Sports Turf & Rubber Flooring Blog — Athletic Field Turf

LandscapingDue to significant improvement in the quality of synthetic turf improving vastly over the years, its usage has expanded into the realms of landscaping of the commercial as well as residential variety. Initially, artificial grass was generally used as athletic field turf exclusively. This importance given to synthetic turf has come about due to the realization of certain advantages it has to offer – like, for example, the lack of maintenance required, as well as the opportunity to conserve water. AirportsArtificial turf is used in a variety of ways at airports, and tends to be very useful. Synthetic turf is...

Although artificial turf requires a considerably lesser amount of maintenance and care than a lawn full of actual grass, there are still certain things related to its maintenance to be taken into account and handled effectively. The maintaining of artificial lawn grass involves things like vacuuming, leaf-blowing, wetting, washing, sanitizing and even treating weeds and pests to a certain, but lesser, extent. Generally, synthetic turf is marketed as extremely convenient fake grass that needs little to no care or protection to make it last. However, that is not entirely the case. Despite it being of a completely artificial variety, there is a...

Tennis is a widely played sport that is getting increasing recognition due to its commercial value. It is popularly known as the gentleman’s game, and is held in high regard among major league sports such as baseball and soccer. However, there is one thing that distinguishes all these sports, the artificial turf they are played on. Synthetic grass is used in playing fields across the globe in place of real grass due to its longevity and low cost of maintenance. You may have seen on television how tennis is played on different colored courts. Those are actually different types of...