Brett Favre Joins Brock USA in Sports Injury Prevention Mission
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Lance Briggs Tells Story Of Life After Football With Help From Brock
Lessening the impact for athletes’ long-term health is the core of why Brock manufactures the leading shock pads on the market for artificial turf sports surfaces. The opportunity to help bring Lance Briggs’ inspiring story to the world was something Brock’s management team enthusiastically embraced.
“We need to move football, and […]
The Balancing Act For Landscape Architects
Our friends over at Carducci Associates, a premier landscape architectural design firm based in California, wrote a terrific article on the variables that are considered when designing an artificial turf field or park. The state of California and its citizens have taken the […]
One Turf Concept Announced At Turf Industry Meeting In Las Vegas!
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StubHub Center Embraces LA Spec & Brock
The StubHub Center, home of five-time MLS Cup Champion LA Galaxy, has joined the “LA Spec” initiative to replace recycled crumb-rubber artificial turf fields with alternative infills all across Los Angeles. A key factor in swapping out rubber infills for organics or other types, is […]
An Even Playing Field for Women in Sports
International Women’s Day commemorates the movement for equality and women’s rights and the movement transcends to the sports field as well. The discussions surrounding women in sports have demonstrated the inequality between the genders in more ways than you may think. Concussions have become a hot topic in the […]
Shock Pads and Lower Extremity Injuries: UT Force Plate Research
Conventional wisdom indicates that a sports surface with too much vertical deformation (softness) may result in an increase in injuries to knees and ankles. In fact, the NFL is as concerned with soft tissue injuries that can end a career as they are with concussions.
As part of Brock’s ongoing research […]
2016 Environmental Review
Brock USA had a solid year on the environmental front, but we will continue to try to reduce our environmental footprint. Key measurements are the efficiency of our factory and our freight. There are three overall steps in our manufacturing – Extrusion, Molding, and the ShockPad/SERIES Product line. Overall the factory ran at 99.8% […]
“In Perfect Condition After 10 Years” Ringsend Park
Across the Atlantic in the lush green Ringsend park, the install team at Sportlabs UK, Ltd. tore up the old turf on the soccer pitch they had installed a decade ago and made a pleasant discovery. The white Brock PowerBase/GEN1 pads were in “perfect condition,” according to […]
