It’s not unusual for families to have a basketball hoop in their driveway. It’s pretty much a staple in my suburb. It is. a little more unusual to have one with a broken backboard. We received ours from a neighbor who’s sons had graduated high school and were off to college. The girls were four and six at the time. Chris took the base off of it and instead cemented the pole into the ground. I believe he did this because more often than not the sandbag hoops can tip over in high wind. And we’ve seen several hoops that look tacky because the sandbags are simply laying on the base instead of being put into the base… but I digress.
The girls each received their first basketball at age 3. Basketball is kind of our family sport. So this hoop was rather timely. And can someone say FORM!!!!!!! ↓
Perfect Shooting Form
These girls have been playing since they were itty bitty and of course I recruited my husband to coach them! Little did he know, In my mind he was given this task when they were still in the tummy.
At home we practiced often. The hoop got plenty of good use:
Overuse, which I’d never complain about is probably why the backboard broke. Unless there’s another sinister story that the littles may not have confessed too. Hmm, guess I’ll never really know.
Hearing that the backboard had succomed to an early demise I thought to myself this is just another tedious problematic thing to add to my ever growing list of to do’s.
I soon began to ponder, exactly how do I replace a basketball hoop that is cemented into the ground? Do I just get a saw and chop the whole contraption down? Maybe I sorround it with a slew of logs and burn it into oblivion? I’m pretty sure I said, I’ll take care of it (with confidence of course) and then sighed and huffed into the house unsure of what my next step was supposed to be. After staring at it for some time I wondered, can I just cover it up somehow? I mean, there has to be some sort of simplified solution to such a problem. So in lieu of my dear husband, I went to next trusty go to (Google), and researched what basketball backboards are made of. The options were polycarbonate and/or tempered glass, and off to Lowes we went.
Fixing A Broken Backboard 101
Once we found what we were looking for we were well on our way to fixing the backboard:
Next, we had to clean what remained of the broken backboard. Any dust or particles left on it might prohibit the polycarbonate from affixing correctly.
Once the broken backboard was cleaned up we sprayed the polycarbonate with adequate spray adhesive and it was time to affix it onto the front and back of the backboard. Never did I doubt my confidence, because again, I’m channeling my Mr. Fixit husband. However, I was so grateful when my neighbor Harold offered to help me attached it and brought his clamps and 2×4’s to give it a little more stabilization and structure while it dried.
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And he was kind enough to come over early in the morning to remove them:
And it was done. May not be pretty and it’s hard to tell, but it certainly works:
Lets hope it lasts for the duration!
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