Build a Backyard DIY Soccer Rebounder!

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This soccer rebounder is sponsored by Arrow Tool Group.

My 14-year-old son is an avid soccer player, with soccer practices three times per week. He lives and breathes soccer seven days a week, though! With an ample backyard, I wanted to make him a backyard soccer goal, with two rebounders, so that he can take his training to the next level on days when he doesn’t have practice with his football club.

He’d been asking me for some time to make a rebounder for him. I didn’t realize their importance at the time, but after building one and seeing how he uses the rebounder to practice his taps, kicks, and strikes for the goal, I am glad that I was able to make two of these for him from a single sheet of 4′ x 8′ plywood!

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I teamed up with Arrow for this project because the entire family is excited about the upcoming Big Game, too! What better way to turn your own yard into a training field for your soccer player! And since I had never made a rebounder before, I used this tutorial as inspiration and added my own decor and variations.

Be sure to check out Build Your Own Soccer Goal for step-by-step instructions on how I built our backyard soccer goal. And keep reading for making a couple of rebounders, too!

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Tools

To create this backyard soccer goal, I’m using the following Arrow Tool Group tools, using their DIY Essential Tool Kit. You can buy some of them together in the kit, but you can also use the links below to buy things individually. 

• Tape measure
• Ratcheting screw driver
• Hammer
• Glue Gun (optional)

Other Tools

• Pony Jorgensen clamps
• Speed square
• 2″ thick insulation foam (perfect cutting surface for when using circular saws!)

Power Tools

You’ll also need some WORKPRO tools for cutting the PVC and wood for rebounders, along with a power drill if you don’t have a screwdriver: 

• Handheld saw
• Jigsaw with scroll blade (optional; you can also use a heavy-duty handle to attach)
• Power drill with driving and drilling bits (optional; or use the screwdriver)

Materials

You’ll need a few materials, too, to build a soccer rebounder:

• 3/4″ sheet of 4’x8′ plywood
• Pack of 5/8″ size #8 screws, flat head
• Latch post safety hasp
• 4 total – 3″ Narrow Utility Hinge 2-pack 
• Medium grit and fine sandpaper
• 6.5″ black door pull handle. (Use the 5/8″ screws)
• Top coat (optional; this is my favorite top coat)
• Paint, stencils, hot glue (optional)

STEP 1: Cut a Sheet of 4’x8′ Plywood into 4 Pieces

Rebounders can be expensive. Buying a sheet of 4’x 8′ plywood (3/4″ thick) allows you to make two wooden soccer rebounders for your yard for a fraction of what buying two rebounders would cost.

When buying wood from the hardware store, have them cut a full sheet into four quarters. You’ll need two piece (24″ x 48″ each) for each rebounder. It also makes transporting the wood home much easier, as well!

 

STEP 2: Cut a Diagonal Line

One of those pieces of plywood will be marked and cut at a diagonal, which will form the sides or “wings” of the soccer rebounder. Use a small circular saw (I love this one by WORK PRO), to cut.

You’ll get two triangles that will form the sides, or “wings” of the rebounders.

STEP 3: Trim Ends of the Triangular Sides

On each triangular, measure about 21″ over from each side and mark perpendicular lines, then cut off each sharp edge of the triangle. Once cut, you should be left with two side pieces as shown below, along with the other piece of plywood, which will serve as the front of the soccer rebounder.

STEP 4: Attached the Sides to the Board

Measure in about 3″ from each side of the front board and mark. Use a Pony clamp to hold the side in place. Use a square to ensure the side is at a right angle.

Place two hinges about 3.5″ from the top and bottom of the board. Screw in place using a screw driver or a power drill.

 

STEP 5: Cut or Attach the Handle

The fastest and easiest method of creating a handle is by screwing on a 4″ heavy duty handle on the back top of the rebounder, about 2″ down.

But you can also mark for a handle to be cut out using a jigsaw, as shown below.

Sand the handle cut-out smooth with sandpaper.

STEP 6: Attach the Clasp

When carrying or moving the rebounders, you’ll want the sides to remain closed. Use a 4″ clasp, secure it the edges of the sides. The screws that come with the clasp may be a bit long, so have some 5/8″ screws on hand so they don’t go all the way through the 3/4″ plywood.

You’ll see that the enclosed screws that come with the clasp are a bit too long, so the 5/8″ are perfect.

STEP 7: Sand it Smooth, Then Add a Top Coat 

Using a top coat isn’t required, but there’s something beautiful about a water-based top coat on bare plywood. It gives the wood warmth, and once dried and sanded lightly with very find sandpaper, it feels really smooth. It makes the rebounder look and feel upscale (especially if it’s a gift you’ll be making and giving away to your favorite soccer player!).

STEP 8: Decorate Your Rebounder

Who doesn’t love personalized things?! I used my vinyl cutter to cut out a soccer ball to attach to one of the rebounders, and for the other one, I cut out permanent vinyl with my son’s soccer jersey number #28. 

Backyard Soccer Goal and Rebounders!

Every day when my son gets home from school, he changes into his cleats and starts practicing his strikes and foot work. It makes me happy to know that he’s getting so much use out of these! 

Watching my son’s games is the highlight of my weekends. I’ve become a soccer fan because of him! Knowing that the BIG GAME is coming soon is so exciting!

Do you love soccer as much as we do? Are you ready for big game?

Enter to Win!

We’ve teamed up with Arrow for the “Go for the Goal” Giveaway! Three lucky winners who enter between April 22, 2026 and May 6, 2006 will be entered to win an Arrow Tool Group tool kit with some of the tools used to make the backyard soccer goal and rebounders, including a $500 gift card so you can get all the materials you need to get this project done before the big game!

 

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