{"id":2928,"date":"2026-08-30T21:45:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T21:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/multisport-turf-with-or-without-infill\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T02:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T02:29:46","slug":"multisport-turf-with-or-without-infill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/pt\/multisport-turf-with-or-without-infill\/","title":{"rendered":"Grama Sint\u00e9tica Multiesporte: Com ou Sem Preenchimento?"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\nh2 { font-size: 1.6em; line-height: 1.3; margin: 40px 0 18px; }\nh3 { font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.35; margin: 26px 0 12px; }\np { line-height: 1.8; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nul { margin-bottom: 28px; padding-left: 20px; list-style-type: disc; }\nli { margin-bottom: 10px; line-height: 1.6; }\ntable { display: table !important; width: 100% !important; border-collapse: collapse; margin-bottom: 28px; }\nth { text-align: left; padding: 12px 14px; background: #1a5c2e; color: #ffffff; font-weight: 600; }\ntd { padding: 12px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #e5e5e5; vertical-align: top; }\nfigcaption { text-align: center; font-style: italic; }\n<\/style>\n<p><!-- meta_title: Multisport Turf With or Without Infill: Operator's Call --><br \/>\n<!-- meta_description: Multisport turf with or without infill, judged as operators judge it: sport compatibility, switching costs and the weekly maintenance load on one field. --><\/p>\n<p>We get asked one question by almost every operator who runs a shared field: does this carpet need infill, or can it go without? Football on Tuesday, hockey training on Wednesday, tennis coaching on Saturday, and a school fete on the last Sunday of term. Each booking asks something different of the same few thousand square metres.<\/p>\n<p>The decision on multisport turf with or without infill is really three decisions wearing one coat. Which sports can it carry, what does switching cost, and what does the maintenance rota look like in week forty? We cut and coat rolls for exactly these fields, so we hear how each choice ages. Judge the options by the calendar, not the datasheet.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"one-field-many-sports\">When One Field Serves Football, Tennis and Assembly<\/h2>\n<p>Shared grounds are the default, not the exception, for artificial turf installations on school and community sites. Schools, community clubs and municipal parks book one pitch for half a dozen activities because land and budgets rarely stretch to a dedicated field per sport. Guidance published by MUGA contractors makes the same point: one all-weather area serving many sports costs less than separate facilities. That is why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/why-artificial-turf-is-mvp-of-multi-sport-athletic\/\">one field carrying several sports<\/a> has become the standard brief.<\/p>\n<p>Every sport that joins the list, though, brings its own demands of the carpet. Football wants cushioning under studs. Hockey and tennis want a short, fast surface. Assembly, fetes and fitness classes want a dry, clean, even floor. One of those requests always loses, and the operator hears about it first.<\/p>\n<p>An all-weather carpet changes what the calendar can promise. Published MUGA guidance lists year-round use among the core benefits of a shared surface, alongside the space saved by not building one field per sport. That promise is also why the construction choice matters: a surface that fails mid-week fails the whole schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The decision usually narrows to two constructions. A filled system carries sand, or sand and rubber, worked into a longer pile. An unfilled system gets its stability from dense tufting and engineered thatch instead. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/what-is-multisport-turf-specs\/\">The specification view of multisport turf<\/a>, with the dtex, density and pile height behind each construction, is covered in our companion piece; this page stays on the operating floor.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-infill-adds\">What Infill Adds to a Multi-Sport Programme<\/h2>\n<p>Operators comparing multisport turf with or without infill usually start with ball behaviour, and that is the right place to begin. Sand gives the system stability and can cool the surface on hot days. Rubber granules add shock absorption and protect the fibres from wear. Together they let a longer carpet take studs, sliding and repeated landings without flattening.<\/p>\n<p>Ballast is also what keeps long fibres standing. Installer guidance is blunt about it: a football pitch can carry grass up to 40 mm high. That height is probably too long for hockey unless the pile is held upright by added material. Filled carpet also adds bounce, which high-impact sports notice. In an artificial turf installation with long pile, the fill is doing structural work every hour the field is open.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-backyard-bocce-turf-featured-17561699.webp\" alt=\"White markings across green turf with a long shadow\" class=\"wp-image-754\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-backyard-bocce-turf-featured-17561699.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-backyard-bocce-turf-featured-17561699-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-backyard-bocce-turf-featured-17561699-1024x683.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-backyard-bocce-turf-featured-17561699-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>A shared green field carrying white line markings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The same material that helps, though, starts a maintenance clock. Loose infill sits on the carpet, not in it, and it moves. Footfall displaces it, rain washes it, and every season takes a little out of the system. An operator who books the field solid should price that upkeep before the surface is chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Fill choice also has a service layer beneath it. Installer guidance reserves shock pads for competitive contact sport such as rugby. Schools use them for critical fall height, though a pad can change how the game plays. Which infill type and how much of it to specify is, per published manufacturer guidance, a function of the sport, the climate and the maintenance capability of the facility.