FieldTurf®

The FieldTurf® concept is simple. The best surface for athletic contests - American football, soccer, rugby, lacrosse, baseball, and softball - is good natural grass. And synthetic turf should be like grass, not carpet. FieldTurf’s inventors were sportsmen - not carpet makers. Former players and coaches, not turf salesmen. They approached the challenge from a completely different perspective. They wanted to develop a synthetic system that offered the beneficial biomechanical properties of natural grass, combined with the best attributes of a durable synthetic system: all-weather playability, low maintenance, and unlimited playing time. The idea was simple. Looks Like Grass… Feels Like Grass…Plays Like Grass. But the technology to make it happen was not simple at all. After several years of hard work, after trials, tests, consultations with players, coaches, trainers and doctors, sample plots, equipment modifications, and countless formulations, FieldTurf® was born. Initially introduced for tennis and golf, then modified for soccer, and finally perfected even for American football and baseball, FieldTurf® revolutionized the turf industry, and in many ways, the entire world of sport.


FieldTurf® vs. Natural: Rate of Injury Report (PDF)
FieldTurf® Overview, GMAX (requires Microsoft Powerpoint)