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CLIMATE change and the drought have brought together the Australian Football League and Cricket Australia in a project to develop artificial turf that both sports can be played on.David Matthews, the AFL’s general manager of national and international development, said the league and CA had enlisted Ballarat University to develop a new-generation turf.

It would enable existing ovals to withstand the ravages of drought as well as enable new facilities to be built to cater for increasing participation numbers in both sports.”The AFL, along with Cricket Australia, have been looking at possible long-term options for affected grounds across regional and suburban Australia that would require less water,” he said. “And also allow us to use grounds more often and still have them in a safe condition for play. One of those options is looking at artificial turf.

“That is why we funded a research project at Ballarat University to develop a set of criteria for artificial grass that was appropriate to football and cricket requirements.

“There’s still a lot of work to do but it is an example of the way that we as sports are trying to meet a wider community challenge of using less water while maintaining facilities.”

The AFL last week outlined its plan to the Federal Government’s sport review panel which is being headed by Foster’s chairman David Crawford. It listed three areas of concern to the panel, which has so far received around 70 written submissions from a variety of sports, organisational bodies and individuals.

In its submission, the AFL has also called for sport to have a dedicated place within the national schools curriculum as a means to combat the increasing numbers of obese children in Australia.

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Artificial surfaces are the best for sport contests, including:

• soccer
• American football
• baseball
• rugby
• lacrosse
• softball.

You can now forget your lawnmower, just by featuring artificial turf. This kind of surface is as good as natural grass and has been designed to be like real grass, not like a carpet.

The most important ideas and necessities to start building artificial grass, were developing a synthetic system that was that it offered the beneficial biomechanical properties of natural grass, combined with the best features of a durable synthetic system:

• low maintenance
• all-weather playability
• and unlimited playing time.

Some turf companies have been designing artificial materials as an engineered system. They have been carefully and thoroughly developing it, with the usability purpose, not just thrown together for the purpose of a sale. In order to obtain total high level quality control, manufacturers have invested heavily in modernizing its plants with the latest technologies, top manufacturing talent and specialized installation equipment for its experienced install teams.

Artificial grass is so different from traditional synthetic turf. The most striking difference is immediately obvious. Instead of a dense and abrasive rug, fiber’s surface is soft and silky. Players can slide or tackle without fear of abrasions. Artificial grass is much more than just the absence of abrasions.

Unlike traditional turf, it does not rely on an underlying shock pad for safety, resilience and player comfort. Rather, it’s grass fiber are surrounded and stabilized by a special blend of synthetic earth also designed for that aim. A recently released interview shows that most American football players prefer to play on artificial surfaces, instead of on natural grass. The reason is that these surfaces are designed thinking in players, therefore professional football teams are starting to change they fields towards to synthetic turf.