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Author(s):Murphy, J. P.; Baker, S. W.
Author Affiliation:The Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire
Title:The development of performance standards for the quality of surface levels of artificial turf sports pitches
Source:Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 65, June 1989, p. 115-133.
Publishing Information:Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute
# of Pages:19
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Athletic fields; Surfaces; Field hockey pitches; Soccer fields; Standards; Artificial turf; Surface evenness; Playability
Abstract/Contents:"Research was conducted to investigate the quality of levels on full sized synthetic turf soccer and hockey pitches and to propose revised standards for levels quality on such surfaces. Detailed surveys of twenty synthetic turf installations were used to assess the quality of their surface levels at the large scale using a surveyor's level, at the medium scale using a 3 m straight edge and at the small scale using a specially designed profile gauge. The results of this survey showed that no pitches passed the current Sports Council (1984) specification of 3 mm under a 3 m straight edge. Several levels indices were calculated from the profile gauge data and the largest elevation difference between adjacent pins on the profile gauge appeared to be the most sensitive in defining levels quality between the surveyed pitches. It was also found that the standard deviation term was a good indicator of surface roughness. To assess the sensitivity of players to levels quality a player evaluation study was conducted at two pitches of differing quality using teams of hockey and soccer players. A questionnaire revealed that the players could discern between the two pitches in terms of quality and as expected the hockey players showed greater sensitivity to surface roughness. The results of a dribbling test were however less clear: there was good agreement between the player's perception of surface levels and the measured levels indices but the responses from the hockey player's were in some ways contradictory to their earlier questionnaire replies. Using the results from the survey of the twenty pitches with the results of the player evaluation study as a guideline, standards were proposed in terms of maximum gradients measured over varying lag distances. Limits for the standard deviation term were set as an indicator of surface roughness. In addition the current Sports Council specification for the 3m straight edge was modified from a general value of 3mm under a 3m straight edge to 8 mm for hockey and 10 mm for soccer. The levels standards were used to define three grades of pitches."
Language:English
References:21
See Also:Original version with variant title "Performance Standards for Surface Levels of Artificial Turf Sprts Surfaces," October 1988. R=107979 R=107979
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Murphy, J. P., and S. W. Baker. 1989. The development of performance standards for the quality of surface levels of artificial turf sports pitches. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 65:p. 115-133.
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