Media Event: School District Paves Way For Safer Chicago Sports

Join experts in synthetic turf field design and the staff of Bremen High School District 228 on July 18th as they take people to their revolutionary new field at Bremen High School. The event will feature a presentation along with opportunities to walk out onto the newly constructed field. This […]

By |2023-10-26T15:43:44-06:00July 18, 2017|Impact, News, Research, Safety, Shock Pads, The Latest|0 Comments

Changes Still Needed to Advance Concussion Policy and Culture

Cyclist Toms Skunjins took a hard fall in the Tour of California, and fell several more times while staggering back onto his bicycle. The video showing his struggle to resume the race is alarming and hard to watch. Despite his obvious confusion and dizziness, […]

By |2023-10-26T15:55:11-06:00June 6, 2017|Concussions, Impact, Injury, News, Safety, The Latest|0 Comments

The Chance of Rubber Infill Causing Cancer: 1 in a Million

In the span of an athletic career, participants can spend thousands of cumulative hours playing on artificial surfaces. Shock pads and infill are designed to help protect players from injury and customize the field to serve the specific needs of athletes. The safety of rubber infill was called into question […]

By |2023-10-26T15:57:56-06:00June 6, 2017|Microplastics, Safety, The Latest|0 Comments

Hiding Concussion Symptoms is a Dangerous Game

The NFL reported 244 concussions occurred during practices and games in the 2016 season. Following Gisele Bundchen’s claim that her husband, Tom Brady, suffered a concussion during the season, concern is growing that the NFL’s statistics may not tell the full story. Gisele explained, “He has concussions pretty much every […]

Researching Expansive Force & Friction for Artificial Turf Fields

To design and install an artificial turf field successfully it’s important to understand how different materials behave under temperature and climatic changes. Many companies have varying installation practices so we studied the forces at work in artificial turf, and how those forces translate to edge details and the interface with […]

Brock USA and US Soccer Foundation Making Safe Places To Play

Brock USA was welcomed into the family of partners for the US Soccer Foundation’s Safe Places to Play Program last week. With the involvement of Brock and AstroTurf, the national program will provide grants three times a year to under-served communities to transform unused, and sometimes unsafe, spaces into state-of-the-art […]

By |2023-10-26T16:18:58-06:00May 4, 2017|Impact, Injury, News, Safety, Shock Pads, Soccer|0 Comments

Robots and Goggles: Protecting Kids from Concussions

Concussion awareness has been successful on many fronts, but so what? That seems to be the question many scientists have asked. What good does it do to make people aware that concussions occur? How are we advancing diagnosis, prevention, and treatment? The breakthroughs answering those questions may sound like they’re […]

By |2023-11-06T12:13:04-07:00April 20, 2017|Concussions, Injury, News, Safety, The Latest|0 Comments

Richmond Kickers Celebrate 25 Years in River City

The Richmond Kickers, a United Soccer League professional club based in River City, Virginia, are celebrating their 25th anniversary this season. The Kickers are one of the oldest continuously running professional soccer teams in the United States. Brock USA’s East Regional Vice President, Ronnie Pascale, […]

By |2023-12-06T16:24:44-07:00March 25, 2017|News, Safety, Soccer, The Latest|0 Comments

The Balancing Act For Landscape Architects

Our friends over at Carducci Associates, a premier landscape architectural design firm based in California, wrote a terrific article on the variables that are considered when designing an artificial turf field or park. The state of California and its citizens have taken the […]

By |2023-11-15T12:52:48-07:00March 20, 2017|News, Safety, The Latest|0 Comments
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