Involving your kids in sports is an excellent way to have them engaged in physical activities. In addition, playing football with your kids in the backyard is a great way to bond with them as well as help them develop a variety of abilities they require to play football with their friends, within leagues or at school. Building goal posts in your backyard is a relatively inexpensive and easy task with the right materials such as PVC pipes. Moreover, you can personalize the project to suit your needs by lowering or raising the height of the goal posts. However, before you start on this simple DIY project, you may want to look at some of the following things.

Will You Buy or Make the Goal Posts?

Buying the goal posts from a good sporting store will be more expensive. Nonetheless, assembling the posts would be much easier and will save you the time. However, if you are looking for a cheaper option, making them yourself is an ideal option. Making the posts will also allow you to size them appropriately to fit your needs. To do this, you will need PVC pipes, a T-connecter, and couplers. Cut the pipes to the lengths you prefer to create two uprights. Place corner couplers at the bottom of each upright. You will then have to use the T-connector to connect two pieces of the PVC pipe to the couplers to make the crossbar. Last, for the post, you will need to put a final piece of the pipe at the bottom.

What Size Would Be The Most Suitable?

It would be impractical to have the exact size of a normal football field in your backyard. For this reason, you need to size them according to the space that you have in your backward. This means you will have to mark out the area that you will be using as your backyard field and remember it should be longer than it is wide.

Will It Be Portable or Permanent?

For permanent goal posts, have them secured to the ground by creating a hole (for the main post) using an auger. Ensure you dig out as much dirt as possible for maximum anchorage. After placing the post in the hole and backfilling the dirt, you can add some sand and PVC caps to the uprights to prevent rain. For a portable one, you will only need the hole since the pipes can be disconnected easily.

For more information, contact a company like Adda Flagpoles Pty Ltd.