The kind and characteristic of tennis court

Today, I want to write about tennis court. Of course I think that you know the tennis court. However, a tennis court has kind and characteristic you do not know. So I will write about kind and characteristic of the tennis court.

~kind and characteristic~

 The kind of the tennis court is distinguished in used material mainly. There are six main tennis courts, they are called omni, hard, clay, carpet, en-tout-cas and glass court each. High speed and bound of ball are different by a court. Let’s explain each court.

(1)  Omni court

Material: Artificial turf with sand      Ball speed: Slow     Bound of ball: Low

 The ball bound as slip and spring is bad. There is relatively little irregular, and is easy to use it very much. There are few burdens to a foot and it is relatively cheap. Furthermore, it is strong in the rain. So it is used by high school tennis club and society tennis club.

(2)  Clay court

Material: Soil      Ball speed: Slow     Bound of ball: High

 The ball jump while slowing down after bouncing. The bound is high. Clay court maintenance is difficult. In the rough clay court, irregular appears one after another. Because the maintenance cost of the tennis court is considerably cheap. So it is used mainly by student tennis club.

(3)  Hard court

Material: Concrete      Ball speed: Fast     Bound of ball: Very high

 The ball bounds very highly. Because the burden to a foot is considerably big, the person with the uneasiness should stop it to a waist. By practicing with this court, I can catch fast balls. Because management is easy, hard court is seen in Japan for rent court.

(4)  Carpet court

Material: carpet     Ball speed: Fast     Bound of ball: Very low

 Carpet court is seen at an indoor tennis school and a relatively rare tennis court. If there are not exclusive tennis shoes, you slip and in danger. Because a ball does not bound, the ball which it is easy to hit comes for the woman. Because it is easy to fall down, you have to careful about steps.

(5)  Glass court

Material: Glass     Ball speed: Very fast     Bound of ball: Low

 The ball jump to slip than Omni court. It is the court of the highest speed. Because of glass exchange, maintenance cost is very expensive. So you can rarely see it. For the high maintenance cost, there is many it in the developed country.

(6)  En-tout-cas court

Material: Porcelain clay     Ball speed: Slow      Bound of ball: High

 It is a rare court made with the powder of the brick. A ball is easy to bound, but stalls after bouncing. There is much irregular. Drainage is good, and the ground is kinder to a knee and a waist than hard court softly. It is used most in France, and the French Open Tennis Championships uses this court.

↓En-tout-cas court

↑Carpet court

 

 

 

 

There are various kinds even if I say tennis court. When all of you will watch a tennis court in future, please pay attention to material.

 

That’s enough for today. See you next week. Bye-bye.