SnapSports® Major Player in World’s Largest AAU Basketball Tournament
Salt Lake City, Utah (PRWEB) May 22, 2014 -- Throughout the AAU basketball world of elite, competitive, and recreational play, SnapSports® has been recognized as a major player. The Salt Lake based company continues its longstanding partnership with Jam On It, as the Official Sports Flooring for the 2014 AAU Jam On It Memorial Day tournament taking place at Reno-Sparks Convention center May 24-26. The World’s Largest AAU Basketball Tournament is set to host over 1000 teams comprised of boys and girls of all ages and at all levels of competition. During the tournament both qualifying and championship play will take place on over 80 courts featuring SnapSports multi-patented BounceBack® ShockTower® basketball surfacing.
SnapSports BounceBack sports flooring with ShockTower technology is the ONLY modular sports surfacing featuring actual shock absorbers built into the flooring structure - a multi-patented "resilient shock" technology that was designed with superior performance and player safety in mind. With over 16 individual shocks per square foot, ShockTower is the One-Court® that stands above all others.
‘Jam On it’, now in its 23rd year of tournament hosting, is recognized as one of the premier event operators in the country. Having grown exponentially over the last 10 years, the sold out annual Memorial Day Tournament is touted as the largest AAU basketball tournament in the world. 1000 teams will travel to Reno for the Memorial Day Tournament coming from across the United States and Canada. All teams participating in the tournament will have the opportunity to advance to the West Coast AAU National Championship in Las Vegas. Throughout the three day tournament, athletes, coaches, and AAU representatives alike, look forward to the use of SnapSports tournament surfacing.
“Our organization hosts seven to ten large events a year, using up to 300,000 square feet of flooring per tournament. Over Memorial Day weekend we will host the largest youth tournament in the world with over 1,000 teams and 300,000 square feet of flooring. SnapSports®, guarantees that I am providing a much safer surface for athletes during high impact play while continuing to exhibit the top rated performance, they are known for. ” – Matt Williams, CEO, ‘Jam On It’.
SnapSports, the industry leader in modular athletic surfacing, is the official sports surfacing of the Jam On It organization. SnapSports multi-patented features, including the BounceBack, ShockLock, ReAcitvePlay® and ShockTower technologies work together to create the ultimate playing surface that is easy to use, resilient, and provides superior shock absorption easing the impact on players joints. SnapSports products are specifically engineered with safety and performance in mind, which is why they are the top choice of coaches, athletes and facility directors world-wide. SnapSports surfaces are approved for competition by FIBA, the world’s governing body for the sport of basketball.
“SnapSports is proud to be the official court of the world’s largest AUU Basketball Tournament and to have helped not only grow the event over the years, but to ‘change the game’ through patented top rated performance and safe play technologies - Jorgen Moller, CEO, SnapSports
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah - The team at SnapSports® have been engineering, manufacturing, and providing the world's leading outdoor multi-courts, basketball courts and indoor sport surfaces for nearly four decades! As the pioneers of the modular sports surfacing industry you play on today, the SnapSports team continues to develop the most advanced, multi-patented, modular sport surfacing and outdoor game courts for top athletes and families all over the world. With unparalleled experience and a high performance product line, SnapSports is the industry’s undisputed champion. SnapSports manufactures in their 150,000+ square foot ISO 9001:2008 Quality Certified operations 24x7 and is supported by an authorized global network.
SnapSports® is the official sport surface provider for the United States Futsal Federation (USFF), AAU ‘Jam on It’ Basketball, Official Court of NBA All Star Jam Sessions, Volleyball Festival, Special Olympics, AAU ‘All Under One Roof’ Basketball, Veteran Wheelchair Games, Colorado Crossroads, National Collegiate Roller Hockey Championships, AAU ‘Big Mountain Jam’ and USA Team Handball. In addition, SnapSports is an approved partner of the IHF and a FIBA Technical Partner.
Lauren Christensen, SnapSports, http://www.snapsports.com, +1 (801) 746-7555, [email protected]
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