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"what-non-infill-removes\">What Non-Infill Removes From the Operating Week<\/h2>\n<p>Non-infill artificial turf installations move that engineering into the carpet itself. Straight monofilament fibres carry the structure while curled fibres add resilience, so the pile stands up without borrowed weight. The surface is secured and pinned down rather than ballasted. For the operator, that trade removes entire lines from the weekly rota.<\/p>\n<p>The list shrinks in a specific way. There is no infill to top up, no redistribution after heavy use, and nothing to wash into the drains. Cleaning is simpler too: leaves sit on the surface where a blower collects them, dust does not bind into sand, and no rubber granules migrate onto the surrounding paths. One installer of community courts summarises the routine as leaf clearance, occasional rinsing and periodic inspection.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-bocce-court-turf-spe-54567.webp\" alt=\"Macro view of white and green artificial turf fibres standing upright\" class=\"wp-image-734\" width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-bocce-court-turf-spe-54567.webp 1200w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-bocce-court-turf-spe-54567-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-bocce-court-turf-spe-54567-1024x575.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/bocce-bocce-court-turf-spe-54567-768x431.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>Dense white and green artificial turf fibres standing upright in a close-up<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Performance still has to be there, and published community specs show it is. Quality unfilled builds commonly run about 20 to 30 mm at 16,000 to 21,000 tufts per square metre, with 40 to 55% shock absorption. Vertical deformation lands near 5 to 8 mm, firm enough for fast play and soft enough for landings. Those are working numbers for football training, five-a-side, hockey drills and general school sport. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/non-infill-turf-stay-upright-without-infill\/\">How unfilled carpet stays upright<\/a> is a construction story on its own, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/non-infill-turf-indoor-athletic-fields\/\">indoor athletic fields running unfilled<\/a> show the same logic year-round.<\/p>\n<p>Unfilled does not mean unlimited. Published guidance that praises non-filled carpet for community pitches, training fields, five-a-side and indoor halls recommends filled systems where football is played at professional level or under heavy traffic. Industry comparisons reach the same split: infill for high-traffic sport, non-infill for light to medium use. An operator should read that split honestly against the booking sheet.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"matching-surface-sport-windows\">Matching the Surface to Each Sport&#8217;s Windows<\/h2>\n<p>Multisport turf with or without infill is ultimately matched sport by sport, because each game reads the surface differently. Rugby and senior football want give under the landing. Hockey wants a true, quick roll. Tennis and netball want grip without grab. A surface cleared for one window can fail another, which is why MUGA contractors publish family tables rather than a single recommendation.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Surface family<\/th>\n<th>How it is built<\/th>\n<th>Sports an operator can schedule<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>2G sand-filled<\/td>\n<td>Short carpet with sand worked in<\/td>\n<td>Football and hockey on school and club fields<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2G sand-dressed<\/td>\n<td>Lighter sand dressing over a short pile<\/td>\n<td>Hockey first, on the smoothest ball roll<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Multisport needlepunch<\/td>\n<td>Needlepunch carpet, often in bright colours<\/td>\n<td>Football, hockey and athletics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3G long pile<\/td>\n<td>Longer carpet with sand and rubber infill<\/td>\n<td>Football and rugby with joint-friendly give<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Each family trades something. Sand-filled 2G carpet is stable and affordable but reads slow under a tennis ball. A 3G long-pile build welcomes rugby and football, yet it expects a shock pad for contact sport and a grooming pass to keep the pile up. Needlepunch takes athletics and school sport all year but gives up match-level pace.<\/p>\n<p>Read the table as an operator, not as a fan of one sport. If hockey books the most hours, sand-dressed short pile earns its premium in ball roll. If junior football and athletics share the week, needlepunch carries both without a grooming rota. If senior football or rugby anchors the programme, the long-pile filled build with its shock pad is the honest starting point.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/multi-sport-turf-closeup.jpg\" alt=\"White and yellow line markings crossing on a multi-sport artificial court\" class=\"wp-image-89\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/multi-sport-turf-closeup.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/multi-sport-turf-closeup-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/multi-sport-turf-closeup-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/multi-sport-turf-closeup-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>White and yellow line markings painted on one shared artificial court<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The lesson operators repeat: fix the two or three sports that will actually fill the hours, then check the tightest window on that list. If the carpet clears the most demanding sport, the rest usually follow. If it cannot, no amount of scheduling will fix it.