50 Shades of Gray, but only 1 is Smokey.

50 Shades of Gray, but only 1 is Smokey.

Is gray the new orange at the University of Tennessee?

No, orange remains the Big Color on Campus in Knoxville, but a classy charcoalhue -- dubbed Smokey gray --made its debuton Tennessee alternate football jerseys two years ago. Now Barksdale Tennis Stadium sports thenew team color with handsome gray courts and bright orange playing lines

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Cracked courts

Cracked courts

The term crack filling is a misnomer. Crack “covering” or “bridging” is actually what takes place. It is impossible to completely “fill” the cracks with standard materials applied at the surface.

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Cracks!

We are getting so many calls from tennis court owners who are concerned about cracking on their courts.Why do so many tennis courts have cracks??There are lots of older asphalt tennis courts out there with cracking. As the underlying asphalt pavement ages it naturally loses its pliability and becomes more dried out and brittle each year. This means it is more susceptible to cracking as time passes. Any shifting underneath can cause new cracking or expansion of existing. Temperature extremes can do the same.

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Tennis Programs for Kids

Are you looking for healthy activities for young people? Why not tennis? Several factors are coming together to make tennis a viable activity for elementary and middle schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, municipal recreation centers and anyone looking for physical education programming to offer young people.

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What is 10 and Under Tennis?

What is 10 and Under Tennis? 10 and Under Tennis follows the same logic as other youth sports like baseball or soccer, which use kid-sized courts and kid-sized equipment. Kids learn to play baseball by first playing T-ball; they use shorter, lighter bats and larger, softer balls. Kids learning basketball shoot baskets with kid-sized balls on lowered backboards and they play soccer on smaller fields with smaller goals.

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Three SEC Schools Turn to Competition Athletic Surfaces

[Chattanooga, TN]… Three Southeastern Conference tennis programs recently installed new court surfaces in their varsity facilities, each the work of Chattanooga's Competition Athletic Surfaces. The company successfully won bids to install surfaces at the University of Tennessee, the University of Alabama, and Mississippi State University.

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US Open Tennis Surface

Competition Athletic Surfaces helped debut a bold new look for the U.S. Open that may create as much buzz at this year's tournament as the Williams sisters' ensembles or Andy Roddick's headgear.

The 2007 U.S. Open, set for August 27 through September 9, will feature blue inner courts and green outer courts, marking the first change of court colors since the event moved to Flushing, NY in 1978.

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