A sprung floor is a floor that absorbs shocks through it’s design. Such floors are considered the best available for dance and indoor sports and physical education. They enhance performance and greatly reduce injuries. Modern sprung floors are supported by foam backing or rubber feet, while traditional floors provide their spring through bending woven wooden battens. Many dance halls with sprung hard wood floors date back to the early 20th century.

Modern sprung floors are designed to dampen bounce and so are sometimes called semi-sprung. A spring floor on the other hand is a type of floor designed to provide bounce; they are used for floor exercises in gymnastics, martial arts, tumbling, and  cheerleading.

Sprung floor, the term,  more often refers to a floor that insulates against noise or a raised floor with ducts and wires underneath.

The sprung floor goes underneathe the dance or marley floor which is the top surface area of the dance floor.  The sprung floor is normally referred to as the sub-level floor.  The top surface is normally referred to as the marley floor and has a speed rating based on the slickness of the surface.

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