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Welcome to the PlayerStall Blog!
Here at PlayerStall, we’re not just about crafting the best wood sports lockers in the industry—we’re about supporting athletes, teams, and organizations with insights, advice, and locker room inspiration. Our blog is your go-to resource for everything from locker room design tips and gear storage hacks to the latest trends in college and pro sports equipment.
What You’ll Find on the PlayerStall Blog
Whether you’re a coach, athlete, or facility manager, our blog covers topics that matter to you:
Locker Room Setup Tips: Discover creative ideas for maximizing locker room space and organization.
Sports Gear Storage Solutions: Learn how our wood sports lockers can keep equipment safe, dry, and organized.
Behind the Scenes: Get a look at how PlayerStall lockers are crafted and why our lockers are built to last.
Team Spotlights: See how colleges and pro teams are using PlayerStall lockers to enhance their facilities.
Why Read the PlayerStall Blog?
We’re here to give you insider tips on creating a functional, stylish locker room without breaking the bank. We know the demands placed on sports lockers and the challenges faced by teams, so our blog brings you real solutions and inspiration straight from the experts.
Check back often for the latest updates, and join us as we explore the exciting world of sports lockers and locker room design!
Athletic Lockers- Top 3 Ways of Ensuring we are free from Infections
As hockey players, cleanliness of your gear is paramount. A great and easy way to dry and organize your hockey equipment is with our hockey lockers. Keeping the lockers clean creates an environment free from bacteria which may cause infections. Why this is important is because some of this bacteria that grows in an unclean environment is harmful and could affect you or your child’s health. Some infections show signs immediately, and others take time before the symptoms are visible.
Athletic Lockers disinfection ideas
There are basic methods of maintaining cleanliness:
Ensuring that cuts are well bandaged
Regularly washing your hands
Keeping your uniform regularly cleaned and disinfected
Avoid sharing of towels
These precautions ensure basic levels of cleanliness are maintained although these practices may not be enough to ensure the environment is free from bacteria. Here are three proven ways to keep your hockey equipment clean:
Do away with all trash in your locker.
Leaving trash in your athletic locker looks bad and is ripe for bacteria. Take a minute to clean up your sports locker- everyone around you will appreciate it.
Keep Stinking gear out of your sports locker.
Avoid keeping dirty socks, shoes, shin pads, helmets and elbow pads stored in the compartment of the athletic lockers. Either wash them or spray them down with a disinfecting spray. Dirty, stinky items in your wood locker can be very infectious.
Disinfect your locker
Get rid of the unwanted items from your wood locker and ensured the items to be stored inside are clean. The last step is to disinfect your athletic lockers by cleaning it up and wiping it down, preferably with a disinfecting spray. We have a previous blog post on how to keep your hockey equipment clean using a homemade disinfecting spray- you can read about it here.
Bottom Line for keeping your sports equipment storage locker clean
Following this steps will ensure you and your teammates are well protected from harmful bacteria that could cause complications.PlayerStall gives you a variety of sports locker solutions to choose from- whether you are an amateur or professional team. Keep sports gear off the floor-. PlayerStall is the best drying rack in the market and can be used in all environments whether it’s for schools, arenas, field houses and training facilities. If you are looking for a sports equipment storage unit for your young athlete, our mudroom lockers will keep the house and garage neat and tidy.
Sports Equipment Storage: An Effective Yet Simple Solution For Killing Game-Changing Bacteria
It’s the end of an exciting game and you’re worn out and ready for a hot, relaxing shower. You throw your still-moist hockey shirt, helmet and sports gear into your sports locker and head on to the shower room.
The easy first step to keeping your equipment from getting smelly and moldy is to get it dry. Using a PlayerStall hockey locker is a simple sports equipment storage solution for getting your gear off the floor, up in the air and keeping it dry.
The most popular drying solutions are great, but you can create your very own sports equipment cleaning solution. Here’s how:
Mix in 3/4 teaspoon of bleach in 500mL of room temperature water. This solution is powerful enough to kill the most common bacteria. Make sure not to overdo the bleach part because it can damage your fabrics.
Pour the bleach-water solution into a big, flat container or a tub, then put big items such as hockey pads to soak. You can also add the solution to when you’re washing your clothes in a washing machine. Be sure to dry it out thoroughly. Don’t put bleach directly on your uniform because it can ruin your clothes.
Disinfection must be carried out if your gear or equipment has blood on it. Here’s what you’ll need:
Pour in 3 tablespoons bleach in 5L of cold water. Put on some gloves and vigorously scrub the contaminated sections until the stain is removed. Set it in a well ventilated area until it is dry.
After your equipment has been washed, you will want to make a spray so you can quickly disinfect your equipment if you don’t have the time to thoroughly wash it. Heres how:
Take a spray bottle and use 5 parts water to one part vinegar
Add a few drops of scented essential oil such as lemon or lavender
Spray all parts of your equipment and set it in a well ventilated area
This quick solution will kill harmful bacteria and bad smells.
Ensure your hockey equipment and gear will smell odorless by drying them using a PlayerStall Wood locker. PlayerStall offers simple and affordable sports equipment storage solutions to make it easy for you or your kids to break the habit of leaving all the sports gear in a bag, trunk or spread out all over the garage floor. Transform your mudroom into a neat and tidy area using a PlayerStall mudroom locker.
