This was not an insurmountable problem but these things have to be worked out up front, especially for budgeting purposes. This system has performed great and has been in use four nights a week and on weekend for over ten years now. The benefits of the steel seem to be the durability and the extra tension that you can put on the net. The drawback seems to be the weight of the poles. The downside is that it s prone to breaking and does not get the same tension.
Pricing is a little more expensive for the aluminum systems.
If this is going to be used for high school, college or USAV competition, free standing with safety padding will be mandated, if it hasn t already. First, there is the steel vs aluminum systems. Even among the steel and aluminum systems, there is some variety. The high end systems have telescopic vs non-telescopic poles and there are a variety of tightening devices for the net, which have long term maintenance implications. My recommendation is to get a specialist to install the system.