If your into a challenge, why not convert the NURBS or Poly Plane to cloth then you could animate a ball hitting the net and ta da...
A correctly reacting net.
Chris (formerly R@nSiD)
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Winner SM VFX Challenge 1
3rd Place SM SteamPunk Challenge (May 2007)