A safe and successful sports performance is the combination of many factors; one of the most essential being the floor. This is important to both professional sporting activities and recreational fitness training. Special characteristics are required of sports floors; besides standing up to tough wear and tear, powerful impacts and continuous abrasion, it must also comply with the standards established for various sports and its user’s wishes. For fairness and accuracy in all ball sports, it is also essential that the floor’s ball rebound and shock absorption characteristics are optimized and consistent throughout.
