Looking to practice my shot in my basement

[z1ggy 81]

To any who are interested:

Went out yesterday to hardware store and purchased a 36''x36'' plexyglass sheet. Going to spray it down with some hardwood floor wax to make it slippery. Also got a 10'x12' tarp and about twenty 8'' zipties. I have some trees along my property line that I am hoping I can ziptie the tarp to. I will spray paint on a 2D outline of a goal. I'll update this if I have any questions but for now this is the plan. Thank you for all who gave me ideas and advice.

[thejackal 46]

To any who are interested:

Went out yesterday to hardware store and purchased a 36''x36'' plexyglass sheet. Going to spray it down with some hardwood floor wax to make it slippery. Also got a 10'x12' tarp and about twenty 8'' zipties. I have some trees along my property line that I am hoping I can ziptie the tarp to. I will spray paint on a 2D outline of a goal. I'll update this if I have any questions but for now this is the plan. Thank you for all who gave me ideas and advice.

that sounds like an awesome, cost-efficient setup. let us know how it works. maybe just use the savings to buy more pucks...

[tregobo 4]

if you do a search there was a guy that tested a lot of surfaces out and he came some type of board he got form home depot and gave it the pledge treatment here and there. boards were like $30 i believe.

That was me - http://www.modsquadhockey.com/forums/index.php/topic/63920-my-shooting-skill-pad-experiences-with-different-products-materials/?hl=melamine

[hunterphfr 12]

that sounds like an awesome, cost-efficient setup. let us know how it works. maybe just use the savings to buy more pucks...

I'd look at ebay for pucks. There's always somebody that has a kid that has left home and he or his dad is selling his collection of used Fly , regular and orange pucks, as well as several guys selling boxes of 50 or a hundred pucks for about a buck a puck. A good sized collection along with a milk crate lets you spend more time shooting and less time retrieving.

[Scopes 4]

To any who are interested:

Went out yesterday to hardware store and purchased a 36''x36'' plexyglass sheet. Going to spray it down with some hardwood floor wax to make it slippery. Also got a 10'x12' tarp and about twenty 8'' zipties. I have some trees along my property line that I am hoping I can ziptie the tarp to. I will spray paint on a 2D outline of a goal. I'll update this if I have any questions but for now this is the plan. Thank you for all who gave me ideas and advice.

As a heads up we had a tarp setup in our carport to do the same thing, but we ripped through it a few times and it was loud on puck contact.

We ended up using an old carpet discarded from an office building reno: screwed two 2x4's together with the carpet sandwiched in between, attached eye hooks to the 2x4 and hung it off the roof, was quiet and worked like a dream.

[Beleafer 14]

That was me - http://www.modsquadhockey.com/forums/index.php/topic/63920-my-shooting-skill-pad-experiences-with-different-products-materials/?hl=melamine

I followed your advice and it worked great. Super slippery.

[z1ggy 81]

As a heads up we had a tarp setup in our carport to do the same thing, but we ripped through it a few times and it was loud on puck contact.

We ended up using an old carpet discarded from an office building reno: screwed two 2x4's together with the carpet sandwiched in between, attached eye hooks to the 2x4 and hung it off the roof, was quiet and worked like a dream.

I don't really have the ability to drape a carpet off my house like that..Sounds like a really good idea though. If I do rip through the tarp, I might try a rug, and cut some holes in it and hook it into the trees with zip ties. This is pretty much my only option, unless I spring for a legit hockey net.