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"switching-costs\">Multisport Turf With or Without Infill: Switching Costs<\/h2>\n<p>Between those bookings sits the cost almost nobody quotes: the changeover. A filled field does not simply hand over from football to tennis. The surface gets brushed, the displaced infill gets levelled, and high-wear zones get topped up before the next sport takes the field. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/non-infill-turf-infill-cost-savings\/\">What infill upkeep costs over a season<\/a> is the quiet line item that decides whether the comparison was honest.<\/p>\n<p>Rain adds another round. Infill washes away and leaves bare zones that need re-dressing. An unfilled artificial turf installation rinses clean and returns to play. The difference compounds across a wet month.<\/p>\n<p>Schedule the changeover like a fixture, because it behaves like one. A filled field needs grooming windows between blocks, and a packed calendar pushes that work into evenings. An unfilled field hands over in minutes, which is why operators with back-to-back bookings keep circling back to it.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Operating task<\/th>\n<th>Infilled surface<\/th>\n<th>Non-infill surface<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Keeping fibres upright<\/td>\n<td>Sand and rubber ballast the pile; long carpet needs that weight under studs<\/td>\n<td>Dense thatch and tufting support the blades; the carpet is pinned, not weighed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Between booking blocks<\/td>\n<td>Brush, level and top up displaced infill before the next sport takes the field<\/td>\n<td>Clear leaves and debris, then hand the field back to the next coach<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>After heavy rain<\/td>\n<td>Check for infill washed away and re-dress any bare zones found<\/td>\n<td>The surface rinses clean; there are no granules to replace<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tuning ball behaviour<\/td>\n<td>Infill depth sets cushioning and bounce sport by sport<\/td>\n<td>Playing characteristics are built into the carpet and stay fixed<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Annual materials budget<\/td>\n<td>Reserve a replenishment line for sand or rubber every year<\/td>\n<td>No infill replacement line in the operating budget<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The honest answer on multisport turf with or without infill is that the fill itself becomes the switching cost. Filled construction buys performance windows and pays for them in labour and material. Unfilled construction buys back the rota and asks the sport list to be realistic. Nothing in either column is free.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cta-box\" style=\"background-color:#1a2b3c;border-radius:6px;padding:30px;margin:35px 0;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#ffffff;margin-top:0;\">Tired of Infill Work Between Every Booking?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color:#ffffff;\">Loose infill turns a full booking sheet into a grooming rota. Tell us which sports your field carries and order a sample swatch cut to that brief, factory-direct.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/sports-artificial-grass\/multi-sport-turf\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background-color:#1a5c2e;color:#ffffff;padding:12px 24px;border-radius:4px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;\">See Multi-Sport Turf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 id=\"operator-mistakes\">Three Operator Mistakes With Shared Surfaces<\/h2>\n<p>Most failed artificial turf installations on shared grounds were bought in good faith. They failed on process, not product. Three habits cause most of the trouble.<\/p>\n<h3>Buying the Surface for the Loudest Sport<\/h3>\n<p>The coach who complains loudest is rarely the user who books the most hours. One published guide puts the threshold plainly: if more than 70% of usage time goes to a single activity, optimise for that activity instead of chasing versatility. A carpet chosen to please everyone usually satisfies no one by the second season.<\/p>\n<h3>Counting Install Cost and Forgetting Changeover<\/h3>\n<p>Filled systems often look cheaper on the quotation and more expensive on the calendar. Material and labour for spreading and brushing infill arrive after the invoice, and they keep arriving. Industry comparisons put infill at lower initial cost with added material and labour, and non-infill at higher initial cost with simpler installation and fewer extras. Judge the two on five years of rota, not on one purchase order.<\/p>\n<h3>Booking the Calendar Before Testing the Surface<\/h3>\n<p>A booking sheet full of promises is a bad substitute for a kickabout on the actual carpet. Operators who test ball roll, bounce and footing under their own coaches catch mismatches while they are still free to fix. The ones who skip the test tend to discover the mismatch from users instead.<\/p>\n<p>Each mistake ends the same way: a surface that fits the brochure but not the week. None of the three is technical. All three are process, and all three are fixable on paper before a roll is cut.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"choosing-by-hours-booked\">Choosing by Hours Booked, Not by Catalogue<\/h2>\n<p>Choosing multisport turf with or without infill starts with the calendar, not the catalogue. Count the weekly hours each sport will book. Weight them by intensity, because forty hours of junior training stress a surface differently than twenty of senior match play. The sport list, written down with hours attached, is the real specification.