a guy with a basement set up using white archery netting and you can see his in action. It is from about 4 years ago when TM4 first came out.

[sirheroics]

Thanks guys. I'm not sure the chains or hose are going to be feasible. I plan on putting the netting on an industrial track like a hospital bedding curtain so that I can actually use my garage when I'm done practicing. So I'd like to just get extra fabric for the bottom if that's possible.