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It's not as easy to put pegs in for the goal posts as one would think.
For those rinks with wood or concrete playing surfaces you can just drill the holes and put the pegs in like ice.
For those rinks with a plastic playing surface (IceCourt, SportCourt, Spider Court, etc.) it's a more complicated situtation. As most roller hocky rinks do not maintain a constant temperature thoughout the year, the plastic floor will expand in the summer months and contract in the winter months. The IceCourt surface at my rink will expand lengthwise almost nine (9) inches from the winter to the summer. This means that the holes you drill through the floor into the concrete below are in different places relative to the floor throughout the year.
We came up with what we thought was a very innovative idea to hold the goals on our IceCourt surface. We welded short (1" high) rounded posts to sheet metal plates that lie between the concrete floor and the IcecCourt. The small posts protrude up through the IceCourt surface and the goal posts set on them.
Regardless of the temperature, the plates we made move around (float, if you will) as the floor expands and contracts. So far (approx. six months) it's been working great.
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