Quality Turf Mats to Reduce Your Field Maintenance Expenses

With good quality protective coverings, your sports facility can save hundreds of maintenance dollars every year while creating the ideal playing surface for the game. Whether your team plays baseball or softball, these specialized artificial turf mats protect high usage playing areas, thus minimizing your field repair costs. Give your school or community playground a well-groomed appearance with minimal effort. You can also count on enhanced player safety and performance. Our sports specialists have provided an overview of the 4 must-haves that coaches and facility managers swear by.

Turf Mat – Essential Buying Tips

Artificial turfs come in different shapes, sizes and materials to meet your specific needs and budget. Protecting important areas, such as the batter’s box, pitching area, and home plate will help you maintain an aesthetically pleasing and safe playing field. Polyethylene (poly) turf is an economical alternative to nylon. What’s the difference? Poly is a softer material with a lower abrasion resistance than nylon. If you are looking for durability, we recommend choosing nylon.

1. Home plate mat: Available in green and clay with bright, clean lines and plate markings, they give players a solid, even playing surface. They come with clear markings for proper stance positioning. A heavy-duty product (with 5mm foam padding) will protect your home plate area from wearing out while providing an extra layer of protection against all the pivoting when a hitter swings the bat. Among the most popular options, they can be used both in practice and batting cages.
2. Pitching mat:  Protect your pitching mound with spike-proof athletic turf (36 oz. pile with 5 mm foam padding) specially designed for this playing area. Coaches find that pitching mats are an effective training tool for throwing batting practice in an indoor facility, or even in your backyard.
3. Batter’s box turf mat: Available in two sizes, 4’x6’ is a popular choice for baseball and the 3’x7’ for softball. Used both on the field and in batting cages, this sturdy spike proof mat (36 oz. turf pile) comes with 5 mm foam padding.
4. On-Deck Circles: These prevent damage from players’ spikes to the area between home plate and the dugout (where on-deck batters warm up). Available in two sizes (4’ and 6’ diameter) and a choice of colors, coaches also use them as fungo circles to conduct drills without messing up the field.