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ASB GLASSFLOOR ACCREDITED BY BASKETBALL WORLD FEDERATION

Author ASB Systembau Horst Babinsky GmbH, DE – 83371 Stein a. d. Traun, www.asbglassfloor.com Photos Georg Dürst and ASB GlassFloor

More and more municipalities, hall operators and associations are relying on the advantages of the glass sports floor by ASB GlassFloor. The decision of the basketball world association FIBA to allow the use of glass floors in level 1 competitions in spring 2022 provides additional momentum. Now ASB GlassFloor can also be used in FIBA national team and club competitions.

“We will permit the glass floor,“ said Basketball Bundesliga Managing Director Stefan Holz shortly after the FIBA decision at the “Neuland“ future congress in Aachen in June. “There are some locations that have pushed in terms of remodelling or new construction measures.“

And no wonder – after all, the glass technology offers many advantages and makes it much easier to refinance the entire project, even in municipal construction. Sustainability, digitalization, completely new training and marketing possibilities, as well as enormous flexibility in the design of the entire floor area give hall operators plenty of arguments to choose the ASB MultiSports, which also represents a great added value for athletes due to its joint-friendly properties.

The special feature: the lines are not permanently marked on the floor, but are located as LED lines underneath the glass surface. Thus, at the touch of a button, a wide variety of playing fields such as basketball, hockey, handball, badminton and volleyball can be displayed, or also many small training fields. Only the lines that are actually needed are displayed. Gone are the days of the big line confusion.

When school sports, professional training, sporting events and cultural events often have to be accommodated under one roof in the halls, this flexibility provides a decisive advantage. The durability of an ASB GlassFloor is over 70 years, on which you can easily hold school sports in the morning, a handball match in the afternoon and a concert in the evening. In between, all you have to do is change the lines on the touch screen and perhaps damp mop the floor if necessary.

The multi-purpose use and profitability calculation were ultimately the decisive arguments that recently also convinced the Miltenberg district administration. In spring 2023, the Untermainhalle in Elsenfeld, where the traditional handball club TV Großwallstadt plays its home games, will receive a glass floor by ASB GlassFloor. After 15, at the latest after 20 years, the high-tech floor will have paid back the investment thanks to its significantly longer service life and lower maintenance costs.

The certified sports floor is FIBA, FIVB and IHF accredited and complies with the European standard EN 14904:2006 for area-elastic sports floors. Due to its elasticity and nature, among other things due to the ceramic dots burnt into the glass surface, it offers perfect conditions for the health of the athlete. The risk of injury due to burning friction after a fall is also much lower.

In addition to the “ASB MultiSports“, there is also the second floor variant “ASB LumiFlex“. Here, the entire floor is underlaid with LEDs and there are even more possibilities for use.