Sports floors are a type of floor products specifically designed and manufactured to meet the needs of various sports. They come in a wide variety of types to adapt to the characteristics and requirements of different sports events. The common types of sports floors mainly include the following categories:
Professional sports wooden floors: High-quality hardwoods such as maple and oak are often selected. These floors have good elasticity, which can effectively buffer the impact force when athletes jump and land, reducing damage to joints such as knees and ankles. With beautiful textures and a warm texture, they create a comfortable and professional atmosphere in indoor sports venues. They are commonly used in ball game venues such as basketball, badminton, and volleyball courts, which have high requirements for the elasticity and friction of the floor.
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Rubber floors: They are mainly composed of natural rubber or synthetic rubber. Rubber floors are soft in texture and have excellent shock absorption performance, which can effectively absorb the impact of sports and reduce the risk of sports injuries. They are often used in sports venues with extremely high safety requirements, such as kindergartens, children's play areas, and some fitness areas with high shock absorption requirements.
PVC plastic sports floors: They are made mainly from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and its copolymer resins, with a variety of auxiliary materials added. It has excellent anti-slip performance, ensuring that athletes are not easy to slip when moving quickly, making sudden stops and turns. At the same time, the surface is specially treated to be wear-resistant, stain-resistant, and has good sound absorption and noise reduction effects. PVC plastic sports floors have a wide range of applications, covering many sports events such as table tennis, tennis, handball, indoor football, as well as places such as gyms and dance studios.
The price of sports floors varies due to many factors. Professional sports wooden floors are often used in professional sports event venues, such as basketball halls and volleyball halls. These floors mostly select high-quality hardwoods, such as maple and oak, and also need to go through special processing to improve wear resistance and elasticity. Their prices usually range from several hundred to over a thousand yuan per square meter. The sports wooden flooring for home gyms is relatively affordable in price. Such flooring typically uses anti-slip and wear-resistant materials to meet the daily fitness needs of households. For instance, the engineered wood sports flooring launched by some brands, although slightly inferior in terms of material and performance compared to the solid wood flooring used in professional venues, offers a high cost-performance ratio for home fitness scenarios, such as being laid in home yoga rooms, small home gyms and other areas.
The future development of sports floors mainly includes the following aspects: With the deepening of environmental protection concepts, sports floors will pay more attention to environmental protection performance in the future. Production enterprises will continuously research and develop and adopt more environmentally friendly raw materials, adhesives, and production processes to reduce the environmental pollution and impact on human health during production and use. For example, some enterprises have already started to launch sports floor products made from recyclable materials, or use water-based adhesives to replace traditional solvent-based adhesives to reduce the emission of harmful substances. The progress of science and technology will promote the intelligent development of sports floors. Future sports floors may be integrated with various sensors, which can monitor athletes' sports data in real-time, such as the number of steps, jump height, and movement trajectory, providing personalized training suggestions and health assessments for athletes. At the same time, through connection with smart devices, sports floors can also achieve functions such as remote monitoring and fault warning, facilitating site managers to carry out maintenance and management. Consumers' personalized needs for sports floors are increasing day by day. In the future, sports floors will be able to provide more diverse color, texture, and pattern options according to different sports events, venue styles, and special requirements of customers, realizing personalized customization. Whether it is to create a dynamic modern-style sports venue or to build a sports space with a retro atmosphere, it can be achieved through customized sports floors.