Tennis red clay court maintenance

Preliminary measures:

- drill some zone of the court, 3/4 cm deep holes, in 8 random positions in the playground to check if any stones have emerged or immediatly under the first layer of clay surface

- clean the white lines to see them clearly and run along the stripes with Venus liner indicator on the right side of Venus (not cross the stripes without lifting the machine!)

- if the lines are disconnected, compact them with an heavy roller

Machine adjustment:

machine set up devices

depth adjustment: position n.° 3

speed control: push the engine speed control on a medium level

Final operations:

add a thin layer of new clay, maybe by hand, and use a cocco net to break up the largest grains of clay (if you make that job in hot summer day, wet the court and let it dry half an hour before plying tennis).

The use of the roller (idle or motorized depending on what you have) is not usually necessary to recompact the clay after ordinary maintenance, it is advisable to let the field "rest" for a couple of hours before playing . In summer, with an open field and a warm and windy temperature, this time can be reduced to an hour. In any case, having a compactor roller availability you can further accelerate the players' entry into the court, as long as the ground is not too wet because otherwise the roller compactor could move the clay not yet well adherent to the ground due to the cohesion effect.