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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 rugby pitches |
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| Source: | Journal of the Sports Turf Research Institute. Vol. 70, June 1994, p. 29-43. |
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| Publishing Information: | Bingley, England: Sports Turf Research Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 15 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Sports turf; Playability; Rugby pitches; Resiliency; Compaction; Traction; Questionnaire surveys; Mowing height; Surface hardness; Surface evenness; Percent living ground cover; Clegg impact test; Standards
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Forty-three Rugby pitches were tested to evaluate turf characteristics and playing quality. There was a large variation in playing quality among the pitches dependent mainly on the standard of maintenance, usage and the weather conditions before sampling. Within individual pitches the spatial variation in turf quality and playing performance was not as great as, for instance, with soccer pitches. Nevertheless, players generally classified the central parts of the pitch as having the poorest playing characteristics and measured values of ground cover was least in this area. A total of 412 player questionnaires were collected from 21 of the pitches to evaluate objective mechanical and electronic assessments of playing quality in relation to players' perceptions. Values of ball rebound resilience greater than 20% were found to be preferable. For surface hardness, measured by recording the deceleration of a 0.5 kg mass released from 0.55 m, most players preferred a surface which gave readings of between 50 and 100 gravities. When measuring the players' grip, on no occasion did the majority of players consider traction to be good, but values greater than 25 N m were acceptable and greater than 35 N m preferable. Players had few complaints about the evenness of the surfaces and a value of <= 10 mm for the standard deviation of height measurements was recommended to exclude the worst pitches. A grass height of between 25 and 50 mm was considered preferable, but values between 20 and 75 mm acceptable." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 16 |
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| Note: | Appendix: Rugby Questionnaire
Tables
Figures |
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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 rugby pitches. J. Sports Turf Res. Inst. 70:p. 29-43. |
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