3 Safety and Hygiene Tips for Locker Rooms and Showers
For pro and amateur athletes, the locker room is just as important as the field or the court. The locker room is the heart of team camaraderie and game strategies while the shower provides laughter and an endless list of inside jokes.
You don’t need expensive and fancy equipment to make your athletes happy. The challenge is to keep everything in good working order to satisfy your team’s needs.
Rubber mulch is an affordable and efficient item to consider when you plan out your locker room. Below are 3 tips that show you how rubber mulch can maximize your budget and keep your athletes safe and happy.
1. Decrease the possibility of accidents
Away from the game, big burly athletes tend to engage in childlike play and banter. Injuries from accidents in the showers are common. You can easily cut out rubber mulch sheets into strips to protect athletes from slipping—from inside the shower to the changing areas. Moreover, rubber mulch strips would definitely last longer than normal shower strips. Rubber mulch comes in a wide variety of colors, so you can choose a combination that matches your team’s colors.
2. Make shoe racks available to minimize contamination
Have a separate rack for shoes and shower flip-flops. This encourages everyone to imbibe the habit of wearing flip flops to prevent the spread of diseases. Lining these racks with rubber mulch makes sure that your rack will be protected from water. Lining the shoe rack with rubbermulch also makes it easier to clean out mud and dirt.
3. Make it easy for maintenance staff to clean
Having most of your shower area and your locker room lined with rubber mulch not only protects your athletes. Doing so also makes it a lot easier for the staff to do a good job when cleaning the locker room. Installing rubbermulch is also very easy, and each installation would last you a good number of years.
