WAG Floor question for coaches/those in the know

[Deleted member D3987]

What's inside a beam?? Just the outer coating is softer?

it's a hollow aluminum extrusion. pad on top. suede cover on top of that.

 

[Shooosh]

I remember tumbling on a pretty hard floor back in the late 80's!! Couple of my first meets (class IV) were on wrestling mats.
The floor at my sons gym is so fantastically bouncy!
And we used to call the beam mishaps "crotch drops."

 

[Deleted member D3987]

yes, those wrestling mats were Resilite.

Gymnova: well, sorry folks. there is a problem with the server and i can't post the photo. sorry.

 

[Shooosh]

Those resilite mats were kind of awesome because when we finally got a spring floor...I was a wicked powerful tumbler.

 

[profmom]

Dunno, do you know anything about vendors in the US moving to a harder floor now? I figure if anyone would know about this, you would!

 

[bogwoppit]

@dunno How common are foam block floors in the US? Lots of clubs have them here as they are vastly cheaper than springs.

 

[profmom]

Dunno, do you know anything about vendors in the US moving to a harder floor now? I figure if anyone would know about this, you would!

Never mind, sorry -- I see you answered my question upthread. Sometimes I can't follow these things all that well on my phone!

 

[Iwannabemargo]

we have a foam block floor @bogwoppit , remember the green covered "eggbox" foam mats ? They were soooooo heavy. Our floor was that straight onto tile and concrete.

 

[bogwoppit]

we have a foam block floor @bogwoppit , remember the green covered "eggbox" foam mats ? They were soooooo heavy. Our floor was that straight onto tile and concrete.

I remember those mats @Iwannabemargo they weighed a ton and we had to drag them and put them together to make a floor.

 

[Iwannabemargo]

I think, 35 years on, the local leisure centre still has them

 

[All Chalked Up]

I remember those mats @Iwannabemargo they weighed a ton and we had to drag them and put them together to make a floor.

My old gym had this!!! Tumbling on spring floor was always wild at competition. Thank goodness my new gym has a spring floor, so much easier on the joints.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

@dunno How common are foam block floors in the US? Lots of clubs have them here as they are vastly cheaper than springs.

the floor of choice in the US are springs. the floor of choice across the pond is foam blocks. they are different.

 

[gymisforeveryone]

We have those foam block floors around here. I think I have never stepped on actual spring floor. Or are those Gymnova floors foam block or spring floors? Do you British know?

 

[Deleted member D3987]

Cheer Pictures https://www.facebook.com/CheerPictures.

check this out. the Eurofloor that i posted about a few months ago. Artistic needs to have this. it's the first posted video. 12/23 at 6:11 a.m. "That was cool"

 

[Deleted member D3987]

We have those foam block floors around here. I think I have never stepped on actual spring floor. Or are those Gymnova floors foam block or spring floors? Do you British know?

Gymnova is foam block

 

[bogwoppit]

Actually Gymnova has both foam block and sprung. Here you can read about their sprung floor.

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[skschlag]

Cheer Pictures https://www.facebook.com/CheerPictures.

check this out. the Eurofloor that i posted about a few months ago. Artistic needs to have this. it's the first posted video. 12/23 at 6:11 a.m. "That was cool"

DS just said that he wants that floor. He was all "Daaaannnng" LOL

 

[Deleted member D3987]

Actually Gymnova has both foam block and sprung. Here you can read about their sprung floor.

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right, Bog. i forgot about their combo floor. i just don't know how much it is used.

 

[bogwoppit]

right, Bog. i forgot about their combo floor. i just don't know how much it is used.

We use it for all of our provincial and National meets. Gymnova rent out full gym set up and we have to use them to host comps. Cha ching. Meets cannot be held on any other equipment.

 

[bogwoppit]

I bet they will get one at the ranch soon as that is what Worlds will be held on next year in GLasgow. Their spring floor is very bouncy.