What size should the surfacing be?
The Standard recognizes that children usually fall away from equipment and so the greater the height the greater the surface needs to extend from the equipment. To find out how far the surfacing should extend, measure the height above the ground of the highest point from which the body is normally supported (on overhead bars and similar items this would be the height of the hand grip). This is the maximum fall height (mfh). The surface should extend for 1.5m PLUS 2/3rds of the excess of the mfh above 1.5m. The surface needs to extend a minimum of 1.5m.
