Improve Your Game with a Non-Computerized Backboard

Economy ABS Series

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The Sportwall ABS Series is an excellent backboard option that fits lower budgets without compromising essential Sportwall qualities. The UV resistant ABS Series consists of modular panels that can be tailored to a customer's space and practice requirements. The combination of the patent-pending sand-filled design, the material blend, and the 85° back-slope installation technique offers a high performance, lightweight, quiet and durable system that is also resistant to most weather conditions.

This system responds with exceptionally quiet, deep natural returns which allows players to improve their form and avoid developing bad habits. Let fun and excitement take over practice, and experience a higher level of mastery in your game.

Available Models
ABS 800  -   8' x 8' (2 - 4' x 8' panels)
ABS 1200 - 12' x 8' (3 - 4' x 8' panels) shown above
ABS 1600 - 16' x 8' (4 - 4' x 8' panels)
ABS 2000 - 20' x 8' (5 - 4' x 8' panels)

Premier Trainer Series

The Sportwall Trainer Series consists of modular flat panels that ship in 4' x 8' or 10' modular panels and can be configured to any size by simply adding 4' panels. The Trainer Series is built of a Forton MG based composite (fiberglass, balsa and epoxy reinforced gypsum) which provides the look and strength of concrete without the weight or the brittleness. Post installation these systems are filled with sand to provide the density and mass of a concrete wall. With zero expansion and contraction-taking place in the panels, the Trainer Series is highly equipped to withstand any weather conditions.

This system responds with exceptionally quiet, deep natural returns which allows players to improve their form and avoid developing bad habits. Let fun and excitement take over practice, and experience a higher level of mastery in your game.

Available Models
TRAINER 800 -     8'  x  8' (2 - 4' x 8' panels)
TRAINER 1200 -  12' x  8' (3 - 4' x 8' panels)
TRAINER 1600 -  16' x  8' (4 - 4' x 8' panels)
TRAINER 2000 -  20' x  8' (5 - 4' x 8' panels)
TRAINER 1610 -  16' x 10' (4 - 4' x 10' panels)
TRAINER 2010 -    8' x 10' (5 - 4' x 10' panels) shown above

Points to Consider When Buying a Backboard

1. Performance: Some backboards can work counter to good form because they vibrate too much when the ball hits them. This causes the backboard to be too noisy and the speed of the ball is lost when the energy of the ball is converted into noise.

2. Maintenance and Longevity: Plywood backboards require high maintenance. The vibration from the ball can be so intense that the screws or nails can work loose in a very short period of time. They also suffer from extreme weather conditions. Most commercially made backboards have been weather-proofed to some degree.

3. Noise Level: If you live in a noise sensitive environment, try a sand filled backboard, reinforced concrete, or concrete block. They meet most noise ordinance requirements.

4. Color: Some backboards are made of a particular pigmented color (fiberglass) which cannot be changed. Others can be painted to the color of your choice.

5. All Weather Friendly: Check weather and wind velocity requirements in your area and make sure the backboard you choose meets those requirements. The heavier or more solid the backboard, the more wind resistant it will be. Concrete or sand filled systems are best in high wind areas.

6. Vandal Proof: Some backboards are more susceptible to theft and vandalism than others. Check with the supplier if your location is subject to vandalism, graffiti or theft.

7. Profit Center: Can the backboard pay for itself and be used as a fundraiser or revenue earner? Although more expensive, the computerized backboards can pay for themselves in around three months if used as a profit center.

8. Shape of the Backboard: Today backboards come in various shapes and sizes. Most manufactured systems ship in 4' x 8' or 4' x 10' modular panels that can be configured to any size simply by adding 4' panels. These modular systems are shaped either flat or curved vertically and can be installed vertically or with a slight back-slope to facilitate a more natural return from the backboard, i.e. the back-slope provides a deeper return with a more natural lift similar to the return off a racquet. Parabolic backboards are curved both horizontally and vertically to keep the ball in the playing area and to facilitate cross-court play. One manufacturer includes a series of gentle indentations in one of their parabolic models to ensure sufficient movement within the controlled playing area to develop footwork and competitive skills.

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