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The Hidden Physics That Shape Every Football’s Flight
Read how Sports Labs' in-house Balance Test Device quantifies the offset between a football's centre of mass and centre of volume to the millimetre.
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World Squash & The Evolution of Structured Certification
World Squash is entering a new phase in its technical governance. How does this affect the PSA Squash Tour and clubs? Read to find out.
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The Hidden Physics That Shape Every Football’s Flight
Read how Sports Labs' in-house Balance Test Device quantifies the offset between a football's centre of mass and centre of volume to the millimetre.
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Testing Times: Addressing Regional Standards
As a company, we do a lot of testing. This year we will have examined in excess of 1,200 facilities globally -- all subject to a single or a battery of different tests. The largest number of facilities in a region we examine is in the United States where we...
Read MoreTesting Times: Addressing Regional Standards
As a company, we do a lot of testing. This year we will have examined in excess of 1,200 facilities globally -- all subject to a single or a battery of different tests. The largest number of facilities in a region we examine is in the United States where we...
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World Squash & The Evolution of Structured Certification
World Squash is entering a new phase in its technical governance. How does this affect the PSA Squash Tour and clubs? Read to find out.
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Hockey’s Move To Dry Turf Surfaces
With water becoming an ever-scarcer resource that needs to be used responsibly the FIH recognised that today most approved hockey turfs are designed to use 1 l/m2 each time a field is watered – this equates to 6000 Litres per 10-minute cycle.To move hockey onto a more sustainable footing the...
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Waterless Hockey Pitches
The FIH are on the search for the holy grail of playing surfaces - a waterless ‘water based’ pitch!
Read MoreTesting Times: Addressing Regional Standards
As a company, we do a lot of testing. This year we will have examined in excess of 1,200 facilities globally -- all subject to a single or a battery of different tests. The largest number of facilities in a region we examine is in the United States where we...
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Tokyo National Stadium: A Track Set for Records
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 is at last upon us, the delay as a result of Covid-19. While the world’s best athletes had extra time to prepare, did you ever stop to wonder about the preparation that went into the track to guarantee all athletes a safe and fair opportunity to...
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Evaluation of Athletic Track Products
There are a couple of approaches to the evaluation of athletic track products to approve these for use in the field. World Athletics standard approach The common approach is to evaluate samples of the intended product by using a WA suite of tests. Samples are examined for a variety of...
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Testing Athletic Fields in the United States Market
There are many tests available to assess the shock attenuation of your playing surface. The most common currently used in the USA by far is the measurement of GMax utilizing an ASTM F355 missile. This device has not changed much since it was first used back in 1971. It is...
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Advanced Artificial Athlete (AAA): An In-Depth Look
One of the more complex tests performed on a sports surface is the measurement of shock absorption and deformation. The measurements made with an Advanced Artificial Athlete (AAA) attempt to characterise the responses between athlete/surface interaction during a run, stop or cut. The complex biomechanics involved whenever a foot, ankle,...
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The Player As Part Of The Testing Team
Anyone who knows me will know that I am always banging on about wearable technology becoming the next big thing to come into our world of testing artificial and natural turf sports fields. Let’s face it, Sports Labs has tested thousands of fields over the last 20 years using very...
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5 Things You Need To Know About Force Reduction Testing
Force Reduction Testing, which is also sometimes referred to as shock absorption testing, is the measure of the ability of a surface to reduce impact forces when compared to a standard concrete surface. The term is often confused with the force of an athlete’s heel upon a surface. Force Reduction...
Read MoreFIFA Quality Programme
As a research institute, Sports Labs work closely with FIFA to set some of the standards outlined in the FIFA Quality Programme. Read articles the outline these standards and how we implement them.
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