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August Mom
03-02-2004, 12:29 AM
Is anyone else's child obsessed with basketball? DH was trying to get ready for March Madness, but I think DS went overboard. Everything is all about basketball now. He has a Leapfrog Learning Hoops toy that he likes, but the hoop is very low and small. His new game is throwing a junior basketball into the small Learning Hoops hoop until it falls off and Mommy replaces it. I'm looking for a larger hoop. What's good?

What do you think about the LT Easy Score Basketball Set? http://tinyurl.com/yphe9

Is the FP Grow to Pro Basketball too advanced for an 18-month-old?
http://tinyurl.com/38p9l

raynjen
03-02-2004, 03:48 AM
We have the FP Grow to Pro and like it (though mine doesn't have those nifty wheels on the front of the base - that would be handy). We've had it since DD was about 18 months and started getting interested in balls in general. She is tiny and was able to use it from the start. Did you see the other pictures of it (the SEE MORE PICTURES link under the main picture)? For the first 6 months or so we had it set up like the second picture. This makes it shorter so even my peanut was able to walk up and put the ball in. Once she mastered the concept of throwing the ball we set it up 'normally'

We really like it. It doesn't get used as much as it should be because of the location we have it set up in, but I would think if your DH and DS are into BB that yours would get used a lot. I think the only reason I chose it over the LT Easy Score was looks - I don't care for all the bright plastic on the LT. Even on our FP I didn't put the backboard sticker on it.

HTH

Mom to Noelle (2 1/3)