A Quick Guide to Comparing Court Sizes
Sports enthusiasts contemplate setting up a playing area in their backyards to practice and improve their game. While people love to practice varied sports and know the rules governing the game, not many know about the court and the dimensions they play on.
Different sports like tennis, pickleball, badminton, basketball, volleyball, and baseball have different court sizes, layouts, and dimensions. Homeowners should consider which backyard sporting feature will fit their yard and what goes into constructing the court of their favorite game.
Let us look at the different court shapes and sizes for a better comparison.
Pickleball court
Pickleball has become immensely popular as a sport in recent years. Players should understand the dimensions and set up to better understand the game. The International Federation for Pickleball (IFP) determines the court size and the pickleball rules, which the USA pickleball and other associations around the world follow.
A standard pickleball court is a 20 foot by 44 foot rectangle, for both singles and doubles games. It is similar to the badminton court used for doubles and mixed doubles.
The net is 36 inches at the posts or sidelines and 34 inches at the center.
The recommended minimum indoor height clearance is 18 feet. The minimum playing surface area is 30 feet wide and 60 feet long.
The net posts should go beyond the sidelines at a recommended distance of 1 foot.
The left and the right service areas are 10 feet wide and 15 feet long.
The two non-volley zones should extend 7 feet on each net side, called the kitchen.
To understand how big a pickleball court is, we compare it to the court size of other sports.
Tennis court
A tennis court is also rectangular, and the standard size is 78 feet long. The width differs for singles and doubles play—36 feet wide for doubles and 27 feet wide for singles matches. The recommended play area is 60 feet long and 120 feet wide.
The service line on both sides is 21 feet from the net.
The net extends across the court and is 42 inches at the posts and 36 inches at the center.
Volleyball court
The standard volleyball court size is 59 feet long and 29.5 feet wide, with a recommended total play area of 50 feet long and 80 feet wide. Both the indoor and outdoor courts are of the same size.
Attack lines are marked 3m parallel to the net, dividing the front and back row.
Indoor soccer game court
The standard court size is 65 feet by 131 feet and the total play area of 81 feet by 147 feet.
The lines are 8cm wide, and the halfway line divides the pitch into two halves.
Basketball court
Basketball courts are of different sizes, depending on the level and type of basketball game.
Professional NBA courts are 50 feet by 94 feet.
Going by the minimum play area of 30 feet by 60 feet, a tennis court can fit four pickleball courts, a volleyball court 1, an indoor soccer court 4, and a basketball court three pickleball courts.
Contact a professional game court design and construction company to install a game court of a perfect size in the backyard.
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