homemade wall ?

[bojake]

Has anyone ever made a shooting/rebound wall in their backyard? If so, what did you use? How did it work/holdup? Thinking of trying to make one for my son as there is no other option nearby. Thx for any help.

[zanderaruba]

just though against the wall in ur house, thats what i do, but i live in the city

[GRLAXSTR19]

try using the search option, there are a few other threads on this with some good ideas

if you have a trampoline, flip it on its side

[B1ackout]

idk bout the trampline idea because i tried it and the wall didnt have enough force to make it bounce back. that could just be because my trampoline is rlly big and its springs are rlly tight and so it doesnt have a ton of bounce but idk. i guess u should use on of those small tramplolines that ar only like 3 or 4 ft in diameter that might work.

my opinion is buy a baseball throw back one there usually cheaper and they work the exact same

[btownbulldog]

you could buy two metal poles stick them in the ground and buy somekinda of net slightly smaller than it and attatch it with bungee cords

[exile lacrosse]

just get some 2 x 4s and some plywood and build one. thats what i did and it works great.

[flyersrule9733]

i heard about people that actually built a mini brick wall in the backyard, but im not sure how well it works. but i would say a baseball throwback

also how old is your son? cause if he is young, then a baseball throwback would be perfect, but if he is older, then it might not be

[demongoalie]

I built one out of plywood and 2x4's. It's not too bad, but you may have to replace the plywood occassionaly. My isn't too high so I can't really practice passes with it, but I can practice GB's and low/hip shots. Also the ball doesn't bounce back as hard compared to brick or cement. But it's better than nothing.

[MainLax28]

If you do make one, use large pavers that are cemented to plywood, or cynder blocks. They are fairly easy to work with

[K Baz]

I have thought on this one alot to since I live in Canada shipping of a real rebounder is huge.

Since your the father I would suggest you buy him a wall if he wants one I have seen few "walls" that work as good a the factory ones that are not as expensive. For the time money and trail and error in the long run a factory wall is probably the answer.

The ethical preachy answer is have him find a wall of his own - i.e. school etc. There is a certain contection one gets with this sport (at least in my mind) with some good old wall ball. Plus there is a pride and sense of accomplishment with finding the best spot. Plus it can be shared and is social and get the sport exposure. Makes better memories too.

[sailorslax88]

my friend used to put his small trampoline against his fence on an angle that would return his passes

[bojake]

Thx for all the ideas. He is 12 and since we have no trampoline or nearby school (ie wall), I think I will try to build one with a couple of 4x4's and 3/4" plywood. I was just wondering if others had attempted this also. But all the ideas here show great creativeness, thanks. You guys have a great forum here, keep up the good work.

[D-Bunk29]

My dad and i built a wall together. We linked it to our fence (just a 4-foot picket fence.)

We also had a brick basketball court in our backyard that we made, so we made double use of it by using 4 4x's, some other wood pieces, and plywood. We first dug out the spaces in the ground where the 4x were going and placed the poles in the holes. We filled it with concrete and let it dry. (It's on a hill, so we didnt want to wall to blow over.)

Next, we screwed the wooden pieces to the 4x's (i dont know what their called, their about 2" think, maybe 6" wide, 8 ft long). Over that we screwed the plywood. this section is 4 ft tall.

Then we used metal hinges, screwed them to the top and back of the 4x's, then constructed the top piece seperate, pretty much the same, then placed the top piece on the bottom piece, screwed the hinges to both.

To keep the wall from collapsing, we used latches on the sides of the 2 pieces, and when the top piece was pushed up you pulled the latch over a hunk of metal with space for a iron screw or somthing, again so the wall wont fall over.

The wall works pretty good, its 8 ft tall so if your cranking at it you can afoord to miss by a bit. It also 8 ft wide, just in case. I spray painted a 6x6 goal, and in it a goalie/player thats 6'0 and has a 'stick' in the box area by his head.

Throwing at itis okay, if you through the vall directly at the wall then it will bounce the ball into the ground. On the brick you have to watch out, because the ball lose speed when it hits the wall, but the way it bounces makes it gain speed and can hurt you. The wall is also prtty heavy, and its a work out if you have to put it up or down multiple times in a day. The plywoods also cracked and warped in some areas from water damamge and wear, but overall its still good.

[_SLY_]

a 2x4/4x4/plywood setup has to be so loud...

[MDlaxin69]

i just took my trampoline and stood it up vertically, leaning it against my shed, then just through against that. it worked alright. the ball didnt really come back to me in the air it just rolled back to me.

dont buy a baseball throwback unless its a really nice one. i ripped holes in mine the first day.

[LaxAttack2]

yeah, i just put my old mini trampoline up in a tree, actually kind of liked it better than my rebounder

[CoUgArLAX18]

do what i did and make a brick wall in your backyard...really simple when you know how to do it right

[btownbulldog]

i really like my idea a lot it seems like it would work pretty well actually

[UCANCALLMEGOD]

i took a "hector the rejector" goal clipon and put it inside a 6' by 6' cube on a slant
it works better than my friends rebounder.

or you could just buy a cheap stick and throw with him

[Warrior]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=1151898

This is what i went out and bought, it was $20 at walmart, and it works great.The pole in the back can be adjusted to 5 different heights, so it allows you to either choose between

High passes you have to jump for
Shoulder passes that come to your stick
Hip passes that are a little quicker
Low passes back to your feet
Groundballs to help with well...groundballs...

Is a great training, and its relatively cheap. I know the price of lumber has been going up so this may save you a couple bucks instead of picking up some 4x4's and plywood.

[robi]

^^That sounds pretty cool, but I am woried about the durability of something like that. Does it rip easily? And also, do you have to throw on a downward trajectory to make it bounce back to you?

[Wubbie]

I also have the same thing as Warrior, it works quite well...

The net has been ripping(had it for 1 month) but only on the sides when I rip shots at it, and they don't mess with anything...

You DO NOT need to throw downwards, just throw and BOOM, it's back...

Works really well.