Project Name: School Outdoor Basketball Court Flooring at Yinchuan Jinfeng No.35

School Outdoor Basketball Court Flooring: 7400m² Best Court

The call came from a middle school in Yinchuan with a simple request: they needed an outdoor sports area their students would actually use, and they needed it to last.

I remember looking at the site plan for the first time. Seven basketball courts. Six volleyball courts. Space for badminton. Nearly 7,400 square meters of what had been bare, uneven ground. It was one of the biggest outdoor school projects I had worked on, and the stakes felt different from a typical installation. This wasn’t a backyard court for weekend games. This was going to be the main sports facility for an entire school — used by teenagers every single day, in every kind of weather Yinchuan could throw at it.

The school team had done their homework before they called us. They had looked at poured concrete, asphalt with acrylic coating, and modular tile systems. Concrete was dismissed early — in that climate, with that much daily foot traffic, they knew it would crack. Asphalt seemed cheaper on paper, but they had seen what happened to the old asphalt courts in their own neighborhood: cracks, potholes, sealcoating costs every few years, and eventually a surface that was unsafe to run on. They wanted something that would still look and play well when the students who were enrolling that year graduated.

That is what led them to the Huasutile S600.

We sent samples first. The school’s facilities director tested the bounce with an actual basketball, pressed his hand against the cushion pads, and left them outside in the sun for a week to see how they held up. The decision came back quickly: S600 tiles, the full 7,400 square meters.

Installation was a carefully planned operation. School was still in session, so we worked in phases, keeping construction noise away from classrooms and finishing sections of the complex so students could use them as soon as each area was ready. The interlocking design made this possible. No glue, no concrete trucks, no weeks of curing. Our team, working alongside the school’s maintenance staff, laid the tiles in large sections. The familiar sound of tiles clicking together became a kind of rhythm by the second week.

The reaction when the first basketball court went down was something I won’t forget. Students lined up at the edge, watching. A few asked if they could test it. We let one kid dribble across the surface, and the look on his face when the ball came back exactly where he expected — that was the moment I knew the project was going to be a success.

By the time all 13 courts were finished, the school had transformed its outdoor area into something closer to a small sports park than a standard playground. Basketball teams had dedicated courts. Volleyball players had proper space. Badminton nets went up in designated zones. And the surrounding tiled areas gave students room to sit, stretch, or just hang out between classes.

The S600 has been in daily use since the day it was installed. In Yinchuan’s hot, dry summers and cold northern winters, the tiles have held up without cracking, fading, or losing their bounce. The school’s maintenance team told me the biggest task has been sweeping leaves off the surface — nothing more. No patch repairs. No resurfacing budget line.

What I value most about this project is what it gave the students. Before, they had a dusty patch of ground. Now they have a proper multi-sport facility that looks like something from a much wealthier school district. The kids play harder, the PE teachers have more options, and the whole school has a space they are genuinely proud of.

For us, the Yinchuan Jinfeng No.35 Middle School project remains one of the strongest examples of what modular tile systems can do at scale. It proved that a school with a serious budget constraint can still build a professional-grade outdoor sports complex — not by cutting corners, but by choosing the right surface for the job.

Planning a school outdoor sports project? Contact us to discuss your site size, court layout, and tile selection.