Sports performance centre Sportpark Hannover
The Hanover Sports Park is the largest combined sports area in a major city in Germany. The area around the sports performance centre, Erika Fisch Stadium and the stadium pool is approx. 45 hectares in size.
The Sports performance centre (SLZ) is equipped with a 50m swimming pool and is a national centre for water polo. The SLZ also has an athletics hall with a 200m running track and a 100m running tube. The sports hall can be divided into 4 segments, whereby one segment is equipped with a long jump and pole vault facility, so that optimal training conditions for competitive sports can be found even in the cold season.
Training facilities at the sports performance centre
Judo Dojo
- 21 x 25 m
- 450 m² mat surface on sprung floor
- Suspension bridge
Indoor swimming pool
- 25 x 50 m pool
- 10 x 50m lanes
- For water polo, can be separated into three or two parts by throwing nets
- Underwater window
Athletics hall
- 90 x 40 m, four-way separable
- 200 m circular track with adjustable curves, 4 lanes
- Throwing area, high jump and pole vault facility, long jump pit
Sprint hose
- 130 m length
- 5 lanes
Erika Fisch Stadium
- 400m circular track, sprint track
- Pole vault, long throw, shot put and long jump facility
- Lawn
- small grandstand
Gymnasium
- 41 x 22 m
- Permanently installed video analysis
- Force measuring stations rings and high bar
- Moscow floor, lifting floor, large trampoline, scavenger pit, ballet bars
Trampoline hall
- 16 x 18m
- 3 fixed Ultimate trampolines
- Video analysis
- Tumbling track, jumping pit, mirror wall, ballet bars
Weight room 1
- 8 lifting platforms for training with the barbell
- Strength equipment for the upper and lower extremities
- Pulleys and dumbbells up to 50 kg
- approx. 152 m²
Weight room 2
- 3 lifting platforms for training with the barbell
- Equipment-based strength training for the lower extremities
- approx. 65 m²
Weight room 3
- Wheelchair-accessible training equipment
- Strength equipment for the upper and lower extremities
- Barbells, dumbbells up to 50 kg and pulleys
- approx. 105 m²
Weight room 4
- 4 lifting platforms for barbell training
- Equipment-based strength training for the upper and lower extremities
- Pulleys and dumbbells up to 50 kg
- Treadmill, rowing and cycle ergometers
- Open space for mobility and stability training
- 2 force plates with video feedback
- approx. 297 m²
Boxing hall
- 20 x 20 m
- 1 high ring, 2 flat rings
- Sandbag training
- Box measuring station
Multi-purpose hall
- 10 x 20 m
- Multifunctional area, e.g. for para-badminton and wheelchair basketball
Info and source: https://www.osp-niedersachsen.de/standort-hannover/sportstaetten/
Cover picture: © City of Hanover