Fox Valley Sports Academy
1625 Dundee Ave. (Route 25)
Elgin, IL 60120
Phone: (847) 622-8700 • Fax: (847) 742-9238
mail@foxvalleysportsacademy.com
Hours & Fees
Monday - Thursday: 12 - 8 p.m.
Fridays: 12 - 7 p.m.
Saturdays: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
CLOSED SUNDAYS
These hours effective 6/1/10-8/31/10.
* Sunday Hitting Leagues run annually
from October through May; cages are open
10 a.m. - 2 p.m. for token hitting. The batting cages are closed to the public after 2 p.m. Please call ahead for Sunday schedules.
General Price List
Batting Cages
• 16 pitches per round
• 1 token = $1.25
• 6 tokens for $6
• Tokens are not for use during All-U-Can-Hit Hours.
All-U-Can-Hit
Monday - Friday: 3 - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 6 - 8 p.m. (Labor Day-Memorial Day)
Cost for an ALL-U-CAN-HIT session is $8 per player. (Tokens may not be used during ALL-U-CAN-HIT.) Players must take turns (round-by-round) with other players. Fox Valley Sports Academy will determine cage designation (baseball or softball) and pitch count. Saturday night ALL-U-CAN HIT sessions start September 1st and run through May 31st.
Tunnel Academy Rentals
Academy areas (tunnels) may be rented with prepayment. Tunnels are equipped with manually operated pitching machines (if available), mounds and protective screens at no extra rental charge. Cage balls are supplied with tunnel. Rental rates are listed below at a per tunnel, per hour basis:
½ hour = $25
1 hour = $40
Multiple Hour Discount:
5-9 hours = $35
10-19 hours = $32
20+ hours = $30
Prices, availability and schedules subject to change without notice. Last modified 3/7/10.
Fox Valley Sports Academy, which opened December 3,1999, is located on the northeast side of Elgin, Illinois, approximately 35 minutes west of Chicago. Inside the 20,000-square-foot facility are six automated batting cages (baseball & softball) and six academy training tunnels.
Batting Cages
Six automated cages, capable of throwing either baseballs or softballs at varying speeds (beginner to professional).
The environment at Fox Valley Sports Academy replicates game-time conditions. The interior lighting in the batting cage and academy-training areas are unparalleled. Over 120 gymnasium-style lights are mounted on the ceiling, providing better-than-daytime illumination.
The ATEC machines used at Fox Valley Sports Academy throw white "sting-free" baseballs and softballs. The composition of the cage ball itself is "bat-friendly" -- less likely to damage or reduce the performance of today's high-performance baseball and softball bats.
*Though Fox Valley Sports Academy does not rent the batting cage area, there are times when hitting league programs (usually on Sunday afternoons and evenings during the winter) use the entire cage area. Also, special All-U-Can-Hit times take place during the week where guests can pay a flat rate ($8) in lieu of purchasing tokens.
Academy Area
The Academy Area "training tunnels" take up approximately one-third of the total floor space of the building. There are six separate netted training areas, each of which can be equipped with the following: L-Screen, mound, baseball or softball machine(if available), durable batting tees, cage balls or regulation baseballs or softballs. Each netted tunnel can be moved away in order to convert additional floor space for camps, clinics, trade shows and speaking events.
Getting here
Fox Valley Sports Academy is located at 1625 Dundee Ave. (Route 25) in Elgin, IL.
From I-90: Exit north on the Route 25 exit and head less than a one-quarter mile. FVSA is on the east side of Route 25.
From south (West Chicago, Bartlett): Route 59 north to I-90 west toward Rockford. Exit at Route 25 in Elgin. Fox Valley Sports Academy is one block north on Route 25, just after the Days Inn Hotel.
From west (Rockford, Marengo, Hampshire): Take I-90 east toward Chicago. Exit at Route 25 in Elgin. Fox Valley Sports Academy is one block north on Route 25, just after the Days Inn Hotel.