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This study was conducted to clarify the differences in sprint and change of direction performances on different futsal flooring systems (area-elastic (AE) vs. combined-elastic (CE)). Eight recreational athletes were recruited to perform the 505-agility test on three different EN 14904-certified futsal playing surfaces (AE, CE1 and CE2). All participants wore an identical footwear during the test. Timing-gate systems were utilized to record the time of 5-m sprint run-up and the change of direction components from the agility test. Participants were also requested to evaluate the perceived shoe-surface overall traction performance after each trial. The differences of performance across all surfaces were analyzed by one-way ANOVA repeated measures (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Results revealed that there was significant difference in change of direction performance between CE1 and CE2 surfaces (<i>p</i> = 0.04). It was also found that the mean score of the perceived traction performance evaluated by the participants were significantly different across all surfaces (<i>p</i> < 0.05).