Crocheting an Agility Ladder

Speed Kills Lace

                            

         Lace for crocheting into rope       plastic sheets cut into strips and holes punched

Speed and Agility Ladder

I have heard the phrase speed kills often in sports, in particular in basketball, swimming, and soccer.  If you are faster than the other competitors, than you don’t necessarily need as much skill.  The idea being that an athlete who is faster than others has the ability to either take more time with a shot or pace yourself, so you have energy left to burn on the last lap.   

Our oldest son has been interested in soccer since he was three years old.  He will watch soccer games with my husband and me.  His favorite team is Real Madrid, probably because his favorite player is Ronaldo.  He loves watching how fast his feet move, watching him fake out the other players, and he thinks Ronaldo is really cool.  Abby Wambach is probably a close second for him. I think she might beat Ronaldo as his favorite if we could watch her games more often. He was so excited when we found an instructional video by her on heading the ball that he now goofs around by heading the ball for fun.

 

Our oldest son went to a soccer camp recently where they introduced him to a speed and agility ladder.  After the camp he talked to us about getting one for him.  I started looking around, comparing prices and brands.  What I found is that they were all out of our price range.  So I starting researching to see if there was a way we could construct one for him.  All instructions I found call for the use of rope and the rope we have is covered in grease from repairs my husband does on vehicles.

 

 Then a thought pops in my head, “the giant spool of lace could be crocheted into rope”.

 

I then assembled the pieces necessary to make his agility ladder.  He has used it many times now and says he enjoys it as he is panting for breath at the end of a drill.

 

Materials

Lace – left over from an unfinished project of a friend     0.00

Plastic sheets- from a shelf of my father-in-law (he thought I could do “something” with it)                                            0.00

Hole punch-                                                                     1.00

Crochet hook- purchased for another project years ago 0.00

Total cost                                                                             

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