Brock USA

09/21/2026

What should you look for when specifying a synthetic turf system?
It’s easy to focus on what you can see—the turf itself. But long-term field performance depends on the entire system and how its components work together.

For architects, specifiers and facility owners, some of the most important questions happen below—and within—the surface:
→ How will the system manage impact as the field ages?
→ What role does the shock pad play in consistent performance?
→ How will the infill affect heat, traction and playability?
→ What testing supports the system’s performance claims?
→ What happens when it’s time to replace the turf?
→ Can components be reused rather than replaced?

At Brock, these are the questions we’ve spent decades studying through engineering, testing and real-world field experience.
Because specifying a field shouldn’t begin with “Which product do I want?” It should begin with:
“What do I want this field to do for athletes—not just on opening day, but throughout its life?”

09/18/2026

Field of the Week Friday | Harbor Springs, Michigan

This week’s Field of the Week takes us north to beautiful Harbor Springs, Michigan, and Ottawa Field at Harbor Springs High School. Installed in 2024, this AstroTurf field features a complete system designed with athlete safety, performance, and sustainability in mind — including Brock SP17 shock pad and BrockFILL, our natural, wood-based infill. For Brock, improving the field of play means looking at the entire system and continually finding higher-performing, more sustainable solutions for athletes.

But this week, we’re doing more than showcasing the field online — we’re inviting you to experience it in person.
📅 October 12 at 11:00 AM
📍 Harbor Springs High School | Ottawa Stadium, E Main St, Harbor Springs, MI 49740

Matt Hogg, Brock USA’s VP of the Ohio Valley Region, will be hosting an on-field showcase alongside AstroTurf Great Lakes. It’s an opportunity to see the system firsthand, walk the field, and learn more about what’s beneath the turf.

Interested in attending? Reach out to Matt Hogg to join us on October 12.

We don’t make turf. We make turf safer.

Harbor Springs Public Schools AstroTurf Great Lakes Harbor Springs High School AstroTurf

https://na2.hubs.ly/H07PW-L0

09/17/2026

TECH THURSDAY | What if sports equipment could be engineered specifically for you?
3D printing is changing the way sports equipment is designed—from the shoes athletes wear to the helmets that protect them.
Additive manufacturing allows engineers to create complex structures, tune materials and geometries for specific performance characteristics, and increasingly use athlete data to rethink traditional one-size-fits-all equipment.
And it’s already happening.

Adidas (https://na2.hubs.ly/H07PyHy0) partnered with Carbon (https://na2.hubs.ly/H07PyHw0) to develop its 4D lattice midsoles, using athlete data and Digital Light Synthesis technology to tune the structure for movement and performance.

CCM Hockey (https://na2.hubs.ly/H07PyH60) uses a 3D-printed custom helmet liner created from a scan of an individual player's head. Its NEST Tech liner uses engineered geometries and densities designed to help manage and distribute impacts.

Carbon has also worked with helmet manufacturers on 3D-printed lattice structures for impact management, including custom, interchangeable fit pods used in VICIS helmets.

And the technology is moving beyond footwear and protective gear. Nike https://na2.hubs.ly/H07PyHt0 introduced FlyWeb, a 3D-printed TPU material developed for high-performance athletic apparel.

What does this have to do with the field?
More than you might think.

At Brock, we share the same fundamental question driving many of these innovations:
How can engineering, materials science and data create a better experience for the athlete?
A shoe manages forces between the athlete and the ground. A helmet manages forces during an impact. The playing surface is part of that equation, too.

That's why Brock engineers the components we bring to the turf system with athlete interaction in mind—from shock pads beneath the turf that help manage impact and provide consistency, to BrockFILL organic infill within the turf fibers that supports traction and helps manage field temperatures.

Different technology. Same bigger idea:

Don't just build equipment around the game. Engineer it around the athlete.
That’s where the future of sports technology gets really interesting.

09/16/2026

Visit our Brock USA Sales VPs at ASLA 2026 Conference American Society of Landscape Architects, Los Angeles, CA. - Booth #1855

09/15/2026

Testimonial Tuesday 🏈 Whitesboro Independent School District, TX
“Our coaches are excited about it. Our kids are excited about it. The kids can’t get enough of the field—they’ll go out there on Sundays just to run routes and play catch on their own.”
— Ryan Harper, Superintendent at Whitesboro Independent School District, TX

That might be one of our favorite ways to measure the success of a field: the kids simply want to be on it.
Whitesboro’s new football field brings together an AstroTurf synthetic turf system, BrockFILL organic infill, and a Brock SERIES ShockPad to create a field designed around the athletes who use it.

BrockFILL provides an organic alternative to traditional crumb rubber infill and helps manage field temperatures, while the Brock shock pad beneath the turf helps manage impact and deliver consistent performance across the field.

A great field takes a great team, and we’re proud to have been part of this one alongside Sports Design Group, AstroTurf, and Symmetry Turf Sports Construction.

When coaches are excited, athletes are excited, and kids are showing up on Sundays just to play catch—that’s a field doing exactly what it was built to do. ❤️🏈

Designed for performance. Engineered for athletes. Built for more play.

09/11/2026

Field of the Week Friday 🏈⚽🥍 One field. Three sports. Countless opportunities to play.

