Wondering if any of you guys can recommend where or how i can get an outdoor in ground hoop. I grew up with one on the telephone pole outside our house. I want to put one up as soon as next month for my 8 year old. Our garage doesn't have enough space for us to play back there, so I'm gonna put one up in front of my house. I don't want one of those cheap ones you fill the stand up with water or sand. But I also don't want to pay $1,500 and up like the ones I saw online. Do I just get a pole and rim/hoop seperate? If anybody can point me in the right direction, I would appreciate it.
old man says what? but seriously, those sand/water things aren't that cheap, and you can adjust their heights. especially for an 8 year old.
Get the adjustable one. Kids get to like hoops better when they can make a few. My son started in a youth league at age 5 and they had hoops on the side walls that would adjust down.
We dug a hole about 3 feet in diameter and 5 feet deep. Call the utility company before digging! Then we staked the pole in, leveled it, cemented it down. Then added the top (adjustable) part. I think we just had a cheap-o K-mart hoop...you can probably get much better deals or better hoops elsewhere.
I know you dont want a sand/water base hoop... but we have one similiar to this and I can dunk on it and it doesnt make the hoop fall over. http://www.walmart.com/ip/Spalding-...Helix-Lift-Portable-Basketball-System/5650949
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/spo/1603017814.html http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/spo/1600947730.html
It's easier to get rid of also. Might sell your house, and they don't want that ugly hoop you cemented into the yard.
HCP lowerin' the property values in the neighborhood again! But yeah, I used those sand hoops...they sucked ass...but our neighborhood didn't allow hoops on the houses or whatever I think. Also, they in ground ones are hard as fuck to put up....unless you can hire to do it for you (I'm sure its cheap as most construction people are out of work or hire some mexicans! hah!)....don't bother.....but maybe buy the set...probably 300 bucks at a sporting goods store...then pay someone $100 to dig the hole and install it...just don't go through a contractor, put an ad in craigslist for someone out of work!
the BEST thing about the sand ones is its easy as fuck to lower the hoop down compared to the in-ground. more fun for dunk contests and stuff.
If there is anybody on here that has done this and wouldn't mind helping me out. Holler at me. I think I'll buy the pole from home depot or something and then get the rim seprate.
if you are going permanent install, you gotta go GLASS backboard!! new double breakaway rim! for safety of course.
