Jay Nagy

Sports Court of Pittsburgh’s cold weather tips for extending the life of your sports court.

Fall is just around the corner and there is no better time to enjoy your sports court. With fall sports gearing up, it’s a great place for your little athletes and sports lovers alike to practice, train or burn some calories before the chill of winter forces us indoors. Whether your kids are involved with team sports or you are simply sports fanatics, the fall is a great time to enjoy soccer, touch football, basketball, volleyball, tennis, and dek hockey. Your sports court can be used nearly all year long, as long you can stand the cold and you prepare your court for the change of seasons. This month, Sports Court of Pittsburgh shares some tips on preparing your sports court for the winter.

Continue reading “Winter Preparation for Your Sports Court”

Your step-by-step guide to creating your personalized sports court.

So, you’ve decided to install a sports court the entire family can enjoy – AWESOME!  But, before you lace those sneakers, let’s look at all the customizable court options Sport Court of Pittsburgh has to offer.

With Sport Court of Pittsburgh, you can choose from an array of sizes, colors and accessories to suit your sporting needs. If you can dream it, we can do it! That’s why Sports Court of Pittsburgh created a Step-By-Step guide to helping you design the personalized, residential sports court of your dreams. Continue reading “Designing Your Sport Court”

Creating an outdoor, multi-purpose fun zone for the whole family.

Sport Court of Pittsburgh knows adding a pool to your home can be an awesome addition to anyone’s backyard. They’re great for entertaining, beneficial to your health, and can keep the family amused all summer break. But, what happens when the days grow cold and the kids head back to school? While pools are a great amenity for the whole family, the enjoyment is short-lived once the seasons change.

If you’re torn between installing a pool, Sports Court of Pittsburgh offers some insight on why installing an outdoor, multi-functional sports court may be a better investment for your family. Continue reading “Sport Court Vs. a Pool”

POSTED ON 7/6/11 | “The Safest Court in the World” is Part of USTA Interactive Tour To Introduce 10 and Under Tennis to Kids and Adults. The United States Tennis Association is on the road with its 15-city US Open mobile tour and Sport Court® is providing the playing surfaces that introduce kids and adults to tennis.

The tour includes the Esurance SmashZone Appearance in the Erwin Center in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday, July 6, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., and then moves to Dallas where it will be part of the Taste of Dallas festivities July 8-10.

For more details go to: 10 and Under Tennis Page

The tour features Sport Court’s specially-designed PowerGame™, the ideal surface for tennis.

“Sport Court’s PowerGame is the safest court in the world,” said Ron Cerny, President and CEO of Connor Sport Court International. The Utah-based manufacturer has subjected its tennis surfaces to rigid third-party tests to come up with the optimum surface for safety and playability.

“We are delighted to again partner with the USTA as part of their ongoing program to encourage young people across the country to get active and start playing tennis,” Cerny added

The US Open SmashZone tour includes a 53-foot trailer, which anchors four kid-sized Sport Court PowerGame tennis courts. The tour is targeting family audiences and will stop at fairs and festivals, along with some retail venues and downtown locations across the country. Equipment and playing surfaces are scaled-to-size for kids.

10 and Under Tennis utilizes the QuickStart Tennis play format and gives children the chance to achieve immediate success by playing tennis on appropriately sized courts, using smaller and lighter racquets and slower-moving, lower-bouncing balls.

The trailer, which is handicap accessible, will feature interactive activities for visitors, including a Tennis Magazine Green Screen Cover Shoot, Wii Tennis and Touch Screen Kiosks. The kiosks will allow the public to find a facility in their area offering 10 and Under Tennis programming, and also will afford them the opportunity to design their own racquet (from an array of colors, frames, grips and strings), to become a USTA member, and to sign up for the Home Court Championship Sweepstakes, in which the USTA is giving away a tennis kit every day through the conclusion of the US Open. In addition, SmashZone will allow participants to try their skills on any of the four 10 and Under Tennis PowerGame courts, which will feature games such as “Champion of the Court” and a Target Challenge. “Taking one of the premiere attractions of the US Open on the road to showcase our 10 and Under Tennis initiative allows us to reach audiences that might not have ever experienced tennis before,” said Jon Vegosen, USTA Chairman of the Board and President. “To be able to get more racquets in kid’s hands at a young age, and to share with them the idea that tennis can be played anywhere from schools yards, to parks, to clubs, and even at home, underscores the fact that tennis is the sport of opportunity.” The tour kicked off at the Atlanta Jazz Festival and was part of the People’s Fair in Denver before proceeding to California.

To find more information about the US Open SmashZone mobile tour and to find if it is coming to a city near your check out 10 and Under Tennis Page

POSTED ON 7/28/11 | When Rome’s First Friday Concert Series resumes on Aug. 5, young and old in attendance will be able to raise a racket – make that a tennis racquet. In cooperation with the Coosa Valley Tennis Association, the USTA Georgia 10 and Under Sport Court Tour will be making a stop in Rome for the event and will give children and adults the opportunity to get a taste of what it’s like to play on a specially made36-foot court designed specifically to promote the national USTA 10-Under program.

