We're Teaming Up With the IRF

The Court Company is teaming up with the IRF

Do you feel informed?

 Have you found everything you need from our website(s)?  We sure hope so because we’ve tried to outline all of the basics to help you in constructing a racquetball or squash court.  Our site(s) contain product information on both types of court systems with information related to our prefinished wood wall panels, athletic wood flooring, impact resistant glass walls and windows, impact lighting and court accessories.   You can also download court drawings to use when discussing your project with your architect or you can browse pictures of some of our completed installations.  Overall, we hope the outline of our website(s) enable you to become more informed about our products - products we hope you incorporate into your project.

As we’ve mentioned in previously blog posts, probably the most exciting product to hit our industry in the last 10+ years is the introduction of the AutoHoop® retractable basketball assembly. What is cool about this newer product is that it can easily be installed in a racquetball or a squash court while maintaining the requirement for the flush surface of the court walls. The Auto Hoop® was originally created as a way to help a home owner play basketball outside of their home without affecting the guidelines of their local Home Owner’s Association (HOA). From there, the Auto Hoop® became a perfect fit for a court space and the need for a concealed basketball assembly. Even though we promote the Auto Hoop® as part of our court package or as an exterior option for a homeowner, it can be installed in just about any type of athletic space.
We appreciate you taking the time to visit our website(s) and review our company and product information.  If you have any questions that you are unable to locate, please contact us and we’ll be happy to assist.  Thank you again and we look forward to making you another satisfied Court Company customer!

How Much Experience Do You Have?

With 37 years of court construction under out belt, we'd like to think we know "a little" (note the sarcasm) about what we're doing when it comes to the construction of racquetball and squash courts.  Our company is unique in that we not only have the diversity in our background from a construction standpoint but also from a player's standpoint.  
 

Our interest in supplying and installing a quality court system stems from Randy Stafford’s, owner, long term commitment to the game of racquetball.  Randy has played racquetball for over 40 years and holds many titles at a professional level as well as president of USA Racquetball.  Randy’s playing experience combined with our construction knowledge enable us to only supply and install materials suitable to the highest level of professional play no matter the type of facility.

From a construction point-of-view, the other owner of The Court Company, Mike Mattingly, works diligently to ensure we're providing each of our customers with a quality installation. Mike's experience with the coordination and installation of the materials enables us to work on different types of projects - from "easy" installations to more complicated and custom, installations.  Mike, along with the rest of our team, take each project to heart so our products are installed not only to the owner's expectations but also to our company standards.

Yeah, this might sound like a sales pitch, but it's not often you come across a specialty company like ours that has a team with the longevity in this industry or this sport.  Within our small, specialized company, we have over 100 years combined experience!  Yes, that's right...each member of our team has been working with racquetball and squash courts anywhere from 5-35+ years (per person)!  And...that doesn't even dote on the longevity and experience of our field representatives!

We hope you will concur that we have the best team in this crazy industry.  We like to think there's a distinct reason why you want to work with us...so why not contract with The Court Company to find out just why we're the best court construction company in our industry.

Isn't Technology Great?!

I was thinking earlier this week about how our society has changed over the last 20+ years.  Back when The Court Company started (over 35 years ago!), we didn’t use cell phones or email as a way to communicate with our contractors or clients around the world – or even here within the United States.  Everything was completed the old fashioned way – via land line phones and snail mail.   Nobody had websites as a way to reach out to partners around the world and the internet wasn’t readily available as a means to research products.  Architects had to research products from large collections of catalogs and customers couldn’t easily educate themselves on our products without a set of brochures in hand.

These days, we live in a time when technology helps us all in so many ways which helps make our lives easier.  Having the ability to search the web for the right type of construction products for a project is a simple click away.  Having the ability to receive information via email simply takes a few characters that make up an email address.  In today’s society, we have so much information at our fingertips.  For you, a consumer, this is such an easy way to hunt down and determine what you want for your project. For us, it enables us to reach people, like you, much faster and to put information in your hands easier.

To help deliver this information to you, we’ve continued to update our websites (www.racquetballcourts.com and www.squashcourts.com) with new and updated details so you have the ability to learn about our products at your own pace. We give you the ability to ask questions, to view pictures from some of our completed projects, to research information, and to request brochures.   By maintaining an internet presence, we are able to reach people in all areas of the world.   It’s fascinating that we can chat with people on each continent and help with their upcoming projects while we sit at our desks in the Colorado and Tennessee.  As early as 15 years ago, that wasn’t as possible as it is today.  Today we can “chat” online with clients in Botswana, Nigeria, China, Russia, Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Spain, Guatemala, New Zealand, and Canada just to name a small handful of countries who seek us out.  Isn't technology great?!

