Courts/Lighting
May 2008
Building Boom
The upsurge in tennis is providing more building and renovating opportunities, but court builders need to market themselves now.
April 2008
Quality Construction
Distinguished Facility-of-the-Year Awards. The outdoor hard-court winners demonstrate excellence on a grand scale.
March 2008
2008 Court Construction and Maintenance Guide
Whether you're a court builder, facility manager, teaching pro, coach, community tennis volunteer or otherwise involved in the tennis business, you'll find our Court Construction Guide — produced with our partner, the American Sports Builders Association — full of...
Building Blocks
In court construction, expect more surface changes, courts specifically for beginning players, and "green" tennis facilities.
'Green-Up' Your Facility
Being eco-friendly means more than just recycling cans and bottles. For tennis facilities, there are plenty of ways to help save the planet. You recycle your aluminum cans and your newspapers. You eschew those plastic bags the grocery stores...
Teaching Aid
As programs for beginners increase, consider putting in courts specifically for teaching tennis.
Solid foundation
Is a post-tensioned concrete court right for your facility? It's time to add that new hard court to your facility. You've been hearing a lot about post-tensioned concrete courts, but you're just not certain. From your research, you've learned...
July 2007
Lee Tennis to Host Indoor Clay Court Conference
Lee Tennis, the manufacturer of Har-Tru, will host its Fourth Annual Conference on Indoor Clay Courts on Aug. 27 and 28 in Syosset, N.Y. The purpose of the conference is to bring together leading experts on indoor clay courts to...
New Surface for 2008 Australian Open
The court surface at the 2008 Australian Open will no longer be Rebound Ace, Tennis Australia officials announced in May. Reports indicate that the Aussie Open will use Plexicushion, an acrylic composition manufactured by U.S.-based California Products Corp. Tournament Director...
NGI Sports Offers Eco-Friendly Courts
Tennis courts are going "green." And we're not just talking about the color. For the past nine years, NGI Sports of Chattanooga, Tenn., has been applying "environmentally sensitive" methods for manufacturing and installing tennis courts, using recycled and sustainable materials....
June 2007
New Fabric Structure for Tennessee Club
Baseline Sports Construction of Knoxville, Tenn., recently completed its fourth project using a structure supplied by Universal Fabric Structures. The new project was the four courts of the Centre Court Racquet Club in Louisville, Tenn. Unlike other fabric structure...
N.Y.C. Campus Gets Classic Turf Surface
Rockefeller University in New York City recently converted a 100-year-old concrete parking garage deck into a tennis court using the Classic Turf System, a cushioned sheet-goods surface system. The Classic Turf engineering department redesigned the drainage system, among other...
May 2007
ITA Picks Deco, Plexipave as Official Surfaces
DecoTurf and Plexipave have been named as the official tennis surfaces of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association and will provide ITA member coaches an incentive to choose their surface systems. "I think our members and coaches will benefit greatly from...
Welch Tennis Offers Clay Court Seminars
Welch Tennis Courts Inc. is again offering its Clay Court Maintenance Seminars for club managers, tennis pros, and maintenance personnel. The all-day program is designed to give participants a working knowledge of Har-Tru courts. Seminar cost is $159 per...
April 2007
Fine Points
For these seven residential court winners, construction excellence is all in the details.
Safe & Sound
Accidents, injuries, and lawsuits can devastate your business. Here's how you can help reduce problems that might crop up at your facility.
March 2007
Comfort Level
Make your tennis facility friendly for beginning players and you'll have them coming back for more — and bringing their friends.
2007 Court Construction & Maintenance Guide
There are a number of factors to consider when deciding what tennis court accessories and amenities to add.
2007 Court Construction & Maintenance Guide
We call this our "Court Construction Guide," but it's not just for court builders. Facility managers and owners, teaching pros, Community Tennis Associations, public park personnel — each will find useful articles and advice, designed to help you build...
Maintenance Planner
With regular maintenance, your facility, courts, and accessories should hold up for a long time. Here's what you need to do:*
Setting the Pace
The USTA's technical staff uses equipment that measures the pace of tennis courts so play is always consistent.
Common Bonds
For these eight soft-court award winners, construction excellence is the tie that binds.
February 2007
Nice Touch
Cushioning comes into play for these hard-court award-winners.
January 2007
Mark of Distinction
RSI and the ASBA bring you the best in tennis court construction.
