Portable Basketball Hoops

When do you need Portable Basketball Hoops vs. Inground Basketball Hoops?

There is a time a place to use a portable basketball hoop and when to use an inground basketball hoop. The implied uses from the product names makes a very clear distinction that one is portable and one is not. But why the choice? Hopefully we can give you some things to think about as you make your selection.

Portable Basketball Hoops Reasons to Buy

Starting off with portable basketball hoops, this design is revolutionary for the consumer basketball line since it gives people great flexibility in when and where they set up their basketball court. If for instance you had a small driveway which limited your space to play basketball and park your cars, using it for either one or the other, the portable basketball system would allow you to move the hoop out of the way to park your cars and move it back into place to play basketball. If you do not own your property on which you live, the portable system gives you the option to still have a basketball court since you would not have to put the system into the ground. Do you get bad, windy, stormy weather during a certain part of the season? A portable basketball hoop will allow you to easily put your system down to keep it from blowing over, which could have done damage to both the system and your property.

Inground Basketball Systems Reasons to Buy

Inground basketball hoops have a slightly different use than portable basketball hoops. Inground systems are perfect for when you have dedicated space to use as a basketball court such as a sport court or a larger driveway. Use an inground system when you do not foresee needing to set up and take down your system on a regular basis. An inground basketball system is also great when you do not have to worry about bad weather damaging your system or trees falling on the system due to the bad weather. Because portable basketball hoops are portable, they do have a possibility to tip over if the unit is abused during play; having an inground system largerly removes that problem since the pole is either anchored or partially emerged into ground. Related to this would be the materials and varieties available in either an inground basketball hoop or a portable basketball hoop. Inground systems have many options that provide you a glass backboard (same material as used in the NCAA and the NBA). Because glass is heavier than a comparable size backboard in acrylic or polycarbonate, nearly all portable basketball goals do not have a glass backboard because the exceeding weight that puts on the rest of the system and the increased likelihood of tipping over. So if playability is a major concern, an inground system that provides a glass backboard would be another good reason to look into an inground hoop.

With that said, there are probably a dozen other reasons to go with either an inground hoop or a portable hoop. Hopefully this has touched on some of the reasons you need to consider before making your decision. Any questions or any other advice, please comment in the comments section.

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