Playing a football is the UK’s most popular sport and after years of development this game is now finally moving in the direction of synthetic surfaces. The technical specification of artificial grass has moved dramatically over the past few decades. Comforting, soft landing and non-abrasive surfaces are key requirements and Verde’s range has been adapted to suit.
Playgrounds for football with artificial lawn pitches
After the arrival of the pitches which spread with sand all over, scientific and technological advances lads to the third generation of pitches. A third generation artificial turf pitch is in a class of its own and cannot be compared with the earlier generation. This grass has longer fibers which are spaced further apart in the carpet. They are not usually made of polypropylene but use of polyethylene makes it softer and so kinder to the skin. These pitches are made of rubber granules which spread in addition to sand. The combination of fiber and infill makes a good ensures a comfortable playing surface even sliding tackles are no longer a problem on these pitches. As there is plenty of space available between the grass fibers, football boot studs sink well into the surface, which puts less stress on the players joints and also allows the foot to get under the ball. These developments have made third generation pitches excellent for football.
An artificial football pitch gets divided into a substructure and superstructure. The substructure consists of the drainage pits, the base, a sport-technical layer and a geotextile membrane. The visible part of the pitch with the superstructure consists of the grass carpet and the infill. Markings on any sports on grass have superb clarity specification and the combination with color can be selected to compliment the surrounding environment. A tiny pile ranged at height which is used in conjunction with a compacted base provides a synthetic surface which reacts well to for artificial grass in football.
Today, it is altogether different scenarios from the pitch point of view the advancements and modifications made in this field have removed all the drawbacks of artificial pitches. For instance, consider an artificial football pitch which offers the same playing characteristics as that of a natural grass football field. However, unlike the latter one, it can be used in all weather conditions, like long dry summers, frozen winters, or heavy rainfall, owing to its excellent drainage system. Artificial Grass offers full range of specialist services for the NEW FIFA Approved by 4th Generation Football Pitches including brushing to collect surface detritus, mechanical decomposition, power brushing for deep cleaning, stiff vertical brush and spraying of disinfectant / algaecide & moss killer. This process generally takes 3 to 8 hours depending on pitch condition. Thus it’s clear that from point of artificial football pitch requires minimum maintenance when compared to a natural grass sports field.