Hook & loop Hacks for your Sports & Gym Equipment…
If you love to keep active, then there’s no doubt you own every piece of sports equipment there is, but all these activities come with a downfall – where on earth are you meant to store everything?
From outfits to sports gear, storing this can be more tiring than a morning work out.
We’ve come up with five handy organisation hacks for your sports gear to ensure you spend more time on the field and less time sorting your sports apparatus
Sports Equipment Storage Tips and more……
1. Label your Sports Gear + a quick method of applying numbers for sports purposes.
If you play multiple sports, its a good idea to have a gym bag for each activity for easy organisation.
Then when its time for training, just grap your bag and go.
Top tip ; Make your own Gym bag labels using a square piece of fabric and fabric pens. Then you can easily fix your tag directly to the bag usingVELCRO® Brand Stick on for Fabrics. Peel and stick one strip to your label and one to the bag. Then you can change your bag labels easily in the future by just creating a new tag.
…. the same product can also be used as a quick method for numbering……
Want a quick method of numbering your players on the field or for a Quick fast method of labelling those Netball bibs??
All you need to do is use VELCRO® Stick On for Fabric ovals.
They can be used for any quick attachment required on clothing in the requirement of sports, from numbering participants – in Running races or triathalons to Temporary Netball bibs or other sport tactics that need numbering….
All you have to do is peel the Oval Velcro off and stick it on to clothing and back of the tag/label.
The Velcro can easily be removed after the game, but it also will be permanent on garment if desired.
Designed to stay stuck on fabric if left on for a period of time and is washable and will not come off garment.
2. Hang up Bulky sports equipment
One of our top organisation hacks is to use these VELCRO® Brand Easy hang straps to store Large and heavy items. They’re strong enough to hold up heavy bikes, hockey sticks, right through to the School Gymnastics equipment.
These can be easily hung from hooks in your garage or School sports equipment room.
The possibilities here are endless…..
For Smaller items like bats and balls store them in a netted bag that you can easily hang up with a VELCRO® Brand Easy Hang Strap as well. The netting will allow you to see everything inside, so that finding what you need is quick and easy.
Top Tip ; Keep related items together to prevent loosing track of them. For example, roll up your swimming cap and attach it to your goggles strap using a VELCRO® Brand ONE-WRAP Tie.
Keep your Yoga and Pilates Mat tidy using our Hi Viz Orange Straps
To Purchase these straps just click on the Red – this is a link which will take you straight to the product – providing quick buy on line simplicity
3. Use VELCRO® hook to attach Gym
mats in place or to mark out floors
Some people buy Expensive Sports marking tape, but this is not at all necessary, you can use V-Tapes Brightly Neon Coloured VELCRO® Brand Sew-on HOOK only tape in 25 mm or 50 mm widths to mark out special starting points and different positions. The hook side of the VELCRO tape grips into the loop pile carpet, and can be repositioned and used again and again.
A fantastic reusable Sports marking tape.
4. Bundle up sports Gear for Quick release when required using ONE-WRAP®
Bundle up all the Rhythmic Gymnastics gear, like ribbons, hoop rings etc using ONE-WRAP® continuous Tape or QWIK TIES® Tape can be used to bundle any articles together, for quick release at any time. If there is any products which you wish to test first, please do not hesitate to ask
The picture below shows how easy it is to hold down carpet
or carpet tiles in place on your Gym floor using
VELCRO® Brand Extra thin hook & loop tape.
Using this method to hold the carpet in place on your Gym
floor at special school events is a Quick and Reusable
system.
5. Protect your School Gym floors
Use your gym-hall floor for events — protect the floor — TRANSFORM the gym into an auditorium or events centre.
Improve the acoustics
Save on maitenance
Extend the life of the floor from stiletto heels etc
Hold down and keep carpet or carpet tiles in place on your Gym floor using VELCRO® Brand Extra thin hook & loop tape.
Using this method to hold the carpet in place on your Gym floor at special school events is a Quick and Reusable system.
Alternatively you can use our Expotape, this easily holds our Expocarpet in place
