Clay Court |
Clay Court |
| Pull the Broom | |
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Sweep your half of your court before playing at the beginning of each booking |
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Pull broom smoothly and continuously as you walk forward |
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Smooth "wheeling" turns as you move continuously from one pass to the next |
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Pushing broom: not good, it damages clay surface and broom |
| Sweeping Coverage | |
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Minimum sweep coverage: all areas touched by previous match plus 8' wide of doubles lines and 10' outside baseline |
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Ideal sweep coverage: your half including back fence to net and to neighbouring doubles lines. |
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Once a day it helps to sweep the entire clay surface on your half of your court up to the East fence or the West Club House lawn. |
| Sweeping Patterns | |
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Any pattern that covers your half of the court is OK. |
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| Hang the Brooms | |
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After sweeping hang the broom on your back fence to one side of Court Two. This is the least disruptive place for the next player to find the broom. |
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Hang the broom so the bristles are up off the clay |
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Use the short stick to knock out any clay clogged in the bristles |
| Sweeping the Lines | |
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Line sweeping is optional...not required. Line calls are easier if lines aren't swept |
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Walk forward with handle held low enough for the brush wheel to sweep/spin freely |
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Don't hold the handle high or press down on the handle, this only makes the brush wheel bind against the court. |
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After use hang the line sweep on the fence so its bristles up off the clay. |
| Why Sweep? | |
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Frequent sweeping provides essential conditioning to the surface of our unique underground watered clay court system |
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Sweeping redistributes loosened finer particles into scrapes and scratches, healing and smoothing the surface of the hard-pack |
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Sweeping brings loose coarse particles back from the alleys and beyond the baseline onto the main play area to protect the hard-pack, provide more consistent sliding and ball bounce |
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Frequent sweeping reduces surface maintenance and repair. Our daily maintenance is considerably less than courts without an underground watering system and player sweeping. |
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Occasional sweeping to the outer edges of the clay prevents moss and algae growth. Feel free to carefully pull any grass or seedlings. |
| Cleaning Shoes | |
| Tennie Two-Step |
| Brushes & Mats |
| Why Clean Shoes? |
| Using the Tennie Two-Step | |
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The black rubber mat should be submerged 1/2" +/- below clean water with the smooth side up showing little round holes |
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Rock your full weight aggressively through heel and toe and back again as many times as needed |
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Your body weight squeezes jets of water out of the holes to clean your shoe tread with each rock |
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Step from the Tennie Two-Step to a clean surface |
| Brushes & Mats | |
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The fixed shoe brushes and mats help remove stubborn clay but Tennie Two-Step finishes the job |
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Whacking the bottom of your soles like a baseball batter with a racket edge or broom cleaning stick can dislodge stubborn clay |
| Why Clean Shoes? | |
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Clay in your treads ends up on the hard courts, on the deck and in the Club House |
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Clay on your shoes gets into your car, your cloths and your house |
