inner flap u201d 505 within a flap 503 u2032 a ball 527 that hits the target in a particular location can deflect the inner flap 505 allowing that ball to fall into a distinct ball collecting region 504 u2032 for more accurately thrown balls balls that do not hit the inner flap 505 end up in another ball collecting region 501 fig9 shows an alternate method of supporting a pitching tunnel 600 in this version the tunnel is held by ties 607 to the top rails of a modular framework 606 comprised of interconnected pipes 605 fig1 shows and partially describes an alternate method of attaching the target area 626 of a tunnel to a backstop or the like shown in this figure is an outer sleeve 620 designed to hold metal legs 621 this design is useful because many baseball fields have a tall backstop on one end and grass or dirt on the far end if the user were to fasten the target end of the tunnel to a tall backstop then one could slide the metal legs into the outer sleeve the user could then secure the tunnel to ground stakes 628 using straps 627 the metal.