Keeping your sports equipment dry will preserve it for a lot longer and using a sports equipment storage locker is a quick and easy way to do it- Your sports equipment will thank you for it!
Head over to our website to check out all our equipment drying solutions: customsportslockers.com
Locker rooms in sports stadiums and athletic centers can be furnished with a variety of open access sports lockers. These units are designed to fully accommodate the storage of uniforms, day clothing, special athletic equipment, and valuables. All locker models share the same basic design, but their dimensions, special features, and material builds vary widely to accommodate different environments and different types of sports.
Professional sports stadiums, universities, and varsity high school athletic programs typically prefer the wooden sports locker models because they feature both an efficient storage design and a higher quality aesthetic more in keeping with an upbeat, positive, and winning attitude.
PlayerStall sports lockers feature three interior storage sections. There is a top shelf unit that creates a cubby area where players can store their helmets, gloves, shoes, water bottles, or other items that can be fit into its space.
Dressing room lockers also have a middle section that constitutes the bulk of their vertical space. This area is typically used to store uniforms and larger pieces of equipment. Our nickel polished hooks allow for day clothing to also be hung up neatly after athletes have changed into their uniforms.
PlayerStall sports lockers also have a foot locker compartment at the bottom that in many models doubles as a bench when the player needs to put on athletic footwear. This compartment is below the Lift up Seat and gives a lot of space to store many types of items inside.
Soccer Lockers
Serious soccer players need soccer lockers that will allow them to organize their uniforms and equipment. Uniforms should be kept neat and wrinkle free so the team can hit the field looking their absolute best. Both clothing and gear should be easily retrievable so players can quickly change. Players also need a place to sit when they put on their shoes or soccer boots, and they need a safe place to store valuables.
The open access, wooden stadium locker meets all of these needs. Consisting of four storage sections, it accommodates the needs of any soccer team of any age, academic affiliation, league, or professional organization.
The main storage area is designed like an open closet, complete with a coat hooks. This provides the players with sufficient room to store several practice uniforms, and special goalie jerseys and shorts if appropriate.
Soccer coaches and referees can store soccer cones here. For those teams who also order soccer tracksuits for players, this closet like area provides enough room at the bottom for a neatly folded tracksuit to be stored.
Even though many soccer teams play the game with soccer boots, there are many teams that also either practice or play official games in standard athletic shoes. It depends on the age group and nature of the soccer league as to which type of footgear is preferred. Open access wooden stadium lockers accommodate either or both preference.
At the top of the soccer locker is an open shelf which provides the player with the perfect place to store a pair of athletic shoes and a practice soccer ball. With this extra storage space at the top, the player always has a place to store shoes in an easy to reach place that is also out of the way of other gear and clothing.
Another remarkable feature of the open access stadium wooden soccer locker is the closed foot locker section at the bottom. This foot locker is the perfect size for professional soccer players to store their best pair of soccer boots. Players can store several pair of clean socks here, and they can also store several pair of shin guards. A separate pair of shin guards and socks can be stored on the top shelf for quick access if so desired.
This locker also plays a dual role as a locker room bench. The bottom of the foot locker slants inward at the base, allowing the player to use the top section as a small bench while putting on shin guards, shoes, or boots.
Soccer lockers are made from the highest quality birch plywood with a three coat lacquer finish to make it super moisture resistant. Lockers can be customized with locks on the foot locker storage for extra security, and they can be customized with team logos for academic and professional soccer organizations.
If you are looking for Sports Lockers for your local sports team, PlayerStall has everything you need. Contact us anytime to inquire about our Team Discounts that we offer to local sports teams.
We custom design locker rooms for Amateur and Professional Sports teams all over North America. If you are looking for that recruiting edge, give us a call and we will custom design your room free of charge. Our lockers look great and are built to last. We back up that promise with a lifetime guarantee on all our sports lockers. Click here to see some of the recent projects we have completed.
Click here to see our lineup. Contact us directly for our Team Order Discount price list.
So you have spent a lot of money on your sports equipment and now the challenge is to find some sports equipment storage for it. If your new equipment is not taken care of so it can completely dry, it will quickly breakdown and start to smell really bad. The answer to this problem is a sports locker from PlayerStall.
Sports equipment is very expensive so we have the solution to keep it off the floor and dry, and organized. Your equipment, whether it be hockey equipment, ringette equipment, lacrosse equipment, football equipment, baseball equipment or basketball equipment, will be ready to go when it is game time.
Our sports lockers are made with the strongest and best materials and are built to last well beyond your sports playing career. Our wood lockers are made with full ¾” wood and all our hardware is made with brushed nickel to ensure the strength and look of our sports equipment storage unit.
You have spent a lot of time and money researching the best sports equipment on the market. Now that you have bought the perfect pieces, it’s time to protect your sports equipment. We have the most affordable, high quality athletic lockers in the business to keep your equipment lasting years to come. Whether you want a storage solution for your garage, mudroom or professional locker room, PlayerStall has many custom solutions to fit any high impact environment. Call us anytime to discuss your particular room and let us solve your sports equipment storage needs.
If you are an amateur or professional sports team looking to improve your locker room at a very affordable price, give us a call to receive our Team order discounts. Nobody in the industry can offer the quality and price like we can- Our price and quality can not be matched.
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