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Keeping Gymnasium Floors In Good Shape

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 23:29:00 GMT

Oh, hey there. We're your gym floors. You know, those shiny hardwoods or the nice acrylic surfaces where your school's athletes are showcased and where students get amped up by pep rallies before big games. We need to talk, especially now that you've been expressing an interested in adding more sports. Once, we only hosted daytime P.E. classes. Later in the day and on weekends, we might have seen games in volleyball and basketball. Now, we've heard you're looking into adding programs in sports like futsal and pickleball, as well as a few others.

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Prepare for Padel

Thu, 29 May 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Heads up, pickleball; there’s a new court sport in town. Padel, which has been growing internationally – and is wildly popular in Spain and Mexico – is spreading across the United States. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s only a matter of time.

According to the Global Padel Report by Playtomic Powered by Deloitte, interest in the sport (as measured by an uptick in Google searches on the term “padel”) has been surging. That interest is expected to lead to an increase in the construction of padel facilities. The report indicates that by 2026, there will be approximately 85,000 courts worldwide, more than doubling the current figure of 40,000

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Indoor Flooring

Tue, 5 Nov 2024 14:00:00 GMT

With the exception of parks and recreation staff, is there anything in the sector
that works harder than the gym? After all, it might host everything from basketball
to pickleball to volleyball to futsal—and a lot more.

Gyms located in community centers stay busy. They act as sites for before- and
afterschool programs and community meetings, serve as polling places, and host rainy-day
activities for camps and other programs—and that’s just on the surface.

With so much going on, it’s no wonder that these surfaces are the first places in
a gym to show wear. What practices can staff follow to safeguard indoor surfaces and
keep them in good repair?

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Creating a Winning Maintenance Routine for your Basketball Courts

Wed, 18 Sep 2024 14:00:00 GMT

Consider this: In many schools, the floor that hosts basketball often holds practices and games for volleyball as well as intramural action. It might even be where exercise classes are held.

That’s one hard-working facility.

If, however, basketball is your mainstay, you want to keep your gym in top condition for that. And while no maintenance regimen can guarantee wins, it can give athletes a reliable, safe surface that allows them to perform their best, game after game.

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Get Your Gyms and Fieldhouses into Back-to-School Shape

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 14:00:00 GMT

Students are returning to school. Are your indoor facilities ready?

If the answer was a resounding "maybe," it's time to get to work - with no maybes. Indoor facilities, according to the professionals who manufacture and install them, are great at handling a variety of uses. Unfortunately, they can't get along without an assist from the maintenance crew.

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Take It Inside!

Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:00:00 GMT

When the weather cools down, indoor recreation centers begin to see more action. And, maybe right about now, some employees are looking at the flooring and grimacing. Maybe it’s because the surface has seen better days and it’s time to replace it. If so, some important questions need to be asked (and answered) prior to selecting a surface:

What type of surface do you currently have?

While only wood floors were available back in the day, today’s surfacing options include a wide variety of synthetics, including polyurethane, rubber, and even artificial turf (mainly used in facilities that host indoor soccer or field hockey). When trying to decide upon a new surface for a community area, conversations with installers and vendors can help find the right fit.

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Trends in Indoor Flooring: What Do You Need for Your Recreation Center?

Thu, 26 Oct 2023 14:00:00 GMT

Work in the park and recreation industry long enough, and you eventually will need to replace the flooring in a community center, gymnasium, recreation center or other indoor facility. While options on the market might have been limited years ago, today they are virtually endless

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Indoor surfaces: The ultimate four-season athlete

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:00:00 GMT

Indoor sports surfaces are the ultimate multi-taskers, hosting everything from high-level competitions to community meetings to indoor recess to assemblies and graduations.

With the rise in expectations has come an enlargement of the market, with various types of flooring, ready to meet the needs of each program.

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Maintenance Schedules for Indoor Sports Surfaces

Mon, 2 Jan 2023 14:00:00 GMT

Your gym gathers a lot of foot traffic throughout the school year. Between P.E. classes, pep rallies, practices and games (as well as non-sports events like dances and graduations), they're ringing with noise, cheers and activity from September through June.

Why, then, is it that when it comes time to do maintenance, the sound is basically crickets?

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