Our driveway is a little sloped and we live on a small hill. You can tell especially when we play 4 square. This has become a semi-nightly family activity. While teaching our kids to “look both ways” before chasing a ball has been worthwhile, we were getting tired of the delay of game.
We built a temporary ball guard!
I bet they sell products that do this, but with a trip to Menards we bought materials and now can put up 4 feet of rebound fence to play in about a minute.
Ours is flexible snow fencing wrapped and stapled to wooden stakes which are placed in 2 inch pvc (about 6 inches long) that are hammered into the ground permanently.
We placed a brick in the 5 gallon bucket and screwed a piece of pvc on the inside to hold the center stake.
That helps the center gap, but a little bend has been good for ball return. I also use tent stakes and a simple knot on each outside post for tension.
Even Titus likes to help put the fence up.
When we’re done we roll it up like a scroll and put it back in the bucket in the garage. I love anything that stores in its own contents.
Unless you super bounce, it won’t go over the net. I think we’ve increased our play time by (let me make something up) 80% with having to chase fewer strays. We can use it for basketball too! Let’s play!
manageable mess 