How to Make a Soccer Goal Post

Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world. A goal is scored when the ball is kicked, past the goalie and into the netted goal box. Most soccer players begin practicing their game when young. Building a soccer goal for your budding star will give them a place to learn the basics of the game while getting them away from video games and computers to go outside for exercise and play.

Things You'll Need

  • Rubber gloves
  • Dust mask
  • Safety glasses
  • 2 drop cloths
  • Sandpaper
  • Rags
  • PVC primer
  • 4 PVC 3-way couplings (45 degree by 90 degree with a 3-inch diameter)
  • 2 PVC 3-way couplings (90 degree by 90 degree with a 3 inch diameter)
  • 3 pieces of PVC pipe 10 feet in length (3 inches in diameter)
  • 2 pieces of PVC pipe 3 feet in length (3 inches)
  • 2 pieces of PVC pipe 4 feet in length (3 inches)
  • 2 pieces of PVC pipe 5 feet in length (3 inches)
  • PVC glue
  • Netting (10 feet by 5 feet)
  • Tie wire
  • Wire snips
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Instructions

    • 1

      Spread out both drop cloths. Sand the inside of each opening on your couplings and the outside of each end of the pipes with sandpaper. Wipe the pieces clean with a dry rag. Coat the sanded surfaces with PVC primer. Set the sanded and primed pieces onto one drop cloth.

    • 2

      Place one of the 45 by 90 couplings and one of the 90 by 90 couplings onto one end of the empty drop cloth. Set the 90 by 90 so that one opening is pointing at you, one points to the left and the other points up. Set the 45 by 90 so that one of the 90 degree openings points at the 90 by 90 and the other points left with the 45 degree opening points up and away from you.

    • 3

      Place another 45 by 90 and another 90 by 90 onto the opposite end of the working drop cloth. Set up the 90 by 90 across from the first 90 by 90 with one opening pointing at you, one opening pointing up and the last opening pointing to the right. Place the 45 by 90 across from the first one with one of the 90 degree openings pointing at the 90 by 90 you just placed and the other 90 degree opening pointing at the first 45 by 90 with the 45 degree opening pointing up and away.

    • 4

      Coat both ends of a 10-foot piece of PVC with glue. Slide each end into the matching openings on the 90 by 90 couplings on your drop cloth. Coat both ends of another 10-foot piece of PVC and connect the 45 by 90 couplings on your drop cloth. Maintain your layout and keep the openings pointed in their original directions. Apply glue to both ends of one of your 3-foot pipes and connect one end into a 45 by 90 and the other into a 90 by 90. Attach another 3-foot length of PVC to the other end to complete your rectangular base.

    • 5

      Coat one end of each of your 4-foot pieces of PVC with glue and slide the glued end of each into the upright openings on the 90 by 90 couplings in your frame. Apply glue to one end of each of the 5-foot pieces of pipe and slide the glued ends into the upright openings of the 45 by 90 couplings on the frame.

    • 6

      Coat both ends of the remaining 10-foot piece of PVC with glue. Slide the 90-degree opening of each remaining coupling onto either end of the glued pipe. Apply glue to the free ends of the four upright pipes of your frame. Slip the glued ends into the 45-degree openings of the couplings on either end of the 10-foot pipe to complete your frame.

    • 7

      Allow the PVC glue to dry for one hour. Attach the netting to the top bar and the bar at the bottom of the 45 degree side of your frame. Attach the net to the frame with tie wire. Twist a piece of wire around the piping and net every 12 inches around the frame. Cut off the excess tie wire with your wire snips.