{"id":3557,"date":"2026-10-19T16:05:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T14:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/lexikon\/small-sided-pitch\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T09:41:24","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T08:41:24","slug":"small-sided-pitch","status":"publish","type":"lexikon","link":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/small-sided-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Small-Sided Pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Small-sided pitches<\/strong> (also known as mini-pitches) are significantly smaller than a regular football field. They are often enclosed by boards and surfaced with artificial grass so that they can be used year-round with minimal maintenance. <\/p>\n<h2>Typical Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>compact area, often with boards and ball-stop fencing<\/li>\n<li>small goals, sometimes permanently integrated into the boards<\/li>\n<li>artificial grass surface, often infilled with <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/silica-sand\/\">sand<\/a><\/li>\n<li>popular at schools, in parks, and on club grounds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Maintenance<\/h2>\n<p>Freely accessible small-sided pitches in particular are subject to intensive use. Leaves, litter, and compacted <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/infill-filling-material\/\">infill<\/a> should be regularly removed or loosened \u2013 find out more under <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/services\/artificial-grass-cleaning\/\">Artificial Grass Cleaning<\/a>. See also <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/youth-football-pitch\/\">Youth Pitch<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/lexikon\/kickabout-pitch\/\">Kickabout Pitch<\/a>.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small-sided pitch is a compact sports area, usually with artificial grass and boards, for football and other ball games in schools, clubs, and residential areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3557","lexikon","type-lexikon","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/3557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/lexikon"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/lexikon\/3557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topgreen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}