Sporttech deals with textile materials used for sports and leisure purposes. There has been a huge increase in sports participation globally over the last 15 years. This has led to the development of specialized sportswear to meet the needs of different sports. Sportswear fabrics must regulate heat and moisture, dry quickly, be breathable, durable, and lightweight. Common materials include polyester, nylon, cotton, and lycra. Key classifications of sportech include sportswear, sports accessories like nets and turfs, and sports goods like balls, racquets, and shoes.

1. SPORTTECH

2. Technical Textiles-Global Scenario

3. Market research
• Over the last 15 years there has been a huge increase in participation
in active sports all over the world.
• Increase in the participation in sports activity is accompanied by the
development of appropriate of sports wear tailored to meet different
requirement of different sports.
• It is predicted that expenditure on sports will grow with a CAGR of
8.9%, from US$ 1 billion in 2005 to US$ 6 billion in 2025.
• In the global scenario, Mobiltech, Indutech and Sportech are
predominant segments which collectively constitute about 56% of
total global consumption of technical textiles.
• Meditech, Sportech , Geotech and Oekotech are smaller size but wiil
be the fastest growing segments, over next 3 years.
Market Demand of Sport Tech

4. Market research
• SPROTTECH: It is one of the branch of Technical Textiles which deals
with the textile materials used for the sports and leisure purpose.
• Examples of sport-tech are: aerobic clothing, athletic
clothing, football clothing, cricket clothing,
games shorts, gloves, jackets, pants, shirts, shorts, socks, sweatshirts,
swimwear and tennis clothing, sails, trampolines, camping gear,
leisure bags, bikes and rackets, athletic shoes, football boots, gym
shoes, tennis shoes and walking boots
What is Sport Tech??

5. Examples of Sport Tech

6. What happens when you play sports?
• Move easily.
• Get hot
• Get cold
• Sweat
• Sweat can lead to you getting cold
• Get dirty
• Rubbing/chaffing
• Possible falls, knocks etc.
• It might rain, windy, sunny, snowy.
• Day and night visibility
• You might need keys or money
What happens when you play sports??

7. What happens when you play sports?
• The protection/safety functions to protect wearers from adverse weather
(wind, rain and snow, etc).
• The comfort function which gives wear comfort (thermo-physiological
comfort, skin sensorial comfort, body movement comfort) to wearers
• The exercise function to assist positively improvement of athletic records
and attainment of one’s target.
• Aestheti appeal and high fashion ability.
REQUIREMENTS

8. Sports wear
Sports
Accessories
Sports
Goods
CLASSIFICATION OF SPORTTECH

9. • These are the apparels which have performance
enhancement such as moisture management, comfort, anti-
bacterial, etc. Eg: Sportswear- Sports shirts, athletic wear,
sport shoes, exercise wear, sport Jersey, gloves, etc.
Sports wear
• The sport accessories comprise of nets, turfs, rings,
etc which provide requisite playing conditions.
Sports
Accessories
• These are the active sport Items for specific sport
like inflatable balls for volley ball football and rugby,
hockey sticks, golf club, etc
Sports Goods
CLASSIFICATION OF SPORTTECH

10. What happens when you play sports?
In sports, previously a traditional apparel textile was used. For that the player has to
face so many problems such as:
• Sweating – which stick the fabric with body
• Feeling hot during run
• Improper stretch ability
• Extra weight of the fabric
• Give protection to body skin during fall on the ground
• Inadequate fabric for fluid resistance for swimmer Windproof, waterproof fabric
for sailor
• Light weight shoe with proper strength & air circulation
• High tenacity & resistance to abrasion for the skiwear uniform
• Improper gripping of the shoes during run etc.
Problems Occurred Using Traditional Apparel in Sports

11. Required
• Optimum heat and moisture regulation.
• Rapid moisture absorption and conveyance capacity
• Good air and water permeability
• Prevention of a long term feeling of dampness
• Low water absorption of the layer of clothing facing the skin
• Quick drying fabric to prevent catching cold.
• Pleasant to skin, soft, non-abrasive and non-chafing.
• Dimensionally stable even when wet
• Durable
• Lightweight
• Soft and pleasant touch
• Easy care
• Smart and functional design
Required Properties for Sportswear

