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| Publication Type:
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| Author(s): | McClements, I.;
Baker, S. W. |
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| Author Affiliation: | Sports Turf Research Institute, Bingley, West Yorkshire |
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| Title: | The playing quality of natural turf hockey pitches |
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 70, June 1994, p. 13-28. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 16 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Field hockey pitches; Quality; Questionnaire surveys; Ball roll distance; Resiliency; Clegg Impact Test; Sports turf; Smoothness; Moisture; Mowing height; Traction; Wear; Surface hardness; Surface evenness; Percent living ground cover; Playability; Standards
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Thirty-one hockey pitches were tested to evaluate the spatial variation in playing quality, to compare mechanical and electronic measurements of playing quality with the players' perceptions and to formulate performance standards for hockey on natural turf. Visits were timed to examine pitch performance over a wide range of environmental conditions. The wings usually had the highest grass cover, were softer and gave better grip, but produced the lowest values of ball roll. The goalmouths showed the greatest variability of ground cover, were hardest and most uneven, but gave the greatest mean ball roll. Generally, players were satisfied with the conditions of the wings and pitch centres, but the goals were either considered poor or only satisfactory. There was, however, a consistent complaint about the evenness of the playing surface and 43% of the player responses indicated that pitches were unacceptably bumpy. Questionnaire data collected from players using the pitch were used to establish performance standards for natural turf hockey pitches and requirements are given for ball roll, hardness, traction, evenness and grass length." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 17 |
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| Note: | Includes a Hockey Questionnaire, pp. 27-28
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
McClements, I., and S. W. Baker. 1994. The playing quality of natural turf hockey pitches. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 70:p. 13-28. |
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