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The best sports flooring choices provide sturdy footing and cushioning to keep athletes operating in top condition and to reduce the chances of injuries. Regardless of the type of sport or workout you have in mind, there is a type of matching flooring that&#;s ready to install and use. Look through all of the information available in our buying guide to help you make the proper choice. These links reveal common usage examples, layout ideas, installation options, product reviews, videos, and blog articles.
Sports flooring creates a surface that will protect athletes from potential injuries. Flooring options can be specific to certain types of sports, or they can be versatile in nature, giving you the ability to perform multiple types of workouts in a single space.
Whether you&#;re looking for a court, field, or workout space floor covering, indoors or outdoors, you&#;ll have plenty of choices. Sports flooring is offered in quite a few colors, too, allowing you to match the floor to your team, training facility, or school colors.
Outdoor court. Outdoor court tiles often consist of polypropylene plastic that can stand up to all kinds of weather and harsh outdoor conditions.
This type of tile is made to fit over a cement slab, creating a more forgiving surface for athletes. Yet the poly plastic provides a sure footing, allowing athletes to stop quickly or make sharp cuts that are required to perform at a top level.
The interlocking tiles have a mesh design, so water drains through to the concrete base and doesn&#;t pool on the surface. These tiles are perfect for basketball, volleyball, tennis, and even roller hockey.
Outdoor field. Artificial turf surfaces made for outdoor use are popular choices at schools or athletic facilities for sports flooring. Faux turf is forgiving on the joints of the lower body, as it often has a foam or rubber layer across the bottom. It stays green all year around.
Using artificial grass to create an outdoor soccer, baseball, softball, or football field means you never have to cancel practice or games because of muddy conditions. These types of turf allow rain to drain through, preventing any pooling of water on the top of the turf. It even works for an outdoor golf practice area.
Indoor court. When you don&#;t have the budget for a hardwood floor for your indoor gymnasium, modular court floor tiles are a great and affordable choice.
When trying to create a basketball or volleyball court indoors, you can use vinyl sports flooring with a foam or rubber base for cushioning. These tiles have a great look that mimics the maple wood that&#;s common for basketball courts.
Also consider plastic base tiles that snap together with a hidden interlocking system. This is a commercial quality type of flooring that&#;s made to stand up to regular use and rough treatment.
Indoor field. Indoor sports turf is a popular choice as sports flooring. It&#;s available in rolls that can cover a large area in a hurry. It does not require much maintenance.
Whether you&#;re looking to create a softball or baseball hitting and fielding area, an indoor lacrosse or soccer field, or a sprint workout area in your facility, indoor turf works well, providing great footing and giving a realistic bounce or roll for the ball.
Artificial turf made for use indoors has a padded layer underneath consisting of foam or rubber, so it has just the right level of cushioning for long workout sessions.
Indoor workout area. Workout areas may require several different types of flooring. If you are using heavy treadmills or free weights, you may want to place rubber mats under the equipment to protect the subfloor and to reduce the noise these items make.
For aerobics, you may prefer a foam flooring that gives you the cushioning you need to keep your joints in top condition. Some people prefer PVC plastic or rubber in this type of flooring, as it has added durability versus foam, while maintaining some of foam&#;s cushioning properties.
If you prefer a vinyl type of flooring with no padding in the base, you may want to place a rubber underlayment roll underneath it for extra cushioning.
Indoor training facility. Some facilities need specific types of sports flooring to match the workout being performed.
Workout mats are a good place to start for martial arts, cheerleading, or gymnastics facilities. These roll out mats have a cushioning layer underneath with a carpet layer over the top, yielding a perfect mix of cushioning and footing.
Martial arts flooring is also available in thick foam interlocking tiles for cushioning. Some also have a special tatami surface texture, which provides a good footing while eliminating pesky floor burns.
At a cheer or gymnastics facility, large pads can be part of the flooring required for workouts. These mats will have 2-inch or thicker foam inside a durable vinyl cover, creating a soft landing area for athletes as they&#;re learning tricks or performing stunts.
Indoor sports flooring should offer two main things: performance and durability. This is because the safety aspect of a floor is solved by how the surface performs, and the value for money aspect is solved by how long it lasts.
In schools and sports centres, safety and longevity are especially important factors. The bottom line is you need sports flooring that is fit for purpose. In this guide, we&#;ll recommend different types of flooring based on use case.
Polyurethane floors
Polyurethane floors are what most sports centres install in multiuse areas. The surface is non-slip and has a soft cushioning effect. This surface can be used for most sports, including sprinting, hockey, basketball and indoor football.
Timber floors
Timber floors for sports applications are designed so they have no layers of alternative materials that could come apart. They are extremely durable and are considered the default choice for basketball floors, fitness floors and dance floors.
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Vinyl floors
Vinyl sports flooring offers similar performance to polyurethane flooring and the decision between one or the other normally comes down to price. Like polyurethane flooring, vinyl is multiuse so it can be used in sports centres.
Linoleum floors
Linoleum is a suitable material for wet areas in a sports centre, like shower rooms or changing rooms. It is also used in areas of sports centres that require high elasticity, such as basketball courts and badminton courts.
Underlay
With any sports flooring, you will also need to consider underlay, because installing flooring directly onto a substrate like concrete or boards won&#;t provide adequate protection for the substrate. You can also change the characteristics of a floor (bounce, cushioning, etc.) using different types of underlay and thicknesses.
Elasticity consideration
When we talk about sports flooring we always discuss elasticity. Elasticity refers to the impact absorption and deflection capabilities of a floor. The elasticity areas are point elastic, mixed elastic, combined elastic, and area elastic. Different floors excel in different areas. We have a free brochure you can download to find out more.
It&#;s important to consider elasticity when deciding on the best indoor sports flooring because it directly affects performance and comfort.
Which is the right kind of flooring for your sports centre? That depends on your budget and what your intended use case is. We can recommend the right flooring if you ask. Otherwise, consider a polyurethane floor for a multiuse surface.
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