Sportscreen help

[Triniexr]

For you guys that use a sports screen, did you use the middle bar? Seems like a ball can ricochet back at you if you hit it or does the impact screen absorb it?

[ParPlus2]

No, I believe it specifically says not to. Mine just had the fiberglass bar that slides into the bottom of the screen.

[Will]

No flat fiberglass rods are used behind the impact screen.

I did put the metal pipe in the bottom sleeve, then popped on some foam pipe insulation for padding. The added mass works great.

Use a 6" ball bungee to tension the impact screen to each pipe end. Unhook these bungees off the ends every time the screen rolls up. That way you retention them before you play.

Take your time and program the screen to float off the floor (just enough to stick a finger underneath the center) and it will stop a drive with very little screen movement.

[Triniexr]

Thanks for the quick replies!!

[Dmoe]

No flat fiberglass rods are used behind the impact screen.

I did put the metal pipe in the bottom sleeve, then popped on some foam pipe insulation for padding. The added mass works great.

Use a 6" ball bungee to tension the impact screen to each pipe end. Unhook these bungees off the ends every time the screen rolls up. That way you retention them before you play.

Take your time and program the screen to float off the floor (just enough to stick a finger underneath the center) and it will stop a drive with very little screen movement.

Any pictures of how you have the ball bungees attached? I have the sportscreen, and metal pipe with foam. I notice when playing, the screen bunches up at the bottom. Looking for how people keep tension on the screen side to side??

Thanks

[Will]

Dmoe


I didn't like securing it to the floor and this works very well. The images were taken while the screen was halfway down to show how it's looped.

[kirkemg]

Will where exactly did you put the metal rod? How did you anchor to sports screen?

[Will]

At the bottom of the black screen is a sleeve. Open the velcroed ends and insert the round metal rods. The rods connect together.

Do not insert the white flat fiberglass rods into the middle sleeve if the sportscreen is behind the white impact screen. You can put the white flat fiberglass rods into the middle of side screens though.

[kirkemg]

Will - Did your screen come with metal rods that connect? Your comment reads like that. If not, you bought at Home depot or something? Mine only came with the white flat fiberglass rods which i inserted into the sports screen which IS behind my impact screen....? Why do you say to NOT insert it? What I'm missing is what the "middle of side screens" and middle sleeve is? I'm not seeing it..

[Triniexr]

Dmoe


I didn't like securing it to the floor and this works very well. The images were taken while the screen was halfway down to show how it's looped.

Where did you attach it at the back?

[Will]

There is a grommet hole in the white impact screen. A ball bungee was placed through the grommet.( see the 1st picture where the loose bungee hangs down) The loop of the ball bungee is simply pulled down and around the end of the pipe that is in the black sportscreen.

@Triniexr
You may see that I pull the red bungee cable over the top of the velcro end flap.

The downward and sideways pull of the bungee on the screen is enough to gently stretch the impact screen. My screen is very close to the ground and this was the only way that I could imagine pulling it both down and out at the same time. I tried large suction cups and then almost drilled anchors into the concrete for a couple of D-rings. The suction cup plan failed because the impact screen grommet was lower than the attachment point on the suction cup. That introduced a roll or bump to the screen. The same thing was observed while testing floor level d-rings. I knew I had to pull it lower as well, and "under" came to mind.

I unhook them from the ends every time the screen goes up. I don't know if it matters, but felt that something like this should be retensioned periodically and just made it part of normal operating procedures.

[kirkemg]

Is the motor being stressed by the added metal rod during roll up?

[p3eps]

https://golfsimulatorforum.com/forum/build-your-own/enclosures/192450-fold-up-garage-sim-v3-uk-par2pro-stealth-sportscreen

That’s how I anchor mine. Works well - and the screen always looks tight.
I have the fibreglass rod from the middle in the base, and nothing in the middle - as per the instructions from Par2Pro.

[kirkemg]

p3eps stupid question but I just got the stealth elite 16x9 and i inserted the fiberglass rod but I dont understand hte "nothing in the middle" instruction. where/what does that mean?

[p3eps]

There is a pocket in the middle of the sport screen backing. I have nothing in that middle pocket.
If you’re using it for Hockey, I think the fibreglass rod is meant to go in there, and there’s a metal one for the bottom pocket.

[Dmoe]

Dmoe


I didn't like securing it to the floor and this works very well. The images were taken while the screen was halfway down to show how it's looped.

oh......ok
I have a sleeve in the bottom of my impact screen with the metal pole and foam inserted into the sleeve at the bottom of my impact. As i hit the scree almost bunches up on the foam. I think i can make something work with some ball bungees and a grommet kit......

Thanks

[Will]

kirkemg

Yes, all three sportscreens came with metal tube rods for the bottom sleeve and white flat fiberglass rods for the other sleeve.

The white flat fiberglass rods go in the horizontal seam that is about 4' off the floor. You can see it in both pictures. The white rods don't seem to do much. They may help the screen roll flat by keeping some extra tension in the middle.

The metal rods go on the bottom and really add mass and form to the screens.

All screens should be rolled down until the bottom pipe is about 1/2" off the ground in the center.