What is sports flooring and what is it used for?
These are floor coverings characterised by their high hardness and flexibility, which make them impact-resistant and cushion falls.
Generally, sports flooring offers numerous advantages for sports centres, gyms and training rooms, ensuring that common injuries during physical activities or damage to sports equipment when it hits the floor are minimised.
Another major benefit of sports floor coverings is that they improve athletes' performance, allowing them to move across surfaces that are ideal for preventing slips.
Naturally, this type of flooring must withstand continuous wear over time, so it is advisable to assess the material according to the type of physical activity involved.
What types of sports flooring are available?
There are different types of sports flooring that are perfectly suited to different sporting activities, allowing them to be adapted to sports centres, courts or gym halls to improve the sporting experience.
Gym flooring
These floors support heavy gym equipment and can withstand dropped weights and other bulky accessories.
Depending on the material, options range from rubber sports flooring for strength training and fitness to rubber rolls for cardio exercises and spinning.
High-performance sports flooring
These surfaces have the necessary characteristics to be installed in all kinds of flooring applications, such as multi-sports halls or athletics tracks, among others.
They also offer considerable comfort during training and a high level of safety, cushioning falls or minimising injuries caused by trips.
Finally, some variants can also withstand certain roller sports, such as artistic roller skating.
Recreational floor coverings
These floors are characterised by their quality and features suited to conventional gyms or sports halls.
Generally, their surface has a PUR and PVC treatment to withstand heavy impacts, whether from balls, weights or even the players themselves.
What is sports flooring made of?
Generally, sports flooring must be ideally suited to facilitating both ventilation and cleaning.
Of course, certain materials are better for particular sporting activities, such as the following.
Rubber
Rubber is one of the most suitable materials thanks to its excellent cushioning of athletes' falls and impacts.
Today, it is widely used in both schools and sports centres that need multi-purpose surfaces for sporting activities.
Wood or parquet
Wood or parquet floors (normally used for dance classes or martial arts) offer high impact resistance and are easy to clean.
However, one of their main disadvantages is their price, as they are only necessary when required by sporting regulations.
Vinyl
The strength of vinyl flooring is that it is fairly economical and simple to install, so little expertise is needed to maintain it properly.
It is generally very common to install it on all types of multi-sports courts because it is easy to clean.
Resin
Resin floors offer an excellent combination of cleanliness, durability and price. In addition, this material is not subject to sporting regulations.
Resin offers excellent grip for rubber-soled shoes, making it ideal for sports that require sensitivity and precision.
One of its major advantages is that it can be installed both indoors and outdoors, making it one of the leading options for athletics tracks.
Artificial grass
Football and golf are two sports associated with large areas covered in grass. However, plants are difficult to maintain because they need daily watering and must be kept well trimmed. They also risk drying out due to climatic factors or different training activities.
For this reason, artificial grass is an excellent option for saving on maintenance and labour. One of the major advantages of these sports surfaces is that they cushion falls and withstand ball impacts and kicks perfectly.
Synthetic surfaces
These surfaces are made of rubber and polyurethane, which give them great flexibility. This is undoubtedly a major advantage in the event of an accident.
If a problem arises and they need to be replaced, this can be done immediately and economically.
Thanks to their thickness of 6 to 15 mm, these surfaces are commonly installed on sports courts, athletics tracks, skating rinks, fitness centres, etc.
Byond, experts in sports flooring systems
At Byond, we offer a wide variety of sports flooring for all kinds of uses:
Byogame Master
Sports surfacing for tennis courts produced by applying a multilayer system with acrylic resins and resilient elastic mortar containing rubber particles.
Byogame Tenis
Sports surfacing for tennis or padel courts produced by applying a multilayer system with acrylic resins.
Byogame Polideportiva A1
Sports surfacing for multi-sports courts produced by applying a multilayer system with acrylic resins over an asphalt concrete substrate.
Byogame Polideportiva A2
Sports surfacing for multi-sports courts produced by applying a multilayer system with acrylic-epoxy resins over an asphalt concrete substrate. High abrasion resistance (even when wet).
Byogame Polideportiva H1
Sports surfacing for multi-sports courts produced by applying a multilayer system with acrylic resins over a concrete substrate.
Byogame Polideportiva H2
Sports surfacing for multi-sports courts produced by applying a multilayer system with acrylic-epoxy resins over a concrete substrate. High abrasion resistance (even when wet).
Byogame Indoor
Sports flooring for multi-sports courts used for futsal, basketball, handball, volleyball or roller hockey, or for gyms, produced by applying a multilayer system with polyurethane resins combined with a prefabricated mat of polyurethane-bound rubber.
Byogreen
A multi-purpose sports surface made from a synthetic fibre carpet. Its characteristics are suitable for both intensive use and high-level competition, in all weather conditions. In addition, its characteristics help reduce muscle fatigue and protect joints, promoting ideal ball bounce and controlled player sliding. Designed for both sporting and decorative use.
Now that you know what sports flooring is and what types are available, you can contact Byond so that we can advise you with the highest levels of assurance in the sector.
