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players to quickly and easily identify game lines, maximising the action rather than instigating player reaction on surfaces that are darker or offer poor contrast.


The light colour of maple enhances interior lighting; light- coloured maple fl ooring refl ects light versus darker woods or coloured synthetics that absorb light, thus requiring additional lights or higher powered bulbs to achieve the same light levels. The maple lumber used by Action to produce fl ooring is grown north of the 38th parallel. The short growing season produces maple fl ooring with a fi ne dense cellular structure that has a lustrous appearance when fi nished and delivers fl exibility, resiliency, and durability.


Maple athletic fl oors deliver an exceptional lifecycle, with a service life unmatched in the athletic fl ooring industry. The Maple Flooring Manufacturers Association (MFMA)


projects a typically maintained 25/32” thick northern maple hardwood fl oor will have an average lifecycle exceeding 50 years, and many fl oor installations exceed that estimate. Northern hard maple was fi rst used in sports fl ooring in North America at the turn of the nineteenth century; no other athletic fl ooring material possesses the lineage and lifecycle of maple fl ooring. No wonder northern hard maple has earned the moniker “The Preferred Sports Surface”.


Action systems are tested by independent accredited testing agencies to exceed EN-14904, ASTM-F2772, MFMA-PUR, and DIN 18032 Part-2 standards, recognised around the world as the foundation for athletic fl oor system performance criteria. The comprehensive testing completed by Action ensures that our ongoing system research and development, along with the continuous revaluation and improvement of existing systems,


meet and exceed the performance requirements for athletic fl oor systems. The performance of Action’s maple athletic fl oor systems are confi rmed as the extensive product families meet or exceed the requirements of Federation Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) for Competition Level 1 – the highest FIBA basketball performance criteria for both portable and permanent fl oor installations.


Consider the player


What about the player? What will they be experiencing on a new court? What are their expectations? What would they say is important to them? These questions are often bypassed when a new fl oor is being discussed and researched since the players are seldom brought into the selection process. Floor systems that are comfortable and consistent in feel and ball bounce rate high on players ‘like’ lists. How does one defi ne comfortable? For basketball in general, this will be a fl oor system that delivers a minimum of 53 percent shock absorption, will have a ball


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