California Dreaming – How Verde Design and the City of San Francisco Won Over Environmentalists with Brock

Photo by Verde Design.

 

In 2002, members of the San Francisco Parks and Recreation Department kicked off a project with Verde Design, Inc. to install artificial turf in parks and athletic fields throughout the city and county. Although it quickly became clear that artificial turf provided numerous benefits over […]

WHAT PARENTS, COACHES AND ATHLETES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SYNTHETIC TURF” – Partner Content

Shock Pads are here to stay.  Our friends at Sports Turf Company, Inc. published this fantastic article highlighting key things parents, coaches, and athletes need to know about the fields they’re playing upon. The article provides a brief history for the innovations in turf, but also highlights current safety standards […]

By |2023-12-06T16:46:06-07:00October 29, 2018|Concussions, Impact, Injury, News, Safety, Shock Pads, The Latest|0 Comments

Dartmouth Football Head Coach Preaches Player Safety

In a new video interview, Buddy Teevens, legendary coach of Dartmouth University, speaks to the unique and effective techniques his program is using to protect his players. With his incredible concept of “no Dartmouth player will ever be tackled by another Dartmouth player,” they have led the Ivy League in […]

By |2023-11-06T11:58:32-07:00June 21, 2018|Concussions, Football, Impact, Injury, News, Safety, The Latest|0 Comments

Definitive Head Injury criterion (HIC) test guidebook – Everything & more about HIC

As consensus among the scientific community that the Head Injury Criterion (HIC) test  is the appropriate measure for head injury in surface grow, so do the number of questions from designers and owners. The Brock research staff, in conjunction with a team of reviewers and PhD engineers, have created the definitive, […]

Mira Costa High School Opens New Multi-Purpose Field

“Over the last 7 years, Mira Costa High School had been in need of a major overhaul of its practice fields. This year, they’re enjoying an athletic footprint that’s beautiful, well expanded, functional, and environmentally friendly. Last fall MBX (an athletic, performing arts and extra-curricular foundation) and the school partnered […]

Testing for Critical Fall Height in Artificial Turf – E-Layer vs. Brock

You may have heard the field your child or athletes are playing on, “is the safest possible field,” or “passes all safety tests.” What you may not be aware of are the inadequacies of the current testing methods, or rather “method.” Most fields currently rely solely on the 

By |2023-12-06T16:36:09-07:00March 21, 2018|Impact, News, Safety, Shock Pads, The Latest|0 Comments

“Dave Duerson Act” could ban tackle football for children under 12

Dave Duerson was a starting safety for the Chicago Bears 1985 Super Bowl championship team. He played in the NFL for 11 seasons, and was selected to play in four Pro Bowls. In the years after his retirement, Duerson struggled with memory lapses, mood swings, headaches, blurred eyesight, and other […]

By |2023-10-26T14:57:15-06:00January 30, 2018|Concussions, Football, Impact, Injury, News, Safety, The Latest|0 Comments
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