Sports fabrics in sports equipment are performance-based fabrics that can offer protection, comfort and durability in active and impact intensive activities. These fabrics are an important component of the contemporary gear system and equipment.
The main sports textile technologies of sports equipment gear entail high-tenacity fabrics, spacer textiles, coated materials, mesh structures, and impact-resistant composites. The common source materials consist of polyester, nylon, aramid fibers and performance blends in sports clothing and protective systems.
The sports textiles find their extensive application in sports equipment, athletic equipment, and sports goods as padding, reinforcement, ventilation, and impact absorbing purposes. It has been used as linings, straps, protective inserts and structural fabric in sports items.
Sports textile gear applications are of types, which are protective padding, reinforcement layers in outdoor sports equipment, breathable panels and lightweight fabric systems in outdoor sports gear.