“This court designed for juniors 10 & under has been well received by both all participants young and old because it makes playing tennis fun and east,” said Paige Miller, Director of Sales and Marketing for USTA Georgia. “USTA Georgia is using this unique way of bringing tennis to the people to educate parents and juniors about the size appropriate courts, racquets and balls.

“We have reached nearly 1.5 million people in the past year and look forward to continuing to spread the word about this new revolution in tennis.”

The court will allow children who are interested in playing tennis the chance to learn the sport that has been literally downsized thanks to a new shift in the USTA’s effort to get more kids playing tennis.

Instead of having to learn the game with adult equipment on an adult court, which has been the case in the past, children can know be introduced to tennis with every aspect of it being scaled down to their age and size, something that has been done in youth baseball, football, basketball, soccer and other programs.

In addition to the smaller 18’x36’ foot court, smaller racquets, smaller balls with less compression and a smaller net are being used.

While children will be able to play on the Sport Court, they will also have the opportunity to learn more about the 10-Under program that includes a one-year free USTA 10-Under Junior Membership, and how to sign-up for the CVTA’s upcoming Junior Team Tennis.

Adults, however, will also be given a chance to see what the new program is like and are invited to take swings on the court, and for those who are interested in playing for the first time, volunteers from the CVTA will be on hand to sign-up newcomers to the Tennis 101 program in which each registered player receives a free racquet and four weeks of lessons from a local pro.

Next week’s First Friday at Bridgepoint Plaza in downtown Rome is from 7-10 p.m. with the Infinity Show Band as the featured musical performer.

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POSTED ON 5/25/12 | The annual USA Volleyball Open National Championships will be played in Salt Lake City from May 26 through June 2 on surfaces once again provided by Sport Court®. Thirty Eight playing courts totaling 120,000 square feet are being provided by Sport Court for the annual event. The event will feature Sport Court’s newest product Maple Select™, the only modular surface with a tough urethane top coat, for better performance and greater durability.

“We are happy to be celebrating our 23rd year as an official partner with USA Volleyball” said Ron Cerny, President and CEO of Connor Sport Court International, the Utah-based manufacturer of Sport Court volleyball courts. “Our experience with championship events through the years has greatly assisted in the development of market-leading sport surfaces”.

This year’s championships will be held in the Salt Palace Convention Center. Forty regions of USA Volleyball are represented in this event. Teams from all over the United States will be competing in this event. There are several tournaments during the event including the Open and Club tournaments and the Masters and Senior tournaments with several participants over 70 years of age.

“Because of Sport Court’s development of these high-performance surfaces, volleyball events like this can be played under a single roof,” said Cerny. “Our surfaces are the perfect solutions for players of every age.”

Before Sport Court partnered with USA Volleyball 23 years ago, an event like the USA Volleyball Open Championships would have required many different venues on many kinds of surfaces. Now a consistent series of playing surfaces can be put in place at a single site.

“It makes the games more exciting and the team spirit bonds the players, leading to greater interest and participation in the sport,” said Cerny.

Sport Court’s Response™ and Response HG™ playing surfaces are state-of-the-art engineered polymer surface, which has Lateral Forgiveness ™ for player safety while at the same time providing the resiliency needed in this fast-moving sport. Connor Sport Court engineers have constantly developed and improved this court system to make it the official choice for volleyball organizations the world over.

Connor Sport Court International recently announced its plans to move its Sport Court division to a new 162,000 square foot office, manufacturing and warehouse facility in early 2013. This move will replace its current accommodations, which includes a 65,000 square foot manufacturing facility and a separate 69,000 square foot warehouse. By moving to the new facility all of Sport Court’s Salt Lake operations will be under one roof.

“Connor Sport Court has done remarkably well over the last few years, despite the challenging economy, and we now need to expand our Sport Court operations to facilitate the continued growth we expect for the future” said Ron Cerny, President and CEO of Connor Sport Court International. “Moving to the new larger combined facility will allow us to increase efficiencies of our operations and better serve our customers”

Within the last year alone, the organization has added nearly 25% of additional production capacity with the addition of several new 1000 ton injection molding machines. This move was necessary to expand the company’s manufacturing capacity to meet the ever increasing customer demand for its innovative products. Currently, the facility runs 24 hours a day, 5 days a week. Sport Court anticipates even higher growth in future due to its new products, strong strategic plan and growth initiatives.

The transition process will take nearly one year to complete and the company does not anticipate their customers being affected in any way during the process. With its state of the art operations and warehousing systems, all fully certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, customers will enjoy the same great service and products they have always expected and received from Sport Court.