OT: hoop for daughter

[alathIN]

My daughter is getting really excited about basketball - just finished her first season in a town league and then wanted to go to Indiana Basketball Academy - has been twice now and loves it.
She asked me to put up an outdoor hoop for her here at home.
I was half-decided on this one but if I can do better around the same price range let me know.

https://www.megaslamhoops.com/basketbal ... ight/fx-60

They are using full 10' hoops so I don't think we need adjustable height.

[GoVU]

As someone who has sent two daughters and a grandson to more than 30 basketball camps over the years, do your research. Their are two kinds of camps: Prestige Camps and Bluecollar camps. The prestige are all about the name and so a kid can wear a shirt saying they went (Duke, UNC, UT, Even VU are all prestige). Bluecollar camps the kids work hard, come home sweaty and exhausted, and learn a ton. Find those camps- used to be MTSU, Lipscomb, Drew Maddox Nike camps were some of the best.

I am sure things have changed, but do your research.

[Versus75]

My daughter ... asked me to put up an outdoor hoop for her here at home.
I was half-decided on this one but if I can do better around the same price range let me know.

https://www.megaslamhoops.com/basketbal ... ight/fx-60

They are using full 10' hoops so I don't think we need adjustable height.

I don't suppose the $1,979 + tax includes installation.

[alathIN]

My daughter ... asked me to put up an outdoor hoop for her here at home.
I was half-decided on this one but if I can do better around the same price range let me know.

https://www.megaslamhoops.com/basketbal ... ight/fx-60

They are using full 10' hoops so I don't think we need adjustable height.

I don't suppose the $1,979 + tax includes installation.

No, it doesn't.
But I'm the kind of guy who can mess up big ambitious jobs, not just small ones ;-)

[alathIN]

As someone who has sent two daughters and a grandson to more than 30 basketball camps over the years, do your research. Their are two kinds of camps: Prestige Camps and Bluecollar camps. The prestige are all about the name and so a kid can wear a shirt saying they went (Duke, UNC, UT, Even VU are all prestige). Bluecollar camps the kids work hard, come home sweaty and exhausted, and learn a ton. Find those camps- used to be MTSU, Lipscomb, Drew Maddox Nike camps were some of the best.

I am sure things have changed, but do your research.

IBA seems more like your description of blue collar.
They do have camps, but what she's doing right now is training - kind of like a twice weekly practice with some scrimmage.
They also form teams and play against each other - she is already asking to be on a team.
There are camps, too. And apparently they field AAU teams.

At this point I just want her to have fun and run around, which she does.
She has some tall genes and a very powerful build, so if she gets in to it she could probably go a ways with it. But I've seen too many kids get burned out by their parents ambitions - so my only real goal is to avoid pushing her and just let her fun level decide how far she goes.

[Nashmann]

Just get the portable one with a water tub base. Don't think it is near that expensive. My grandson has one & loves it. No installation is necessary...

[GoVU]

As someone who has sent two daughters and a grandson to more than 30 basketball camps over the years, do your research. Their are two kinds of camps: Prestige Camps and Bluecollar camps. The prestige are all about the name and so a kid can wear a shirt saying they went (Duke, UNC, UT, Even VU are all prestige). Bluecollar camps the kids work hard, come home sweaty and exhausted, and learn a ton. Find those camps- used to be MTSU, Lipscomb, Drew Maddox Nike camps were some of the best.

I am sure things have changed, but do your research.

IBA seems more like your description of blue collar.
They do have camps, but what she's doing right now is training - kind of like a twice weekly practice with some scrimmage.
They also form teams and play against each other - she is already asking to be on a team.
There are camps, too. And apparently they field AAU teams.

At this point I just want her to have fun and run around, which she does.
She has some tall genes and a very powerful build, so if she gets in to it she could probably go a ways with it. But I've seen too many kids get burned out by their parents ambitions - so my only real goal is to avoid pushing her and just let her fun level decide how far she goes.

That is great. Enjoy every minute of it. It ticks me off that some people pay $420 so a kid can got to a UNC camp, never see the head coach, and learn very little.