12. Sportswear Required Function
1. Shirts for tennis, volleyball, golf,
football, rugby, base ball uniform, track suits
Sweat absorption, fast drying, cooling
2. Skiwear, windbreaker, rain wear Vapour permeability, water proofing
3. Skiwear, windbreakers, track suits Sunlight absorbing and thermal retention
4. Swimming race and skating costume, ski
jump and downhill skiing suits, cycling costumes
Low fluid resistance (for water and air)
5. Swimwear, leotards, skating costume. Stretch ability, opacity
6.Skiwear, snowboard wear, football and base
ball uniform
High tenacity, heat melt resistance to abrasion
Required Functions On Different Sportswear

13. Textile Materials Used For Sportswear
• Polymer
• Phase change Materials: Phase Change" materials (PCM)” are being developed for
sportswear. This means that they contain a chemical that changes from being a liquid to a gel at
around body temperature. These are used in cold weather protect clothing like gloves, boots and
hats. The paraffin, which is available in different recipes with various melting points, is referred to
the phase change material. When the capsules are heated, the paraffin liquidifies and heat
energy is stored. When the environment cools, the paraffin crystallizes again, releasing heat.

14. Textile Materials Used For Sportswear
• Shape Memory polymers material
• It can remember and retain its shape or return to a previous form. A
garment made from these shape memory polymers is able to sense
changes in the surroundings environment; and can evaluate
intelligently and control its response to ensure the highest level of
comfort.

15. Textile Fibres Used For Sportswear
Polyester,
Cotton,
Carbon,
Lycra
Nylon,Polypropylene
Special fibre
• Hygra – sheath-core type (water
absorbing polymer
and nylon)
• Lumiac - polyester filaments (0.5 - 2.0 denier per filament) with irregular cross sections
• Dryarn – Recyclable polypropylene micro fibre

16. Textile Fibres Used For Sportswear
• Killat N - Nylon hollow filament, the hollow portion is about 33% of each
cross section of filament which gives good water absorbency and warmth
retentive property.
• Roica and Leofeel N – roica is polyether type spandex and Leofeel is soft
nylon66.Combination of Roica and Leofeel N in mixed knitted tricot fabric
gives soft touch and excellent stretch. Suitable for swimming wear.

17. • The following fabrics are commercially available for sports wear.such as
• Knitted fabric
• Woven fabric
• Nonwoven fabric
But These fabrics differ in their structure such as entrapped air, pore shape and size, bulk and surface
properties etc. For sportswear, knitted fabrics are preferred as these fabrics have greater elasticity and
stretch ability compared to woven fabric, which provide unrestricted freedom of movement and
transmission of body vapour to the next textile layer in the clothing system.
Layered Fabrics:
• Layered fabrics became common for active sportswear. Two layer or three layer fabrics are most
commonly used for thermos physiological regulation and give better performance than single layer
fabric.
Types of Fabric used for Sportswear

18. Figure 1 Two layered type fabric structure
for active wear
Figure 2 Three layered type fabric structure for
active wear
In Two layered fabric
Inner layer next to the skin is to wick away the perspiration
rapidlyprovides comfort by keeping the skin dry. In this layer, a
synthetic material with good moisture transfer properties, e.g.
polyester, nylon, acrylic or polypropylene is used.
outer layer, which absorbs and dissipates it rapidly to the
atmosphere by evaporation. A material which is good absorber
of moisture, e.g. cotton, wool, viscose rayon or their blends
can be used in this layer
In Three layered fabric
Inner layer provides comfort by keeping the skin dry. Also
called base layer or first layer.
Mid layer provides warmth. Also called insulating layer. The
use of superfine or micro fibre yarn enables production of
dense fabrics leading to more effective capillary action, with
better thermo-physiological regulation
Outer layer protects from wind and water and also works
protection over other two layer.
Types of Fabric used for Sportswear

19. Sports textile has versatile use. Some uses of Sports Textile are given below
• Sports composites Tents for sports
• Swimming costume
• Sleeping bags
• Sports equipment
• Cycling
• Golf
• Tennis
• Mountaineering, Skiing,
• Cricket, etc.
• Artificial turf
• Ballooning fabrics
• Parachute fabrics
• Sail cloth
• Sports nets
• Sports footwear
APPLICATIONS OF SPORTSWEAR FABRICS

20. Trade Name of Sports wear
1.Coolmax 9.Watermagic
2.Lumiace 10.Gore-tex
3.Dryarn 11.EntrantGH
4.KillatN 12.SYPMPATEX
5.Triactor 13.ISOFIX–super
6.Dri-release 14. Sport wool
7.Naiva
8.Fieldsensor

21. Leadin brands available for sports garment
Ck Products
Adidas
Puma
Reebok
Nike
Decathlon

22. Sport Brand

23. SPORTS ACCESSORIES
Efficient and durable sporting items providing designated playing conditions for the targeted
sports, viz. Artificial turfs, Sport nets, rings etc.

