Maple Hardwood

• Traditional choice for basketball
  
• Very common type of indoor sports flooring
• High maintenance, less versatility

Vulcanized Rubber

• Durable to endure extreme static and rolling loads
  
• Reduces fatigue due to high level of energy return
• Not suitable for activities like basketball
• Perfect choice for weight room

Sports Linoleum

• Ideal for light recreational activities
  
• Extreme abrasion resistance
• Low maintenance cost
• Using natural and renewable components

Sports Vinyl

• High degree of shock absorption, uniformity and comfort
  
• Ideal for basketball, volleyball and multipurpose gymnasiums
• Commonly used in school, community centres and churches

Recycled Rubber

• Perfect for weight room, training room or fitness centre
  
• Intended for practicality rather than competitive game play
• Available in rolls or tiles

Sports Flooring Elasticity:

• Area-elastic floors
  Wood sports flooring
  Greater shock absorption
  Increased durability with absorbing pads underneath
  
• Point-elastic floors
  Thickness vary between 7mm and 16mm
  Surrounding areas will remain unchanged by activity in particular area
  Identical shock absorption, ball rebound and vertical deformation across whole playing surface
  
• Combi-Elastic floors
  Sports linoleum and vinyl
  Area-elastic floor combined with a point-elastic top layer
  Localised deflection and deflection over a wider area
  Higher class of shock absorption
  The best sports flooring options in terms of comfort and safety
  

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A Look into 6 Types of Sports Flooring, Their Uses and Classifications

There are specific per-requisites which are to be kept in mind while deciding about appropriate flooring to be used in sports arena. Our aim here will be to look into all the available types of sports flooring, where each of these flooring are used and different classifications of sports flooring so that you can make the right selection while choosing any particular type of flooring.

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Types of Sports Flooring and Their Uses
There are many different types of sports flooring available for you to choose from depending upon your requirements. Let us look at them in this section.

• Maple Hardwood
• Pad and Pour Polyurethane
• Recycled Rubber with EPDM
• Sports Linoleum
• Sports Vinyl
• Vulcanized Rubber
• Maple Hardwood
  
  

This type of flooring is quite commonly used in indoor sports arena, as for example in basketball. Some of the negative aspects of hardwood floors is that they are less versatile with high expenditure on maintenance.


Pad and Pour Polyurethane
It is considered a durable and tough flooring solution since it can withstand rolling and high point loads. A completely seamless system, Pad and pour polyurethane is an option if you are looking for flooring which can sustain load of heavy equipment. 

Recycled Rubber with EPDM
This type of flooring with EPDM chips comes in easy to install rolls. It is an ideal solution for places such as fitness centers, training rooms and weight rooms.


Sports Linoleum
According to sports flooring Perth manufacturers the best thing about this type of flooring is that it has very good abrasion resistance as well as maintenance cost is also very low. 
Sports linoleum flooring is suitable for low-density recreational activities such as in elementary school gyms or in kinder gardens.


Sports Vinyl
The main feature of sports vinyl flooring is that it has excellent shock absorption. In case there are plans of using the sports complex for other activities such as events and conferences then this type of flooring would be most suitable for you. 
Some of the places where sports vinyl flooring can be used include multipurpose gymnasiums, volleyball, basketball complex and similar other places.


Vulcanized Rubber
It consists of virgin rubber layer with a recycled underlay to provide high degree of energy return. The advantage of such high energy return is that it helps in reducing fatigue. 
In addition to it, if the location will be enduring extreme rolling or static loads such as in weight rooms then you need to opt for vulcanized rubber flooring.


Classification of Sports Flooring
Sports flooring is generally classified on the basis of elasticity it has. As such the classifications sports flooring falls into are:

• Area elastic
• Point elastic
• Combi elastic
  
  

Area Elastic: A common example of this classification is wood sport flooring. Here large surface area is used for return of energy to athlete.

Point Elastic: Rubber, vinyl, linoleum and polyurethane flooring fall in this category of classification. Here all the locations have similar ball rebound, shock absorption as well as vertical deformation.

Combi Elastic: These have point elastic top layers with area elastic substructure. The advantage is that it can properly respond to impact, in terms of local as well as wide surface area.

In case you need sports flooring then we at Finesse Commercial Flooring can provide you with several different options to choose from. All you have to do is give us a call at (08) 9418 4950 and will provide you guidance on the type of sports flooring which will be appropriate for your specific requirement.