An Indoor practice facility is a specialized structure designed to provide athletes with a controlled environment for training and practice sessions indoors. The sports are typically outdoor sports such as football, soccer, track and field, baseball/ softball, lacrosse, ultimate Frisbee, rugby, and pickleball. The facility can also include a weight room, locker rooms, and storage space for sports equipment. The field is typically synthetic turf and line marks can be drawn for the multi-purpose facility. [1]
List of indoor practice facilities
- LSU Indoor Practice Facility
- Don Hutson Center - Green Bay Packers practice facility
- Jones-Hill House - Maryland College Park
- UPMC Rooney Sports Complex - Pittsburgh facility for both the Steelers and ( NCAA) Pittsburgh Panthers
- Virginia Mason Athletic Center - Seattle Seahawks
- Training Facility at Nova Southeastern University - former Miami Dolphins indoor facility in a blow up bubble
- Halas Hall - Chicago Bears
- Twin Cities Orthopedics Performance Center - Minnesota Vikings
Baseball/softball
Baseball and softball indoor practice facilities can have a marked infield, batting cages, drop down nets, portable pitchers mound, and pitching machines. [2]
Track and field
An indoor track can be placed around a shortened football field, like the E.J. Nutter Training Facility for the Kentucky Wildcats football, [3] or modified tracks with sharper corners can be installed, or other types of multi-purpose surfaces could be placed inside the track.
See also
- Tension fabric building - inexpensive building type to house an indoor practice facility
- American football