PVC badminton courts

Like SCHÖPP®Pro-Bounce, SCHÖPP®-Champion is produced from a particularly coarse and robust polyamide yarn with a single filament thickness of 200 dtex. Due to the greater pile height of 6 mm and a lower filament density, the surface is less aggressive than that of the "textile hardcourt". The comfortable SCHÖPP® Champion is therefore primarily aimed at amateur and club players. Its ball bounce is slow, similar to a sand court. Topspin and slice are slightly softened. Thanks to the very robust surface construction, this surface can also be played on with profiled tennis shoes without granules. With the optional granule infill of 400 g/sqm Perfect Glide extruded granules, the SCHÖPP® Champion is reminiscent of a needled nonwoven velour. For several decades, velour needlefelt floor coverings with granulate infill have proven their worth as tennis floor coverings. These surfaces were made of 100 % polypropylene fibre.

We have installed SCHÖPP® Allround structured velour on around 2000 courts since 1994. It can be played on both with and without our Perfect Glide extruder granules, recommended with treadless tennis shoes. Due to its versatility and its very "honest" ball bounce characteristics, it is equally appreciated by all classes of players. From 1994 to 1998, this product was produced with 750 g/sqm. Since then, a pile weight of 1,000 g/sqm has proved its worth. However, the yarn weight can be increased to 1,250 or 1,400 g/sqm on request. This makes the fabric surface even more compact and durable. What is particularly important here is that the higher yarn insert weight leads to a higher pile density of up to 300,000 pimples/sqm and only marginally to a higher pile height, which would have a negative impact on ball bounce behaviour! A higher yarn weight is by no means an equivalent substitute for our highly elastic, filler-free polymer coating!

In 1999, Schöpp-Sportboden GmbH launched the Slide quality, the first textile tennis floor with a loop structure, an absolute product innovation on the market. The revolutionary advantage of this generation of surfaces was that the larger amount of granules required for playing with profiled tennis shoes is held much better thanks to the pronounced loop structure. The distinctive rubber structure ensures even gliding behaviour when playing with profiled shoes! In 2010, we further developed the structure of our structured loop granule surface. The new herringbone structure Winner is characterised by a particularly coarse structure for an even more sustainable, uniform granule distribution and very sand-like ball bounce properties. With a yarn count of 1,000 g/sqm and 256,000 N/sqm, proven on approx. 1,000 Slide and Winner pitches, SCHÖPP® Winner has an extremely high-quality tuft construction.

Polyurethane is an ideal material for indoor sports floors. The usage of an undercoat of rubber granules or polyurethane foam allows for the increase or decrease of shockabsorbing values. Polyurethane’s mechanical resistance gives versatility to the surface. The upper layers can be easily renovated.