Un-Official Dischoops Gear

Instructions for a do-it-yourself kit are as follows:

Go to Home Depot, preferably with a PVC cutter if you have one (or you can buy one there) and a tape measure.

Purchase 4 20' sections of 1" PVC, one bag of 1" female-female couplings, and a 10' section of rebar.  They usually have bolt cutters near the rebar so that you can rapidly cut it yourself there in the store instead of having to use a hack saw at home.  Total cost so far is around $15.00 (PVC costs about $2.50 each, the bag of couplings $2.50 and the 10' of rebar is around $3.00).

When you get out to your car, measure off 4 foot sections of the PVC and cut them there in the parking lot so they fit in your vehicle.  Now go to a local soccer supply store or visit somewhere like www.soccersupplies.com and purchase 4 corner flags.  You're also going to need to find a carrying bag to haul all of the PVC pipe and rebar in.  I found a ski bag at Sport Mart for about $15.00 that works adequately.

The finished product for one of the goals should look more or less like the one in this photo.

The hoops may bulky, not very pretty and may break a lot on collisions but they're an inexpensive alternative to the highly resilient, precision, brushed aluminum, shock corded official kits.

Good Luck!