What accessories can you add to your basketball hoop to make playing basketball more fun? More importantly, what can you add to bring your game to the next level? The things you can add are lights to play into the night, return aids, rebound helpers, retention net, and a ball carrier. Lights are most definite for outside courts. They allow you to truly play at night, and nighttime is some of the best time to play. It is cooler and simply has a better atmosphere. Some options for lights are just your average light that you put on your garage, or you could get a light up basketball net. These nets glow in the dark and some even light up extra when you score. Kind of cool. You can also get glow in the dark basketball as well.

Return aids also called basketball return nets or basketball chutes are very helpful when you are shooting and you want the ball to come back to a desired location like shooting free throw. These are connected to the rim and when a shot is made, the ball goes back to where the return net was pointing. Rebound helpers can be people, but I was talking about a piece of equipment that helps improve your rebounding ability. This device is placed inside the basketball hoop and helps with your rebounding skills. We all know how important rebounding is in the game of basketball. You need to practice more than just your dribbling and shooting out on that court.

A retention net helps you in rebounding ball. They are hooked the back of the basketball hoop and are big nets that catch all makes and miss of shots. These are somewhat spend, but allow you to get off a lot more shots because your ball will not be flying everywhere because the retention net will be catching it. Ball carriers are also very helpful if you have a lot of balls to go with them. With a lot of balls you do not have to chase after the misses. You can just grab the next ball of the rack. After you are done with a drills, you can take a break by picking up all the balls that went all over the place.

The portable basketball goal includes a mechanism that allows the height of the goal to be adjusted so players can get the most action for their size. Of course, there are different types of mechanisms that can be found in these goals. At the bottom end, you’ll find telescoping poles. These poles work by letting you compress a pin to make the goal lower. While the mechanism is fairly easy to understand and learn, getting accuracy is more difficult. You won’t be able to adjust the height much either, usually just a couple of feet. On the bright side, this mechanism is the least expensive and is most likely to appear in the cheapest portable basketball goals. Another option is the quick-adjust mechanism. Again, this is fairly simply to learn how to use and gives you a little bit more room for adjustments, usually around 2 to 3 feet.

Rim mechanisms known as Action Grip and Power Life are higher level options. These use a squeeze handle that can be found behind the basketball pole. The difference in height possible is about the same as with the quick-adjust method, however. Now if you want accuracy in the rim adjustment then you’ll want the Power Life choice because you can adjust in any increments you want whereas the Action Grip only lets you move the height in six inch increments. Because the Power Lift is a pneumatic device, you’ll usually have to pay more for the feature. Finally, you can find the Rapid-Cam mechanism on the top of the line portable basketball goals. For the most part, you won’t find this on the average basketball system and it doesn’t really do much more than the Power Life but it is built for the heavier portable units.

A better option is a rim that is attached using a dual spring compression mount. Because the spring can absorb some of the force from the dunk during an aggressive game, it is likely to break than the static mount. However, problems are still common with this type of rim mount. You might instead want to look for rims that are mounted using both a static and a flexible component because this combines the stability of the unmoving mount and the absorption of the non-static mount. Many of the brands of portable basket ball goals on the market do allow you to upgrade your rims. You might purchase a less expensive model then later add a higher quality rim. You should check with the manufacturer first and be prepared to use some tools of your own to make the switch. However, this option does give you more choices when purchasing your portable basketball goals.