The Use Of An Artificial Turf

Saturday, October 13, 2012

By Casandra Newton


An artificial turf is an imitation tread that looks like natural grass. An artificial surface should be cleaned thoroughly and always by the ground keepers ahead of the game and after the games. There should also be cleaning of the turf in between the sessions if there are no games.

Some of the advantages of a synthetic material are that it can be a good solution especially when the environment is not suitable for ordinary grass; synthetic fiber can also sustain more use frequently. For the swimming surrounding, the use of synthetic surface is recommended. David Chaney, who first realized an synthetic thread in the year 1960s, directed a researchers group on synthetic grass where they satisfied its use.

The synthetic fibers work better than the normal prairie especially to countries that experience the summer season because pasture is very much exclusive to maintain for the purpose of indoor games to take place. As such the man-made grass becomes the solution. Games that are played on synthetic grass are like baseball, ski and snow, American football and tennis.

The most important thing for a synthetic field is how to maintain it. This is what makes the fiber encourage players to use it. Worth noting is that it hurts if not well looked after. After the artificial lawn has been well built, a layer of paint is applied around the edges to help fielders recognize important points for them to move around the field.

Grass is different from a synthetic cover in that the ball gets a higher chance of bouncing high on the normal grass field than a man made surface. The ball rolls faster on lawn than on man made surface making players to chase it while thinking of a solution. But the agency of turf fields is growing higher in some countries like the South East Asia this is as a result of the increase of indoor soccer games. FIFA has also designated a luminary system for turf fielders that have experienced quality and performance in their work.

Fielders then realized that the games played on normal grass were safer than those done on man made grass. This is because the indoor games caused severe injuries to their bodies, especially the ankle, elbows and knees. The man made grass has a tendency to retain heat from the sun hence becomes hotter that it causes the sport shoes either to melt or burn. Different representatives have heard the fielders complain and have sorted to do away with man made fiber.

Many people with interest in the synthetics came up with stadiums to host the games. They have since heard of the disadvantages of the artificial grass and have resorted to do away with them. Studies are underway to establish the viability of the idea of tendering natural grass in enclosed fields.

Several stadiums have changed from pasture to artificial turf to lawns or generally turn the entire stadium to a turf field. Tennis games, landscaping and aircraft both experience man made grass. In aircraft, synthetic material do not get washed away by rain instead help stabilize them. In comparison of the modern artificial grasses, they are made in such a permanent manner that it makes it difficult for one to change to individual sports.




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