How to Design a Soccer Goal Post Using PVC

Playing soccer helps to develop cardiovascular health, as it requires a great deal of running, and is an increasingly popular sport among youths. Adding a goal to your backyard allows for playing and practicing at home. PVC pipe provides a strong building material that is readily available at home-improvement stores and can be purchased without breaking the bank. For larger goals, such as a regulation 8-foot by 24-foot goal, 4-inch diameter piping is required, but a simple backyard practice goal can be completed more cheaply using 2-inch diameter pipe.

Things You'll Need

  • 5-foot-long pipe sections, 2
  • 4-foot-long pipe sections, 4
  • 3-foot-long pipe sections, 2
  • 1-foot-long pipe sections, 4
  • 6 elbow couplings
  • 4 T-couplings
  • Deer netting
  • Zip ties
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Instructions

    • 1

      Connect T-couplings to both ends of two of the 4-foot-long pieces of PVC, attaching the pipes to one of the openings in the couplings that are on the top of the T.

    • 2

      Attach a 1-foot-long piece of pipe to each coupling in the openings that are inline with the 4-foot-long pipes, creating a pair of pipe sections slightly larger than 6 feet long.

    • 3

      Create an L-shape by attaching a 4-foot-long piece of pipe to a 3-foot-long piece of pipe with an elbow. Repeat for the remaining unused 4-foot-long piece and remaining 3-foot-long piece, so you have two L-shaped sections.

    • 4

      Attach an elbow to the open ends of the 4-foot-long sections of the L-shaped pieces, and an elbow to the open ends of the 3-foot-long sections of the L-shaped pieces.

    • 5

      Attach one of the 6-foot-long sections of pipe between the elbows on the ends of the 3-foot-long sections of pipe, with one of the 1-foot-long pipes in the elbow on one 3-foot-section and the other 1-foot-long pipe in the elbow on the other 3-foot-section.

    • 6

      Attach the remaining 6-foot-long section of pipe between the elbows on the ends of the 4-foot-long sections of pipe, with one of the 1-foot-long pipes in the elbow on one 4-foot-section and the other 1-foot-long pipe in the elbow on the other 4-foot-section.

    • 7

      Attach one end of a 5-foot-long piece of pipe into one of the T-couplings on the top section, and the other end of the 5-foot-long pipe into the matching T-coupling on the bottom section. Repeat with the second piece of 5-foot-long pipe connected to the remaining T-couplings on the top and bottom sections.

    • 8

      Take apart one joint at a time and apply a layer of PVC glue around the pipe then insert it back in place until the entire frame is glued together.

    • 9

      Secure deer netting around the outside of the frame and secure in place with zip ties.

    • 10

      Cut off any excess netting with scissors.