Gym Dividers & Perimeter Barrier Nets

Gym Dividers for Every Type of Facility

Gym dividers are the fastest way to turn one large gym floor or turf building into several usable zones without pouring new walls. Our catalog is built around Douglas, the brand behind 23 of the 29 items in this collection, including the Douglas Quality Prefabricated Divider Net (10′ x 60′) and the Prefabricated Vinyl Border Divider Netting (10′ x 65′). These are the go-to picks for athletic departments and multi-sport facilities that need a full-height net to split a gym for basketball, volleyball, or batting practice while keeping sightlines open. If you're comparing sports facility court dividers for a pickleball buildout specifically, Douglas also offers Movable, Surface Mount, and Indoor/Outdoor Pickleball Court Divider Systems, so you can choose between a system that bolts down or one that rolls into place.

Portable Gym Dividers vs. Fixed Track Systems

Not every facility can dedicate wall space to a permanent divider, which is why portable gym dividers show up so often in searches. The Douglas Court Caddy and the movable pickleball divider system fall into this category — they're designed to be repositioned as programming changes throughout the day. On the other end, the Douglas BeSteel 170 Series Walk-Draw Track System is a fixed, ceiling-mounted track for facilities that divide the same gym the same way every day and want the net or curtain to glide open and closed rather than be carried and stored. Gym divider curtains (Douglas Durable Quality Gym Divider Curtains) work well in this fixed-track setup as a solid, non-see-through alternative to open mesh netting.

Barrier Nets and Perimeter Netting for Safety

When the goal is containing balls rather than fully separating spaces, look at our barrier net and pylon netting options. Bownet's Low Barrier Net (21′ 6″ x 8′) and Big Barrier Net (21′6″ x 11′6″) are purpose-built perimeter nets for batting cages, bullpens, and practice areas where errant balls need to be stopped at a lower or taller height, and Bownet Barrier Replacement Nets let you re-skin an existing frame instead of buying a new one. For continuous-run perimeter netting, Douglas #420 Knotless Pylon Netting comes in 7/8″ and 1-1/2″ square mesh, in both standard and white, alongside heavier-duty #30 Twisted Knotted Nylon and #18 Twisted Knotted Polyethylene netting for facilities that want a more abrasion-resistant barrier. Jaypro rounds this section out with the FieldPro Multi-Sport Net System (65 ft.) and the FieldPro Net System Package - Portable, both suited to outdoor field perimeter or backstop applications.

Materials, Sizing, and Add-Ons

Material choice depends on how the divider will be used. Knotless mesh (Douglas #420 line) is lighter and less abrasive on skin and equipment, which matters in gyms where players may run into the divider. Knotted nylon and polyethylene nets (Douglas #30 and #18) are heavier-duty and better suited to high-impact ball containment. For a solid visual break instead of mesh, Douglas offers 14 oz and 18 oz FR vinyl backdrop curtains, plus digitally printed backdrop curtains and windscreens (Poly Pro Plus Premium Closed Mesh Screen, Custom-Made VCP Max Windscreens) if you want branding or sponsor graphics on the divider itself. Douglas also carries supporting gym signage like the Vinyl Exit Sign, and outdoor line marking with 2″ black webbing volleyball boundary lines. Because several of these are made-to-order — custom netting, custom digital windscreen printing — pricing on those items is quote-based, which is reflected in the $0 low end of our price range; ready-to-ship items like the Bownet barrier nets and Jaypro net systems carry set prices up to $4,934 for the largest fixed net systems.

Choosing Between Douglas, Bownet, and Jaypro

Douglas is the deepest line here and covers full gym division (prefabricated nets, curtains, track systems), pickleball court dividers, and all of our pylon and border netting — it's the default choice for schools and rec centers standardizing on one vendor. Bownet's three products are all barrier-net focused, aimed at batting cages and ball-containment rather than full room division. Jaypro's three products — the two FieldPro net systems and the Floor Hockey Goals (4 ft.H x 6 ft.W x 20 in.D, one red/one blue) — serve outdoor field perimeter needs and floor hockey setups rather than indoor gym partitioning. Matching the brand to the application (full divider vs. barrier vs. field net) is the fastest way to narrow this collection down.