Abstract: A portable ball catcher and return apparatus having an upright frame and a net supported on the frame. The frame is comprised of a horizontal U-shaped base member and an inverted vertically extending U-shaped member attached to the base member. A net having top, bottom and side edges to define a pair of top corners and a pair of bottom corners. The top edge is attached to and along the cross-bar of the vertical U-shaped member and only the bottom corners are attached to a respective leg of the vertical U-shaped member by a loose fitting ring member to allow the rings to move up the leg when a ball impacts the net and move down the legs after the momentum of the ball is stopped by the net, thus causing the ball to roll down the net to the ground and in the direction of a user.