Indoor practice facility

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]

The Walter Payton Training Center, an indoor practice facility located within Halas Hall used by the Chicago Bears

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

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Shortened 60 yard football field with modified track around it

Tension fabric building with indoor practice field inside

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.

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

See also

• Tension fabric building - inexpensive building type to house an indoor practice facility
• American football

External links

• Photos of college football indoor practice facilities