Installing a home basketball court has a number of obvious benefits, such as improving a child’s health and giving him the opportunity to have fun from the safety of a home driveway. But there are also a few charitable bonuses you might not have heard of, such as the unlikely benefit of being able to help kids in Ghana through simple home court removal services.
To give a rundown of general installation and removal services, Mike Westhead, the owner of a New Jersey basketball hoop installation company, Home Court Hoops, explains further. According to Westhead, there are a couple of different options for installing a basketball court at your home. “There are the big box retailers who will sell you the hoop,” he says. “They find the installer, and the installation companies generally work on a four-week turnaround time. There are also the online services that sell them, and then you have to go out and find an installer.”
However, according to Westhead, there are companies such as his that specialize in custom home court installation, and the perks of going with a company such as his can be numerous. “I not only sell you the hoop but do the installation as well within four to seven business days. I hold your hand through the whole process,” he insists.
Westhead says that the difference can be enormous for the customer. Whereas big retailers offer generic services to serve the general population, a company such as Westhead’s offers a customized experience to suit your individual needs.
One of the best examples of this involves Westhead’s New Jersey basketball court stenciling service that involves stenciling your driveway to make it appear like more of a basketball court. “One of the specialties I have that separates me from my competition is my custom courts,” he says. “I paint the 3 point line, the free throw line, and put a logo in the center of the court, and I can customize that for the child and make it either their school team, or their parent’s favorite team, or their old college team, or anything they want.”
In addition to home court installations, Westhead and his company also take care of home court removals, and that’s where standard procedure can become a charitable act. “To remove your home court, I dig them out, and cut them up and take them away. But now I’m putting together a program with a college graduate who moved to Ghana to install basketball courts in neighborhoods for kids,” Westhead says. “We’re putting together a program where I remove the basketball hoops, I take care of the pole and the concrete, but I send the backboard to Ghana for them to use.”
So whether you’re installing a home basketball court for health benefits or removing one for charity, going with a professional home court installation company such as Home Court Hoops can be a win-win scenario either way.