Lee's Facility Analysis Survey Offers 'Roadmap' for Court Owners
Confused about how to improve the performance of your clay courts? Looking for a long-range plan to upgrade your facility, but don't know where to begin? Is your facility seeing the effects of age, and you're not sure just...
September 2006
A Class Room
This indoor award winner is alone at the top.
May 2006
Clay Courts Indoors?
Efforts are under way to increase knowledge and improve playing conditions on a surface typically reserved for outdoor play.
Private Retreats
For these residential award-winners, location is king.
March 2006
Class Acts
Schools and colleges dominate these hard-court award winners.
Keep it Clean
No matter what type of courts you have, regular maintenance is a must.
Fix the Cracks
Taking care of cracked courts depends on why they cracked in the first place.
Expanding Horizons
For our annual guide, we went right to the source for court construction, the American Sports Builders Association, for advice on adding courts, fixing cracks, and keeping courts clean.
February 2006
If you build it …
Court builders, coming off a busy 2005, are optimistic that the new year will bring more of the same.
January 2006
Breaking the Chain
New and creative alternatives to tennis court fencing are challenging the old chain-link enclosures.
Head of the Class
RSI and the ASBA bring you the best in tennis court construction.
August 2005
Establish Your Identity
Placing logos on court windscreen helps schools, clubs, and parks "brand" their facilities.
July 2005
Hit the lights!
New "cut-off" systems provide an all-around solution to tennis court lighting.
May 2005
Showing the Colors
There's a science — and a fine art — behind the choices for colors in court surfaces.
Private Retreats
These residential court winners are examples of great form and function.
Tennis' Boom Time
Keeping your baby-boomers happy will lead to more business for your facility.
March 2005
A Soft Market
These outdoor soft-court winners hit some common themes.
New Solutions for surface compaction
Two machines from the golf industry are helping to rehabilitate, and rehydrate, compacted clay courts.
Get Wise to Cracks
There's no getting around it: Asphalt courts will crack. Here's what you can do to repair the damage.
February 2005
Hard and Fast Winners
These hard-court award winners are worth showing off.
January 2005
All-Around Excellence
RSI and the ASBA bring you the best in tennis court construction.
October 2004
Nova Sports Makes Its Customers Part of the Family
When Benjamin Righter founded Nova Sports USA with his wife, Ruth, 20 years ago, he set out to produce the highest quality acrylic sport surface in the industry. His legacy, however, is a tight-knit family business operated by his...
August 2004
The Net Effect
The right tennis nets and net posts are details that you can be sure your players will notice.
Made In The Shade
Fabric structures can provide attractive relief from sun and heat, and they're becoming increasingly popular.
July 2004
Classic Turf Has Been Quietly Maturing Over the Year
What would compel a man to turn down a very generous offer from a major company looking to buy his new product? For Tumer H. Eren, it was because he felt he had more work to do in perfecting...
Private first class
These residential court award-winners hit all sorts of themes.
May 2004
On the Surface
There's a lot to consider before you can choose the best court surface -- or surfaces -- for your facility.
April 2004
Construction with a Soft Touch
Look at the list of soft-court winners of the Racquet Sports Industry/U.S. Tennis Court & Track Builders Association 2003 Facility-of-the-Year Awards and a few things immediately jump out at you. First, seven of the eight winners are in the...
March 2004
Court Construction & Maintenance Guide
Our special section can help you find new sources of business, and can help you get the job done right.
They're Certifiable!
Looking for someone to build or refurbish your courts? Try a builder who is certified by the USTC&TBA.
Higher Learning
Across the country colleges of all sizes are upgrading or building new tennis facilities.
Keep the lights on
Don't wait for the lamps to burn out before you change them.
Winning The (Hard) Court Way
These Facility-of-the-Year winners have features that are worth showing off.
February 2004
Racquet Sports Industry/U.S. Tennis Court & Track Builders Association Facility-of-the-Year Award Winners
Once again, we've joined forces with the U.S. Tennis Court & Track Builders Association to bring you examples of excellence in court construction. Each year, based on entries submitted by a USTC&TBA member, whether a contractor, designer or supplier,...
Special Attention
As many court builders know, attention to detail can make or break a project. With so much on the line — money, reputation, referrals — the top court construction companies know that they do, indeed, need to sweat the...
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