This week’s Field of the Week takes us to The Boys’ Latin School of Maryland in Baltimore, where the Upper & Lower Multisport Fields are built to keep up with athletes across football, soccer, and lacrosse.

Multisport facilities have a unique job. The surface has to transition from Friday-night football to a soccer match or lacrosse game while delivering the consistency athletes depend on every time they step onto the field.

Underneath the AstroTurf system is Brock YSR, providing a foundation designed with athlete safety and performance in mind. Because no matter what lines are painted on the field or which sport is being played, what’s underneath matters.

Football. Soccer. Lacrosse. One field built for all three.

We don’t make turf. We make turf safer.™

Boys' Latin School of Maryland

09/10/2026

Tech Thursday: What if the camera could become the sensor?

For years, measuring an athlete’s movement often meant bringing the athlete to the technology—wearable sensors, reflective markers, specialized equipment, or a controlled lab environment.

Computer vision is beginning to change that.

New markerless motion capture (MLMC) technology systems use cameras combined with artificial intelligence to identify points on an athlete’s body and track movement from video. Depending on the system and setup, researchers can analyze things like position, speed, distance, joint movement, acceleration, and other aspects of biomechanics—without requiring the athlete to wear physical markers or sensors.

And this technology is moving beyond the laboratory. Recent research has explored markerless systems during running, jumping, landing, sprinting, cutting, and other sport-specific movements. Researchers are even studying whether AI can extract player-tracking information from existing broadcast video. Link: https://na2.hubs.ly/H07KcN90

Why does that matter to the sports surfacing industry?
At Brock, we believe understanding the playing surface starts with understanding the athlete. Imagine being able to study athletes moving naturally during practices or competition and then combining that movement information with what we know about the surface beneath them.

Could we better understand how athletes accelerate, decelerate, cut, land, and change direction on different playing surfaces? Could that information help researchers ask better questions about the relationship between the athlete, footwear, turf, infill, shock pad, and entire field system?

That's where this technology gets interesting.

Markerless computer vision isn't perfect. Accuracy can vary based on camera configuration, movement, visibility, environment, and the specific technology being used, so validated research still matters. Learn more at https://na2.hubs.ly/H07KcZ20

But the direction is exciting: the field itself could increasingly become the laboratory.

And the more we can measure what athletes actually experience during play, the more information our industry has to keep Improving the Field of Play.

09/09/2026

This feels especially relevant to what we do at Brock... Putting the athlete’s interests first sounds simple. But in our industry, it can mean questioning what has always been done, challenging accepted standards, investing in research that may tell us something we didn’t expect, and sometimes choosing the harder path.

At Brock, our focus has always been pretty straightforward: athletes—their safety and their performance.

We don’t make turf. We work to make the entire playing surface better. That means asking better questions, following the science, sharing what we learn, and continuing to push for fields that perform more like great natural grass.

Simon Sinek talks about starting with WHY—about organizations being driven by a purpose beyond simply what they sell.
For us, the WHY is the athlete.

Because when a kid steps onto a field, they shouldn’t have to wonder whether someone prioritized cost, convenience, tradition, or business interests ahead of their safety.

Putting their interests before our own isn’t just good business. It’s why Brock exists.

Simon Sinek posted images on LinkedIn

09/08/2026

Testimonial Tuesday 🏈 When Windsor High School in Windsor, Colorado evaluated options for its athletic field, the goal was clear: a surface that would be playable, safe, and resilient for its student-athletes.

After considering multiple products, Athletic Director and Assistant Principal Eric Johnson says they felt BrockFILL offered the best benefit for what they wanted.

That’s what matters to us. Better fields aren’t just about what goes into the turf system—they’re about creating better places for athletes to play.

🌱 BrockFILL is a natural, organic infill used in artificial turf systems as an alternative to traditional petroleum-derived infills. At Brock, our focus remains simple: athletes, their safety, and their performance. Learn more at https://na2.hubs.ly/H07H43R0

09/03/2026

💧 TECH THURSDAY | What if a stadium could reuse the rain that falls on it?

Rain doesn’t have to be something a sports facility simply drains away.

Rainwater harvesting systems can capture water from roofs and other surfaces, store it in cisterns, and reuse it for applications such as landscape irrigation and building operations. That can reduce demand for potable water while helping facilities manage stormwater more responsibly.

One impressive example is Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta. Its stormwater system includes a 680,000-gallon cistern that harvests rainwater for landscape irrigation and cooling-tower make-up water, along with bioswales* and an underground stormwater vault. Learn more on their website: https://na2.hubs.ly/H07tjsw0

That's a lot more than saving water—it demonstrates how sports facilities can be designed as part of a community's broader sustainability and stormwater strategy.

🌧️ Collect it. Store it. Reuse it.

Q: How can sports facilities reuse rainwater?
A: Sports facilities can collect runoff from roofs and other surfaces, filter and store it in cisterns, and reuse it for appropriate non-potable applications such as landscape irrigation and certain facility operations, depending on the system design and local requirements.

💬 If you were designing the next generation of sports facilities, where would water conservation rank on your priority list?

*What is a bioswale? A bioswale is a landscape feature that collects stormwater runoff from the stadium site. The bioswales assist with the collection, cleaning, and conveyance of stormwater.

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