24. • Manufactured from synthetic fibres, and made to look and perform
like a natural grass surface. Pile fibres of polyethylene, polypropylene,
nylon-6 or nylon-6, 6 are knitted as backing using flat-bed knitting
machine
• It was named as ChemGrass and as it was first installed in 1966 at the
indoor baseball stadium, the Houston Astrodome in Texas, US
ARTIFICIAL TURF

25. ARTIFICIAL TURF
Benefits for using artificial turf Risks for artificial Turf

26. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NET
• Dimensional stability is important - Heat stabilized nettings
• Aesthetic is very important
• Resistance to UV
• Indore nets – F. R. is important
• Antifungal property is often asked
Knotted Braided
Twisted knotless
Square MeshDiamond Mesh Knotted twisted Ultra Cross

27. DIFFERENT TYPES OF NETS
Product
features
Twine
Size (mm)
Color Mesh opening
size
Dimensions Side &
Bottom
Material of
construction
Badminton
nets
0.75 Black 20mm 24 x 2.5 ft Black PVC tape
(width 20 mm +
20 mm)
HDPE, P.P., Cotton &
Nylon
Tennis Nets 3.5 - 45mm 42 x 4 Ft Black vinyl coated
fabric (width
=63mm + 63mm)
HDPE , UV heated-
Machine knotted
Volley Ball Nets 3 to 4 - 100 mm 9.5 x 1 Mtr PVC coated
fabric
HDPE, P.P.,Nylon
Soccer Goal
Nets
7 to 10 - 5 inch 24 x 8 x 6ft - HDPE, P.P.,
Nylon
Handball
Nets
- - 4 inch 2 x 3 x 1 mtr - HDPE & P.P.
Cricket nets - - 2 to 3 inches 100 x 10ft,
100 x 12ft,
100 x 15ft
- HDPE & P.P.

28. SLEEPING BAG
• Sleeping bags are used as protective bags and also like closed blanket with
zipper during climbing, camping, hiking etc. Its main object is to protect
from chill wind and to provide thermal insulation as well.
• Outer fabric: These are almost exclusively synthetic materials which are
windproof and usually have a water-repellent coating
• Inner fabric: Synthetic fabrics (especially Nylon) are used predominantly
• Filling: Weight and pack size, for a given amount of warmth, are two of
the key considerations when choosing a filling. The fillings are - Down,
Kapok or Synthetics

29. TENTS
• Pure cotton canvas and polyester cotton blended canvas
(Polyester/cotton 30/70 or 50/50) are the most widely used material
for making tents. Canvas cloths of 8-15 Oz per square yard are
generally used for tents.
• The camping tents are generally made of synthetic materials as they
have a higher strength to weight ratio. Nylon is a very popular
material

30. SPORTS GOODS

31. Textile Material Used For Sports Goods
BOXING EQUIPMENTS consists of
Boxing Gloves, Boxing Head Guards, Boxing
Pads, Abdominal Guard, Speed Ball, punching
Bag etc.
They are made of
• PU laminated / PVC coated fabrics, woven
polyester fabric / Nylon fabric.
• PU/PVC coated fabrics are the most
commonly used fabrics

32. Textile Material Used For Sports Goods
Cricket Gloves
• Batting gloves are made of PU laminated
fabric.
• Wicket keeping gloves are made of PVC
coated fabric as they are subject to more
wear and tear.
Helmets
A PVC thermoforming 0.5 mm thick, the
edge of which are taped to the foam
material which is polystyrene & PU.

33. Textile Material Used For Sports Goods
Sports shoes
• PVC and PU fabrics are the most widely used material for sport shoes. They are also known as
artificial Leather.
• PU fabrics have the advantage of higher breathability over PVC fabrics.
• The shoe uppers and linings account for 90-95 % of the technical textile components.
Sports shoes are made of three layer
• Upper layer made of woven nylon, PET & leather
• Middle layer of foam
• Inner layer of warp knit fabric or woven
Technology Used for Making
Upper Layer Weaving
Inner layer Warp kintting
Shoe laces Braiding