As you work on researching our company or our products, if you have any questions that cannot be answered by one of our websites or if you require more information, please let us know.  We will gladly email information to you…or if you prefer it the “old fashion way”, we’ll be happy to mail brochures to you.  No matter how you gather information about our products, we hope we’ve been able to provide enough information online to make your tasks a little easier and to better educate you with The Court Company.

See you online!

You Get What You Pay For

Being a company who has been in business in this industry for over 35 years, we like to think that we have a pretty good perspective of what it takes for a quality court installation. In this economic time when you are trying to find the "best bang for your buck", you still want the best products for the value.



Building a racquetball, squash, or other type of sports court system is not cheap, so the decision should not be taken without some thought. So, what do you need to consider when selecting somebody to work with regarding your next court construction project? Let me give you some things to think about:

• How long has the company been in business? The typical warranty on a prefinished wood panel system is 10 years so make sure to work with a company who has been around longer than their warranty and who works specifically in this industry; afterall, how can a "short lived" company stand behind a warranty older than their company?
• How long have the installers been in the industry and working for the same company? In construction, I'm sure that you understand how unusual is it to find a company who still has the same installers working with them after 25 years. (Hmmm...sounds like the company who is posting this blog.)
• Do the representatives of the company quickly address your questions and provide the required information? A "one man shop" may not have the ability to handle all the requirements of your project to include bidding, submittals, project management, accounting, etc. The Court Company has the largest team of representatives solely focused on racquetball and squash courts. These types of court systems are our forté and we do not focus on other businesses that might stear us away from your project. You have our full attention.

Ultimately, it's up to you to decide who has the best package and products and who you are the most comfortable with, so consider spending your money wisely. Make sure to work with a company who has your best needs in mind and who can stand behind what they say. The old rule of "you get what you pay for" applies in our industry, too. Select a good qualified company who has stood the test of time - you do not need to reinvent the wheel for your court construction project.

"Keep in mind that quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten!" We're here to help provide you with that quality.

A New Look For A New Year

You may have noticed our recently updated website(s).  We felt it was time for a new look for the new year.  Even though our products remain just as durable and maintenance free as before, we felt it important to give our squash and racquetball construction markets their own sources for information. What this means to you is hopefully an easier way to navigate through the websites to find the exact information you need for your particular project and product.

For www.squashcourts.com we’ve recently updated our information related to our squash system tested and approved by the World Squash Federation (WSF).  You will find pictures of some of our recent projects as well as newly updated shop drawings for your review.  With squash, we know the importance of maintaining a quality court system certified by the WSF.  We hope with the addition of a site specifically for our squash courts that you can continue to feel confident that we are a company with a system you can trust.

For the racquetball court side of our industry, www.racquetballcourts.com also has an updated website to help educate about our company and the construction of racquetball courts.  Although the specifications and details for racquetball construction have not changed much, we want to ensure visitors to our website have access to the most current information and details for their project.  If you are looking for a detail or information not outlined on our website, please contact us for more information.

In addition to updating the information on our racquetball and squash courts, visitors to our sites will also find information about our Athletic Room projects and also information about the options for the Auto Hoop, a concealed and retractable basketball assembly.  If you haven’t seen the videos of the Auto Hoop in action, make sure check them out on our websites – this is a cool product that every private court owner should consider including in their plans.

We continue to appreciate your support of our company and products, and we wish you a prosperous 2013.

Wanna play hoops in your court?

As you will see from our website, we have a great basketball product - the Auto Hoop. This is one of those products that you sit back and think "Geez....why didn't I think of that?" In the world of racquetball and squash court construction, it's not often that you come across a new product in an industry that doesn't change much. I am not trying to put down our industry but it's not often that we come across or are able to introduce a new product that will change how people design their courts. For us, the Auto Hoop just happens to be one of those cool products that we're excited about.

As you will see in the video on our website, the Auto Hoop is a retractable basketball backboard that hides behind the wall of the court. When you want to play basketball, you simply press a button and presto...a door folds down and the goal emerges. This is great for any type of court application, but is especially ideal for a racquetball or squash court where the walls need to remain flush for play. It doesn't matter if the court is a residential court or used in a more public setting, it's a great way to make the court multi-purpose without affecting the racquetball or squash players.

Some existing projects are evaluating how to integrate this into their existing court. This might be a little more of a challenge since space behind the walls is required but it is doable. The projects that will benefit from this the most are those that are still in the design stage since they can incorporate the storage space behind the court as part of their plans. No matter what phase of the project you are in, this is definitely one of those products that I foresee every court wanting to consider...it's just that cool!