Tennis Court Fading & The Importance of Sweeping The Court

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Why it is important to keep your sports surfaces neat & tidy

If you are a tennis lover and want to become a tennis player, then it is highly possible that you have a tennis court in your house backyard. If you don’t have a tennis court yet but you are making a plan to buy one, then an artificial tennis court is the best and ideal option for you because artificial tennis courts are suitable, reachable, and need very low maintenance.

If you own a tennis court, then it is your prime responsibility to clean and maintain your tennis court well on a regular basis. Generally, it is easy to keep the tennis court neat and clean, but if you are still unable to keep it clean then you can call people like us who can help get it back to an almost new standard.

  1. It will boost your playing performance in terms of safety, rapidity, and stability.
  2. It will improve drainage of the tennis court. One of the major benefits of cleaning the tennis court is its flexibility over changing weather conditions such as dry and wet. It will help you to prevent slipping and falling while playing.
  3. Cleaning of the tennis court will also improve its beauty. With regular and proper maintenance of the tennis court, it will look good as new which will make it more presentable.
  4. Proper maintenance of the tennis court will also improve your safety.
  5. You can also identify certain damages former, saving you from big expenses of major repairs.

How do you prevent a tennis court from fading?

There are several different ways in which you can help prevent or slow down the fading of the tennis court surface. The simplest and best way is to get a tennis court cover.

This essentially has the same purpose as a pool cover. It stops rain, sun/heat, leaves, rubbish, and other things from hitting the court surface. A great example of how this is important is through winter, if you leave bark & leaves on the court and it rains and you don’t clean it up fast enough you run the risk of staining the court. After a long time of this, the lines and colouring will fade. The heat from the sun has a similar effect on the fading in the colours. 

If you don’t want to buy a cover then the simplest answer to this is sweeping the court and if necessary using a pressure cleaner. However, even doing this in time you will need to resurface and repaint the lines eventually. 

Why is it important to sweep your tennis court surface

As previously mentioned by sweeping the court on a regular basis you can minimise the risk of stains through winter from leaves & bark decomposing. You may have seen this before on concrete floors & paths. 

The other important part of sweeping the court is for your safety. Once again winter and the rain that comes with it can cause mold & moss to grow over the court if it is not properly maintained. 

This can impact your playing and if left untreated for a long period of time will cause degradation in the court, causing cracking, warping & an uneven surface.

If you have any additional questions please give us a call today, we are here to help & are passionate about tennis & sports surfaces looking the best they can.