I should probably give the net five stars considering how many years it's been in the yard and how much abuse it has taken, but after a couple of years, I think loosing one star for having to put on two dozen zip ties to keep the net together is fair. It's started to sag a little in the middle, but I'm pretty sure that is due to my kids abusing it. To build something the kids couldn't break, you'd have to use tube steel and the thing would weigh 400 pounds and then you would have to anchor it in concrete so it wouldn't fall over and kill anyone. I'm thinking this was probably a better choice. Really it's done much better than I expected and it keeps the ball from sailing over into the neighbors yard and/or down the hill. I'm calling it a win.