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    The document discusses different types of indoor sport flooring, including area elastic floors, point elastic floors, and combined elastic floors. It provides information on wood sport floors, synthetic sport floors like cushion-backed vinyl and rubber floors, and examples of combined systems using both area and point elastic materials. The key attributes of shock absorption and surface friction that provide safety are highlighted. Questions to ask owners to determine their needs and wants are suggested to help identify the best single flooring solution for a particular application. Advantages and disadvantages of the different categories are briefly outlined.

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    The document discusses different types of indoor sport flooring, including area elastic floors, point elastic floors, and combined elastic floors. It provides information on wood sport floors, synthetic sport floors like cushion-backed vinyl and rubber floors, and examples of combined systems using both area and point elastic materials. The key attributes of shock absorption and surface friction that provide safety are highlighted. Questions to ask owners to determine their needs and wants are suggested to help identify the best single flooring solution for a particular application. Advantages and disadvantages of the different categories are briefly outlined.

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    The document discusses different types of indoor sport flooring, including area elastic floors, point elastic floors, and combined elastic floors. It provides information on wood sport floors, synthetic sport floors like cushion-backed vinyl and rubber floors, and examples of combined systems using both area and point elastic materials. The key attributes of shock absorption and surface friction that provide safety are highlighted. Questions to ask owners to determine their needs and wants are suggested to help identify the best single flooring solution for a particular application. Advantages and disadvantages of the different categories are briefly outlined.

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    4d Indoor Sports Flooring

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    Omair Akhtar Khan
    The document discusses different types of indoor sport flooring, including area elastic floors, point elastic floors, and combined elastic floors. It provides information on wood sport floors, synthetic sport floors like cushion-backed vinyl and rubber floors, and examples of combined systems using both area and point elastic materials. The key attributes of shock absorption and surface friction that provide safety are highlighted. Questions to ask owners to determine their needs and wants are suggested to help identify the best single flooring solution for a particular application. Advantages and disadvantages of the different categories are briefly outlined.

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    Indoor Sports Flooring

    Types of indoor sport floors


    Typical applications
    Evaluating and recommending systems
    Joe Corbett
    Background:
    • 20 years Gym Equipment sales (Porter Athletic Equipment)
    • 12 years Sport Floor sales (Gerflor Taraflex)

    Currently: National Sport Market Specialist at Gerflor USA


    • Sales training with territory sales people
    • Taraflex Volleyball and Portable Court Sales
    SPORT FLOORS
    ARE NOT ONE
    SIZE FITS ALL
    Owner wants: Owner does NOT want:
    • Safety • Injuries
    • Athletic performance • Surface failures
    • Multi-Sport capabilities • Ugly floor
    • Multi-Purpose capabilities • High cost of ownership
    • Easy maintenance • Unanticipated repairs
    • Low cost
    • Good aesthetics
    Two Primary Attributes
    that provide Athletic Safety
    1. Shock Absorption 2. Surface Friction
    • How much is enough? • Need good “grip”…but not too much
    Owner’s and Salesperson’s perspective
    • Best way to make the sale is to provide the customer what he wants
    Promote and install multiple types of sport floors

    • How do you know what the owner wants?


    • Ask him
    • Don’t show him your entire product line
    5 Questions to the owner to learn
    JUST 1 sport floor that fits his needs
    Job site conditions?
    1) Sport usage?
    Usage?
    2) NON-Sport usage?
    Budget?
    Tight specification?
    What’s the 1 feature that’s an absolute must have?
    8

    3 Categories of Indoor Sport Floors

    AREA ELASTIC POINT ELASTIC COMBINED (Mixed) ELASTIC


    FLOORS FLOORS FLOORS
    Synthetic Sport Floors: Area and Point Elastic together
    Wood Sport Floors
    1) Area Elastic Sport Floor

    Wood Sport Floors


    1) Area Elastic Sport Floor
    1) Area Elastic Sport Floor
    Primary users
    1) Area Elastic  Main competition gym
     Basketball gym
    Disadvantages
    Advantages
    X Requires costly annual
     Traditional gym court recoating
     Extensive history X Various substructure designs
     Many substructure can be confusing
    options X Not ideal for Multi-purpose
    Long product life use -Easy to damage
    Resist indentations X Doesn’t tolerate humidity
     and temperature changes
    X Not ideal for small/light
    athletes (children)
    2) Point Elastic Sport Floor

    Synthetic Sport Floors:


    Pad & Pour Systems
    2) Point Elastic

    Cushion-backed Vinyl

    Rubber
    Pad & Pour Systems
    2) Point Elastic

    Cushion-backed Vinyl

    Rubber; rolled sheet or tile


    Primary users
    2) Point Elastic  Multi-purpose gyms
     Alternative to wood
    Disadvantages
    Advantages
    X “It’s just not wood”
    Comfort X Various materials and
     Ideal for large & small designs can be confusing
    athletes X Less indentation resistance
    Multi-purpose use
    Tolerates moisture better
    Easy to maintain
    No slab depression

    3) Combined Elastic Sports Floor
    A) Point Elastic sport floor
    over a wood base

    A) Semi-Flexible sport floor


    over a Point Elastic base
    3) Combined Elastic Sports Floor

    A) Portable Point- B) Modular tile


    Elastic over wood over rubber base
    basketball court mat
    3a) Combined Elastic Sports Floor

    A) Point Elastic sport floor


    over a wood base
    Primary users
    3a) Combined Elastic NCAA Volleyball
    Fieldhouse

    Disadvantages
    Advantages
    X High cost – 2 floors
     Combined performance X Tricky installation
    and safety advantages X Similar concerns as with
     Tailored to meet your standard wood subfloor
    exact needs
    3b) Combined Elastic Sports Floor

    B) Semi-Flexible sport floor


    over a Point Elastic base

    Modular tile

    Rubber base

    Concrete
    Primary users
    1b) Combined Elastic Multipurpose Gym
    Portable Courts

    Disadvantages
    Advantages
    X It’s not wood
     Converts space to gym X Floating floor issues
    easily and quickly X
     Design flexibility
     Low cost and easy install
    Thank you. Any Questions

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