The Second SportSurf Conference:
Science, Technology and Research into Sport Surfaces – STARRS 2
The Second Conference was held:
21-22 April 2010
Loughborough University, UK
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The Inaugural SportSURF Conference:
Science, Technology and Research into Sport Surfaces – STARRS
The First SportSURF Conference was held:
17-18 September 2007
Loughborough University, UK
For more details and to view the presentations please click here or scroll down the page
The Second SportSurf Conference:
A USB flash drive proceedings of the conference was produced which includes all papers given at the conference. If you would like a copy (ISBN 978-1-897911-34-1) please contact our coordinator at sportsurf@lboro.ac.uk for further information.
Below you can download a copy of the presentations given during the conference. The organisers would like to thank all the authors for permission to make their presentations available on this site. Reproduction of these presentations is not allowed without the author’s permission.
Presentations:
1. Welcome talk
- Paul Fleming – Welcome and introduction
2. Keynotes
- Dr Iain James: Advancing Natural Turf to meet Tomorrow’s Challenges
- Mr Evert Verhagen: A Framework for Sport Injury Surveillance and Prevention
- Dr Dara Twomey: Is there a link between Injury and Ground Conditions? A Case Study in Australian Football
3. Natural turf systems
- Mr Simon Parsons: Measuring oxygen diffusion through cricket pitch soils
- Mr Matt Caple: Development of a simplified dynamic testing device for turfed sports surfaces
- Dr Mark Bartlett: Are golf courses a source or sink of atmospheric CO2: A modeling approach
- Mr Thomas Serensits: Surface stability – reinforcement and measurement
- Mr Louis Chinnery: Quantitative assessment of cricket outfields in the Caribbean region
4. Synthetic turf systems
- Dr Dara Twomey: Challenges in the development of criteria for synthetic turf for Australian football and cricket
- Dr Paul Fleming: Maintenance best practice and recent research
- Mr Filippo Lulli – Marco Volterrani: An innovative hybrid natural-artificial sports pitch construction system
- Mr Thomas Serensits: Human Health issues on synthetic turf in the USA
5. Injury and risk
- Mr Sandy Walker: Exploring the relationship between floor type and risk of injury in netball
- Mr Luke Hopper: Dancer perceptions of varied dance surfaces quantified by the advanced artificial athlete
- Mr Dave Rennie: Ground hardness and Injury in professional soccer
- Mr Sean Maw: The design of foam crash pads for short track speed skating on boarded rinks
- Dr Daniel Low: The influence of shock pad density on biomechanical measurements associated with overuse injury
6. Player – Surface interaction
- Mr James Clarke: The effect of physical make-up on the traction performance of third-generation artificial turf surfaces
- Ms Kathryn Severn: Science of synthetic surfaces: A comparison of traction test methods
- Mr Eric Meyer: Rotational injuries of the lower extremity and the use of an in situ risk assessment tool for rotational traction
- Mr Thorsten Sterzing: Artificial soccer turf: What Shoes to Wear?
- Mr James Clarke: The effect of soccer boot construction on comfort during playing movements
- Mr Thomas Grund: Development, validation and enhancement of a new device for testing soccer shoes under game relevant loading conditions
- Mr Rene El-Kati: Incorporating ‘In – game’ scenarios into player – surface studies
7. Industry session
- Dr Colin Young: Raising standards for sport and play facilities
- Mr Dan Musson: ECB surface research
- Mr Rick Bruin: The way ahead
The Inaugural SportSURF Conference:
The inaugural SportSURF conference was held at Loughborough University on 17-18 September 2007. Both days of the conference were well attended, with over 70 delegates from across the world.
A CD proceedings of the conference was produced which includes all papers given at the conference. If you would like a copy of the CD (ISBN 978-1-897911-30-3) please email sportsurf@lboro.ac.uk for further information.
The conference was split into 6 sessions with a number of presentations given during each. Below you can download a copy of each presentation given during the conference. The organisers would like to thank all the authors for permission to make their presentations available on this site. Reproduction of these presentations is not allowed without the author’s permission.
1. Biomechanics
- Dr V Stiles: Biomechanical Response to Variations in Natural Turf Surfaces During Running and Turning
- Dr K Meijer: The Influences of Soccer Pitch Stiffness on Biomechanical Loading of the Lower Limb
- Dr M Carre: Relevance of Mechanical Tests to the Traction of Studded Footwear on Surfaces
2. Maintenance and Environment
- Mr Mike Abbott: The Importance of Maintenance
- Dr I James: The Effect of Particulate Contamination on the Infiltration Rates of Synthetic Turf Surfaces
- Mrs M Sanchis: Study on the Effect of Maintenance Operations and Season on the Traction of Natural Grass Pitches
- Mr A Walker: Grass is Not Always Greener: The Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Natural and Artificial Turf Sports Surfaces
- Dr M Bartlett: Engineering soil profiles to reduce earthworm populations
3. Test Methods
- Mr Alastair Cox: Current and New Test Methods
- Mr R Verhelst: Development of a Setup for the Study of Ball Roll Behaviour in Soccer on Artificial Turf
- Dr C Young: A Review of Mechanical Impact Testing Devices for Sport Surfaces
4. Measurements and Modelling
- Dr C Walker: Computational Modelling of Athlete-Surface Interactions
- Mr Hans Cappon: Multiturf: Innovation in Multifunctional Artificial Turf Fields for Sports
- Mr Manuel Forero Rueda: Racetrack Turf Impact Measurements for Jockey Head Injury Risk Analysis
- Mr E O’Donnel: Using the Lightweight Deflectometer to Evaluate Sport Surfaces
- Ms K Severn: Temporal and Spatial Investigations on Water Based Hockey Fields
- Prof. P Strying: Reduction of Friction on Artificial Ski Surfaces: Athlete-surfaces Interactions
5. Yarns and Carpet
- Peter Van Reyen: Desso Ltd – Yarn and Carpet
- Mr R Verhelst: The Sliding Tester: A New Device for Artificial Turf
- Mr S Rambour: A New Method to Test the Resilience of a Yarn for Application in Artificial Turf
- Mrs M Sanchis: Reference Model for the Development of the Artificial Grass as a Surface for Golf Practice
- Rene Koerhuis: TenCate Thiolon