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American Football
The GMax missile test for player safety and surface hardness impact tests (Clegg) are common checks for football surfaces. For natural surfaces, tests for shear coverage and moisture content are conducted.
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Athletics Track
World Athletics and EN 14877 laboratory product certification are a standard entry for track surfaces. After installation site inspections for compliance and safety/performance to World Athletics Class 1 or Class 2, EN14877 is detailed in many requirements. Test programs look at surface characteristics such as total thickness, absolute thickness, tensile strength, elongation, slip resistance, shock absorption, vertical deformation, infiltration capacity, evenness, and dimensional survey.
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Australian Rules
Published in March 2018, AFL guidelines cover surface and product identification tests for abrasion, friction, surface hardness, head injury criterion, force reduction, vertical deformation and energy restitution. As a part of many standards, player safety is paramount. This is one of the sports to recognize critical fall height as a test parameter.
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Badminton
A badminton player needs a responsive surface with high friction to move quickly around the court. For badminton surfaces, the BWF approval system includes wooden, synthetic, matt grading categories for slip resistance (friction), shock absorption, and vertical deformation.
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Baseball
From ball pace to surface testing of hardness and underfoot traction, surfaces can be measured and managed both in a laboratory (under product identification capacity) and on-site, with consideration of the installation quality.
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Basketball
Under FIBA’s handbook of test methods for all basketball products, we can provide certification. Certifications include backstops, balls, lighting, score boards, digital clocks, whistles, mouth guards and flooring. Player safety is paramount. It is also important to create a fair playing environment by removing any competitive advantage. The FIBA quality program is one of the fastest-developing and well-regulated programs in sport.
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Bouldering
UIAA – International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation — have a product classification for Critical Fall Height for bouldering mats. This is designed to protect a person when falling and when tested to UIAA 161 Crash Pads, it allows the buyer to know a performance prior to purchase.
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Bowls (Lawn)
Natural greens or artificial greens, a player wants consistency from a surface. Dimensions, speed, levels, evenness, surface draw, infiltration, hardness and uniformity are some of the tests we perform and report on.
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Cricket
From practice pitches to the main pitch, and from natural turf/clay to non-turf surfaces, we can measure on-site ball rebound properties, surface hardness, rotational resistance, dimensions, slope, and draining capacity. For non-turf in a laboratory environment, we test abrasion, tuft withdrawal, tensile properties, artificial weathering, joint strength, and gloss and material identification. We have the equipment to test cricket balls for net volume, transverse circumference, seam circumference, weight, stiffness and water absorption.
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Football (Soccer)
New technologies such as GLT and VAR-VOL are now part of governing body quality programs along with existing products such as balls, floodlighting, goal posts and surfaces. We test for conformity, safety and performance prior to bringing a product to market. The FIFA program utilizes categories FIFA Quality Pro, FIFA Quality and FIFA Basic.
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Futsal
This indoor football game is fast-paced and exciting to watch, requiring reactive flooring, safe goals and a high-performance ball. We test and certify the surfacing products to governing body test methods, including slip resistance, shock absorption, vertical deformation, energy restitution & dimensions.
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Gaelic Sports
Hurling, Camogie, and Gaelic Football for artificial playing surfaces have set product and installation standards. GAA pitches are some of the largest pitches and must comply with player safety tests and ball surface interaction tests. These standards originated with DJ Carey many years ago and remain some of the most encompassing standards for sports surface products.
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Handball
Testing protocols to the International Handball Federation (IHF) define the expectations of indoor handball surfaces. Ball testing is also available to analyse product performance and quality control.
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Hockey
Surfaces, balls, nets, goals, irrigation systems, floodlights, and team shelters are just some of the product category tests available in the Fédération Internationale de Hockey (FIH) quality programme. Many tests refer to common European standards while others refer to stand-alone protocols specific to hockey. For surfaces the product types include Global, National, FIH Community – Hockey Plus multi-sport, FIH Community - Gen 2 multi-sport, FIH Community - 3G Multi-sport. Site surface installation offers categories of 1 to 5.
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Netball
The International Netball Federation (INF) covers indoor arenas on sprung wooden floors where dimensions are defined. Many characteristics of netball surfaces are covered in EN 14904. Goal posts and balls are regulated by the laws of the game defined by the INF.
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Rugby League
Performance and construction standards for synthetic turf in Rugby League competitions and training can be found in the Rugby Football League (RLF) 2011 manual. Specific to artificial surfaces, the aim is to replicate playing qualities of natural turf to avoid increased risk of injury to players. Predominantly based on EN 15330-1 surfaces for sports areas, there are adaptations specific to Rugby League where product approval and site installation tests are both conducted.
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Rugby Union
Player welfare with World Rugby has regulations for many different stand-alone product categories. Testing procedures from player monitoring devices, padding, headgear, studs and rugby goggles under World Rugby Law 4 of the Laws of the Game and World Rugby Regulation 12 are well documented to create a safe and consistent playing environment. For artificial surfaces, Preferred Turf Producers are required to comply with regulation 22, a program designed to boost global participation
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Squash
Squash players are some of the most agile athletes and they require a surface that compliments their physical attributes. European standards such as EN 14904 and DIN 18032-2 detail the sports functional and safety requirements of an indoor floor. The World Squash Federation (WSF) specification for squash courts published in 2013 detail further expectations.
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Table Tennis
As well as European published standards for multi-use indoor games areas such as EN 14904, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) detail in their technical leaflet T6, the sports functional requirements of a Table Tennis floor. Tests include shock absorbency, vertical deformation, frictional properties, reflection, gloss, uniformity, colour, and resistance to wear.
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Tennis
Classified surfaces, recognized courts, ball surface interaction tests, wear research, player feedback mechanisms — these are just some of the areas where Sports Labs is involved. For surfaces, testing can be carried out in accordance with European standards such as EN 15330 parts 1 and 2 specific to product type to the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Court Pace Rating and court recognition system of 1-star and 2-star.
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Volleyball
There are applicable testing protocols for indoor, outdoor and beach volleyball. Across all game types, dimensions are key. Ball performance and net and post safety are also not to be overlooked. For indoor volleyball, lighting lux ratings, uniformity and tests specific to the surface such as EN 14904 may be applied. For outdoor surfaces, infiltration capacity is important.
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