How to: Do it Yourself Volleyball nets

[Beano]

Hi All,

I'm a newbie to volleyball and am finding it a fun sport to play. It
has also sparked my interest in building my own portable setup.
Instead of buying a grass vball set, has anyone built their own poles
to hookup the nets? Any information/instructions/diagrams/specs&parts
and measurements on how to build one yourself would be greatly
appreciated.

Thanks,
B

[holy]

1) With the boundary rope, I've considered using a trick to allow
both 9 x 18 metres and 8 x 16 court dimensions. At each corner you
usually leave a little loop for the spike to hook onto. A knot is
then tied to form the corner.

You may want to put a little loop/hook at 50 cm away from the corner
on either side of the 1st knot. Do this for all four corners. That
way when you hook the two sides together you have the corner for a
8x16 court.

9 x 18 m court

|--------*--- one rope
@===*
|--------*--- other side

- 50 cm from 1st to 2nd knot

@ is the spike
* are knots or loop holes

8 x 16 m court

|--------
@===*========*
|--------

- Second knots are tied together making the court smaller

2) As for poles, I have no idea what to use. I've considered using
steel fence poles because they are the cheapest and readily
available. You can buy them at home depot for about $10.00 for one
10' pole. One end is usually butted (4 inches that have been narrowed
so that two poles can seamlessly connect).

I was thinking that if you cut the pole in half, you can connect the
two pieces to form one single pole. Making it easy to take down as
seen in other sets. You can then cap off each pole with off the shelf
fence caps that have loops for in them already.

I have not tried this idea since fence poles seem to be fairly heavy.
Possibly more flexible than I would like. If the butted ends aren't
matched up, the poles might not end up straight. Good thing it's only
$10.00.

I would also appreciate any suggestions on how to make volleyball poles.

[Michael Borga]

>1) With the boundary rope, I've considered using a trick to allow
>both 9 x 18 metres and 8 x 16 court dimensions. At each corner you
>usually leave a little loop for the spike to hook onto. A knot is
>then tied to form the corner.
>
>You may want to put a little loop/hook at 50 cm away from the corner
>on either side of the 1st knot. Do this for all four corners. That
>way when you hook the two sides together you have the corner for a
>8x16 court.
>
>9 x 18 m court
>
> |--------*--- one rope
>@===*
> |--------*--- other side
>
>- 50 cm from 1st to 2nd knot
>
>@ is the spike
>* are knots or loop holes
>
>8 x 16 m court
>
> |--------
>@===*========*
> |--------
>
>- Second knots are tied together making the court smaller

I think you will find that you need to remove 2 meters from the long sides of
the rectangle, and taking only 1/2 a meter on each end still leaves you with a
17 meter long court while you want it to be 16 meters.

you need to mark the long sides of the rope 1 meter away from the end loops and
tie that spot with .5 meter spot on the endlines to make it work.

And We'll See You on the Beach, or in the Gym,
Michael Borga -- JSVBA.com -- 732-714-9963
Men's Head Volleyball Coach, New Jersey Institute of Technology
<A HREF="http://members.aol.com/jsvba">Link to JSVBA Website</A>

[Brian Adams]

I've known several people who used 3-4 inch diameter pvc piping for poles.
You can also put a screw joint in the middle if you don't have trouble
transporting the poles. You don't have to drive or screw anything into the
ground either, besides the stakes for the tension lines on the sides. The
ones I've played on used 3" pvc with 3 tension lines on each side, and it
resulted in an almost perfect net.

-Brian

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[Chester Bullock]

"Brian Adams" <bda...@uiuc.edu> wrote in
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> I've known several people who used 3-4 inch diameter pvc piping for
> poles. You can also put a screw joint in the middle if you don't have
> trouble transporting the poles. You don't have to drive or screw
> anything into the ground either, besides the stakes for the tension
> lines on the sides. The ones I've played on used 3" pvc with 3 tension
> lines on each side, and it resulted in an almost perfect net.
>
> -Brian

Sch 40 or Sch 80 PVC? Flex wasn't an issue?

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[holy]

Good thing I don't build rocket ships;)

[Beachvolleybal]

Hi,

For the poles we use old "stakes" (I don't know the word in English sorry)
from surfboards. They are carbonfiber so very strong and light.

How to make the corners 90 degrees isn't all clear to me.

Cheers,

Skip
beachvo...@home.nl
http://members.home.nl/beachvolleybal/

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[Beano]

Thanks to all that replied. I will let you know how it goes. I found a
site that had all the pictures, materials, etc... but forgot it =(

Thanx,
B

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