Assessment of playability on sports surfaces I

The evaluation of the playability on sports surfaces is a new step in the quality of service offered by the groundsmen or greenkeepers.

The aim of all our efforts is to achieve the best conditions for playing surfaces, whether they are greens, football pitches, rugby pitches, cricket pitches, artificial turf pitches or any other surface for sports use.

Measurement Systems for Optimising Playability

We need the tools to identify the current values and to know how to manage maintenance to achieve the best maintenance rates. gameplay maintaining the health of the turf. Tiloom provides you with reliable systems to record parameters and make effective decisions for improvement.

Firmness / Hardness

This can be done through the Truefirma classic system to measure the firmness of the green and to improve the sports gameplay. Its system is based on the deformation of a hemisphere-shaped mass imitating a golf ball. When the mass is impacted, the maximum deformation value of the turf is measured. The lower the value, the firmer the turf.

Truefirm

This can be done through the Truefirma classic system to measure the firmness of the green and to improve the sports gameplay. Its system is based on the deformation of a hemisphere-shaped mass imitating a golf ball. When the mass is impacted, the maximum deformation value of the turf is measured. The lower the value, the firmer the turf.

Clegg's hammer

It is also possible to use the Clegg's hammer with 0.5 kg with the same purpose but a different test mechanism, the hardness test. Even for testing the firmness of the sand in the bunkers we have a penetrometer which will prevent the formation of the typical "fried egg in bunkers".

Stimpmeter

The Stimpmeter is simplicity in its purest form. A ramp prepared so that from a specific inclination the golf ball runs along it. When it leaves the ramp, the distance it travels before stopping is measured. The longer the distance, the faster the green is said to be and the shorter the distance, the slower it is said to be. In competition, a fast playing surface is always sought.

Golf professionals attach more importance to the ".smoothness & trueness"The greens are more difficult to hit than even the speed of the greens.

Greens Rolling Quality (Smoothness & Trueness)

The quality of the roll, measured as horizontal or vertical deviations in its path from the green, gives us the quality of the surfaces of our greens. A simple and specialised tool with a smartphone is all you need to know the real quality of your greens. Here you can see how to use it:

Parrymeter

From the uses for the preparation of tournaments to the speed of recovery after renovations, Parrymeter tells you exactly how well your greens are rolling.

Sand Penetrometer

When it comes to the game, falling on the bunkers is a risk that must be fair to the player. To this end, controlling the tendency of the golf ball to bury itself is key.

A penetrometer dedicated to it will help to renovate bunkers to take account of their gameplay and choose the right sand. The shape of the sand grains has an influence on the game, as the less rounded it is, the less the ball will tend to bury itself. also always avoid sands with high amounts of silt and clay to avoid crusting.

Potential reading of "Fried Egg".

• More than 2.4 Kg/cm2: Very low tendency to bury.
• 2.2 to 2.4 Kg/cm2: Slight tendency to bury.
• 1.8 to 2.2 Kg/cm2: Moderate tendency to bury.
• Less than 1.8 Kg/cm2: High tendency to bury.

If you want to know more about the sports biomechanics and the quality of the game contact us at info@tiloom.com to receive specialised advice on sports surfaces of the best products.