Surface Friction
Surface friction is the amount of slide the surface will allow an athlete when the athlete comes to a stop.
Wood systems again rate high when considering surface friction, as they offer the proper amount of slide. Conventional synthetics tend to play much "tighter" than wood floors. They do not allow for proper "stop-slide-rotate", and this leads to knee and ankle injuries.
Due to the high durometer of the surface resin, and also the nature of the roller applied textured finish coat, the Pulastic system has virtually the same friction characteristics as wood floors. The finish has a sort of "orange peel texture", which reduces surface to surface contact between the surface and the shoe. And by being a high durometer urethane, the surface will not allow the floor to "depress" as much as softer urethanes, thereby reducing "drag". The overall effect is that pulastic and wood will play similarly.
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