New syntetic turf technologies and changing infill choices are reshaping synthetic turf systems for sports and play. Beneath the playing surface, ProPlay shock pads provide a reliable shock pad foundation designed to support multiple turf lifecycles.
A synthetic turf field is more than its visible surface. For municipalities, consultants, contractors and clubs, decisions made beneath the synthetic turf layer influence playing performance, drainage and long-term value, including what can remain in place when the synthetic turf needs replacing. For each stakeholder, the priorities are practical: investing for the long term, designing the right system, ensuring reliable installation and providing users with a field they can count on.
These outcomes depend on the interaction between the turf, the shock pad, the infill where applicable, and the subbase. Within this complete system, ProPlay provides a dedicated performance layer. Its role remains constant, while the range continues to evolve to meet changing system requirements. This approach focuses on four key priorities: performance, value, circularity and innovation.
Constant performance
Different applications have different performance requirements. In sports fields, ProPlay shock pads contribute to key sports performance characteristics, including shock absorption, energy restitution and vertical deformation. Beneath synthetic turf playgrounds, ProPlay provides impact attenuation as part of the complete fall protection system. Matching the shock pad to the surface and application is essential in both. Designed to retain its performance properties over the long term, ProPlay provides a reliable foundation for years of sport and play.
One shock pad foundation.
Different applications.
Value across turf lifecycles
Backed by a 25-year performance warranty,
ProPlayis designed to serve multiple synthetic turf lifecycles. When suitable for the next turf system, the existing shock pad can remain in place at renovation, avoiding the cost of a replacement shock pad and its installation. This makes the service life of the shock pad an important factor in the field’s total cost of ownership.
Keeping foam materials in use
ProPlay is manufactured from high-quality
repurposed XPE foam, giving valuable material a new role beneath synthetic turf. Production offcuts are collected and fed directly back into production. At the end of their use, ProPlay shock pads can be returned to Schmitz Foam for recycling into new foam products. From manufacturing to end-of-use recovery, the focus is on keeping valuable foam materials in circulation.
Innovation beneath changing surfaces
Schmitz Foam welcomes innovation that advances synthetic turf systems. As new concepts emerge, the focus extends beyond performance at installation to users’ needs throughout the system’s service life and what can be retained when the surface is renewed.
With this long-term perspective, the ProPlay range continues to evolve for sports and playground applications, including non-infill football, dry hockey turf systems and playground systems with specific fall protection requirements. Development focuses on matching shock pad properties to the application and the performance requirements of the complete system.
The surface may change. The need for a reliable foundation remains.
ProPlay. The Constant Foundation.
Because performance starts beneath the surface.