Sports court is a necessary place for our daily practice to keep healthy, and we via different ways to do exercise indoors or outdoors, the kind of sports like swimming in the swimming pool, playing football in the football field, playing basketball on the basketball court, playing badminton in a badminton court, doing yoga in the yoga studio, play table tennis indoor stadium, or playing tennis in tennis court, etc. No matter which sport exercise, each sport court indoor lighting design may have different requirements. Take the indoor tennis court for example, illumination design should according to the building design to set
Mention to the tennis site area, the standard tennis site cover more than 670 square meters, most about 120.08 inches *60.04 inches, then around is a backstop or wall. On the tennis court, many boundary lines are used for the game rules, and different scribing blocks have various rules used for the game. Therefore, full lighting is necessary for each block. The uniform illumination on tennis courts is better vision for the player, they would not hinder by any objects. Cause Tennis is a high-speed sport, the ball may be temporarily out of sight due to the glow of light sources or a low contrast background when the boll is frying in the air, the lighting levels and the direction of light both on the balls and on the players are very crucial, therefore, good visibility needing the proper post placement and orientation.
Usually, there are 8 lights installed in the tennis, each producing a total of 40, 000 lumens of light each. And most of them are 300 watts which lighting more sufficient. But to thoughtfully, we should design the illumination according to the standard USTA and standard UNE-EN.
There are may some differences between standard USTA and UNE-EN in the lighting of sports facilities.
United States Tennis Association and Illuminating Engineering Society (IES)
The lighting level setting is according to different levels of competition, these levels are split into four broad categories as below:
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Class 1. Professional grade: 125-foot candles/ 1250lux |
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Class 2.College and medium level:75-100-foot candles/ 750-1000 lux |
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Class 3. High school and private clubs: 50-75-foot candles /500- 750lux |
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Class 4. Recreational: 30-50-foot candles / 300-500 lux |
Standard UNE-EN 12193 and will have the following minimum levels
| Class 1. | International and national competitions: 750lux horizontal illumination, 0.7 uniformity |
| Class2. | Regional competitions, high-level training: 500 lux horizontal illumination, 0.7 uniformity |
| Class3. | Local competitions, training, school, and recreational use: 300 lux horizontal illumination, 0.7 uniformity. |
What Are The Feature Of Tennis Court
- Anti-glare design
- Anti-glare lampshade
- High uniformity
- Non-dazzling
- Comfortable
- Without any light pollution
