A Multi Use Games Area is a sports area where a wide variety of sports can be played. Technically, any sports area that can be used all year round for at least two of the following sports: tennis, netball, basketball, and five-a-side football, can be called a Multi-Use Games Area.
The sports governing bodies at different levels advocate the use of MUGAs, as maintaining separate grass sports pitches for different sports is a costly affair. There are plenty of options available in sports surfaces for MUGAs, each having different characteristics. For instance, polymeric surfaces can be used for sports such as five-a-side football, basketball, netball etc. These surfaces are designed to offer enough shock absorption to the players. Similarly, a porous macadam surface is ideal for sports such as tennis, basketball, netball etc.
Another popular type of sports surface for a Multi Use Games Area is synthetic turf. Made of synthetic fibres, the carpet is usually sand filled or sand dressed with a shock pad laid beneath the turf for shock absorbancy. Such surfaces are suitable for playing a wide variety of sports, including hockey, five-a-side football, lacrosse, and many more. These surfaces are also ideal as athletics tracks or for general training sessions. Synthetic athletic surfaces have become a common feature of many sports facilities.
For deciding the type of sports surface for a Multi Use Games Area, it is first important to decide which sports would be played on it and at what level. Multi-coloured markings are also an important feature of the sports surface constructed for a MUGA.
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