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Post by JVD on Jun 17, 2010 19:48:01 GMT -6
We have a small storage room for all of our pads, helmets, jersey's etc.
What are some innovative ways you store your equipment to save room/make use of the room you have?
Ours is an organized chaos.....
Thanks....
JVD
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Post by coachmoore42 on Jun 17, 2010 22:33:39 GMT -6
I don't know about innovative, but here's what we have:
Helmets hanging on nails on the wall.
An apparatus made of wood and nailed to the wall with PVC pipe between the wood columns (shoulder pads hang over the PVC Pipes).
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Post by gdn56 on Jun 18, 2010 11:09:22 GMT -6
We have helmets on the walls, shoulder pads stacked on PVC pipe (actually a good space saver), Jerseys on a closet rack right now but we are actually working on a way to suspend them from a ceiling beam and those space saving hangers, plastic boxes with game and practice pants and jerseys on some home-made shelving in the back of the room. We even hang our belts from ceiling beams to save some space, so it can be done in a small space, just take advantage of the whole thing.
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Post by hoard on Jun 18, 2010 12:16:41 GMT -6
How high are your ceilings?
Ours are about 9'. We ran 2x4s across the ceiling (concrete) and then put hooks every 10 inches or so. We hang our helmets on the hooks, and added PVC for Jerseys along the ceiling on one side/wall. We also have returning players tape and label all removable pads (knees, hips, etc) together and will place those in the helmet for off season storage. This helps with equipment handout next year.
We like to keep as much shelf and storage space as we can for Rubbermaid tubs to contain pants, extra pads, etc. All bins have lids and are labeled with contents, sizes, and inventory numbers on how much is in the bin. This really helps when it comes time to order new equipment.
Shoulder pads are stored on vertical metal tubing racks, with wheels, so that there is a smaller footprint in storage and we can easily move them without having to re-stack.
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Post by JVD on Jun 18, 2010 13:06:58 GMT -6
Thanks for the info. We have tall ceilings...I will have to look into suspending things.
How are you using PVC pipe for pads and jerseys? Are the jerseys on hangers?
Keep the ideas comming!
Thanks,
JVD
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Post by coachmoore42 on Jun 18, 2010 19:40:16 GMT -6
Pardon my drawing skills. The wood pieces are vertical, with holes cut in them to slide the PVC pipe through. The wood is deep enough so that there is room for the back portion of the shoulder pads to go between the PVC and the wall.
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Post by rocketcoach on Jun 18, 2010 21:15:46 GMT -6
Pardon my drawing skills. The wood pieces are vertical, with holes cut in them to slide the PVC pipe through. The wood is deep enough so that there is room for the back portion of the shoulder pads to go between the PVC and the wall. Coach, How many shoulder pads can you stack on a section of pvc without it bending? How long are the pvc sections? What diameter of pvc is it? Great idea, thanks! |
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Post by coachmoore42 on Jun 18, 2010 21:47:40 GMT -6
I think we have about four or five on each piece, one in each gap. There is a piece of wood between each set of pads (horizontally), which supports it pretty well, so it might withstand more. It has been there for over four years now and I can't see any bending going on.
I'm guessing at the measurements, because it was already there when I came aboard, but probably 20-25 feet long and an inch in diameter.
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Post by banditgsk on Jun 18, 2010 22:49:35 GMT -6
We have huge plastic tupperware containers that we put JV jerseys and pants, both game and practice stuff, according to home and away colors. Varsity pants are folded and placed by size on shelves against the wall while jerseys are on hangers by numbers on a long pole (white and colored separate). Larger steel bends for knee and thigh pads, while shoulder pads are stacked on a roll-away cart and put in room in another building. Helmets are put here too in off season. The plastic tupperware containers are the best as they are labled and stacked all the way to the ceiling so there is little wasted space. Jerseys are wrinkled, but no JV player has complained yet. The wrinkles fall out of the varsity jerseys that are on larger plastic hangers.
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Post by rocketcoach on Jun 19, 2010 16:36:23 GMT -6
One thing I hate is handing out and collecting equipment and uniforms so we make it as easy to manage as possible. We also use the big tupperware/rubbermade bins for clothing (highly recommend them!) The only things that get hung are varsity and JV game jerseys. Otherwise, everything else is ordered by size in separate bins and just thrown in. I could care less if some practice pants or a practice jersey comes out wrinkled. If a kid complains I tell them to run them through the washer and dryer at home.
When we collect clothing it's cataloged, checked for damage and thrown into the bin. No folding and get out of there! Used to hang and fold everything but over the years I realized it really didn't matter.
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Post by jong86 on Jun 21, 2010 3:58:50 GMT -6
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Post by gdn56 on Jun 21, 2010 10:37:20 GMT -6
For our shoulder pads, we have a pvc pipe anchored to the floor, running vertically which we stack the shoulder pads through so that they don't tip over. This way you can stack a ton of gear, and even organize it by size (different pipe/stack for each).
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