Whether to add shock-absorbing pads under the artificial turf of a football field depends on the specific usage scenario, safety requirements, and budget. Overall, installing shock absorbers can significantly improve sports safety and comfort, especially in professional or high-frequency usage scenarios, which is strongly recommended, but not necessarily necessary in all situations.
Strongly recommended or suggested to add:
Professional training or competition venues: Shock absorbers can effectively absorb impact forces, reduce the risk of injury to athletes’ ankles, knees, and other joints, and provide a more natural lawn like elasticity and foot feel.
Built on hard ground (such as cement, asphalt): Hard ground has extremely poor buffering ability against impact, and installing shock absorbers is a necessary measure to ensure safety.
Multi purpose sports field: If the field needs to meet multiple sports needs such as football, basketball, athletics, etc., shock-absorbing pads can enhance the versatility and safety of the field.
Primary and secondary schools, as well as children’s activity areas: In order to meet higher requirements for the safety of minors’ sports, it is recommended to install shock-absorbing pads that meet the standards.
The situation where it is not necessary to add:
Low frequency use, non professional practice area: If only used for leisure and entertainment or occasional training, and with limited budget, some unfilled artificial lawns have certain cushioning properties and can be left without shock absorbers.
Adopting high-performance non filled turf: Some new types of non filled artificial turf have good seismic and rebound performance through thickened grass fibers and bottom structure design, which can reduce the dependence on independent shock-absorbing pads.
The main function of shock absorbers
Enhance safety: Absorb sports impacts and reduce the probability of muscle and bone injuries.
Enhance comfort and performance: provide good resilience, making the rebound of the ball more natural and improving the sports experience.
Improve site durability: reduce grass filament wear and extend the service life of artificial turf.
Strong adaptability: unaffected by weather, non absorbent, easy to maintain.