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-wrapped-rolls-plastic-packaging-warehouse.jpg\" alt=\"Industrial shipping staging area filled with large artificial turf rolls individually wrapped in transparent shrink-wrap moisture barriers\" class=\"wp-image-2779\" width=\"1120\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-wrapped-rolls-plastic-packaging-warehouse.jpg 1120w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-wrapped-rolls-plastic-packaging-warehouse-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-wrapped-rolls-plastic-packaging-warehouse-1024x622.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-wrapped-rolls-plastic-packaging-warehouse-768x466.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/artificial-grass-wrapped-rolls-plastic-packaging-warehouse-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1120px) 100vw, 1120px\" \/><figcaption>Turf rolls stacked and ready for dispatch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Then match the construction to the weight of that list. Heavy studded use with match-level expectations points toward filled long pile, ideally over a shock layer for contact sport. Community hours, training blocks, five-a-side and all-season school use sit comfortably on unfilled builds, which is where published guidance places them. Indoor halls and rooftop pitches tip the balance further toward unfilled artificial turf installations, since cleaning and weight matter more there.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that the choice is made once. Moving a field from filled to unfilled later means replacing the carpet, not adjusting it, so the base, drainage and edge details get rebuilt with it. Commercial artificial grass carries a service life of up to 10 to 15 years, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/how-long-non-infill-artificial-grass-lasts\/\">how long unfilled carpet lasts<\/a> depends on the hours booked against it. Pick the construction that fits the programme you actually run.<\/p>\n<p>Roll format belongs in the same conversation. Standard rolls come in 2, 4 and 5 metre widths at 25 metres long, and wider formats cut seam count across a full-size pitch. Fewer seams also mean less edge to inspect in the seasonal walk-round.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"operator-checklist\">Operator Checklist Before You Approve the Surface<\/h2>\n<p>Approving multisport turf with or without infill on paper is easy; approving it correctly takes four checks. Put the operator, the busiest coach and whoever holds the maintenance budget in the same room for them. Run the checks in order and most regret disappears.<\/p>\n<h3>Write the Sport List With Weekly Hours<\/h3>\n<p>Sports named without hours are wishes. Hours booked per week, per sport, turn the surface choice into arithmetic. Attach the calendar to the tender so every bidder prices the same reality.<\/p>\n<h3>Match Pile and Fill to the Tightest Sport<\/h3>\n<p>Take the most demanding sport on the list and clear its window first. A carpet that satisfies the tightest case usually carries the rest. One that fails the tightest case fails quietly every session.<\/p>\n<h3>Price the Maintenance Rota, Not Just the Roll<\/h3>\n<p>Ask each supplier what the weekly and seasonal upkeep looks like for their system, in labour hours and materials. Filled surfaces carry grooming, levelling and replenishment. Unfilled surfaces carry brushing, rinsing and inspection. Both are honest answers; only one fits every rota.<\/p>\n<h3>Test the Shortlist on a Sample Swatch<\/h3>\n<p>Order <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relyirgrass.com\/free-samples\/\">free sample swatches<\/a> of the shortlisted builds and test them with the coaches who run the busiest sessions. Twenty-centimetre squares will not reproduce a match, but they expose pile feel, fibre memory and cleanliness fast. Approve the artificial turf installation your own users have touched, not the one in the brochure.<\/p>\n<p>That is the operator&#8217;s answer to multisport turf with or without infill: count the hours, weigh the changeover, and let the calendar pick the construction. An artificial turf installation chosen that way stays off the complaint list and on the booking sheet.<\/p>\n<p><!-- relyirgate:C1 --><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Does multisport turf need infill?<\/h3>\n<p>Not always. Filled carpet suits long-pile studded sports, while short-pile and needlepunch multisport surfaces run on engineered thatch instead. The right answer follows the sports your field actually carries.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Which sports can an unfilled multisport surface carry?<\/h3>\n<p>Community football, five-a-side, hockey training, tennis, netball, athletics and general school use. Published guidance puts non-filled builds on community pitches, training fields, five-a-side and indoor pitches rather than professional match football.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">Can one field switch between filled and unfilled turf later?<\/h3>\n<p>Only by replacing the carpet. Infill is not a coating you add or remove; moving between filled and unfilled means a new surface, new base checks and a fresh installation programme.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How much upkeep does an infilled shared field need?<\/h3>\n<p>More than an unfilled one: grooming to lift the pile, leveling displaced sand or rubber, and topping up what use and rain carry away.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">What pile height suits a shared multi-use field?<\/h3>\n<p>Community non-infill builds commonly sit around 20 to 30 mm, while balanced indoor multi-sport systems run about 15 to 20 mm. Fix the sport list first, then set the pile to clear its tightest demand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"faq-card\" style=\"background:#f9f9f9;border-left:4px solid #1a5c2e;border-radius:4px;padding:25px;margin-bottom:18px;\">\n<h3 style=\"color:#1a5c2e;margin-top:0;\">How do I test a surface before committing a budget?<\/h3>\n<p>Order free 20 x 20 cm swatches of the shortlisted builds and test ball roll, bounce and footing with your own coaches. 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