Designing a Tennis Court
For the new Multi-Sport Complex you will be required to design a tennis court. Your blueprints and corresponding model must be proportional to all standard measurements of court lines and equipment. It is suggested that your blueprints be completed on 8 1/2" by 11" graph paper and your model, based on these blueprints, be approximately double the size. To ensure that your project portfolio has all the necessary components proceed to follow the directions below.
Using available resources (internet, library, tennis courts, etc.) find all standard measurements of a tennis court, including boundary lines, court lines, and measurements of all necessary equipment attached to the court (poles, nets, etc). Once you have all of the necessary measurements construct a table either on your calculator or in a computer spreadsheet like Excel with the following information. Remember to include units.
| Description | Information Source | Actual Measurement | Measurement in Metric Units | Measurement in Centimeters | Blueprint Scale Factor | Blueprint Measurement | Model Scale Factor | Model Measurement |
| Height of tennis net |
If your measurements need to be converted from the Imperial System to the Metric System you can refer to the following website for assistance:
http://www.isa-alberta.org/convert/converta.htm
Using the information from your table, draw two blueprints of your tennis court on graphing paper: a top view and a side view. Indicate the scale factor on your blueprints.
Actual = professional standard size
Using felts and other materials from home construct a miniature model of your tennis court based on your blueprints. Note: your model should be a scaled 3D replication of your blueprints.
Aside from your table, blueprints, and model, your project portfolio should contain additional information which is directly related to the development of your tennis court. The following questions should be answered at some point in your portfolio.