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Good thought about pulleys, my only worry is the supports aren't stable enough. With a pulley you can make it easier to hoist up or down but you have to remember you're multiplying the force at the block, which presumably would be at the top of the net support. Every 'winch' action will put double the weight (or more) on the support. In which case we'd have to beef up the supports, in which case we wouldn't need to lower the nets?
Also you'd be surprised how much stainless pulley blocks cost and doing it cheaper on an outside court wouldn't be worth it.
I think moving forward the structure needs better anchoring/driving into the ground, or we need to have buttressing that comes off the net supports into the grass (these don't even need to project that far out to give a lot more strength). We can only do this after talking to HH about our concerns, and they might be more willing to listen to us after seeing us use the court so much and also seeing how fragile it has been?
Edit: This was half a reply to @Khornight2 but I'm still learning to use said reply feature.