Talk:Clay court
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[edit] Grammar
This article is in need of some serious grammatical revisions.
[edit] History
Here's an article from Yahoo! about the French Open. The last part of the article includes an account of how clay courts started and became fashionable in the late 19th century/early 20th century. This can be included as a further elaboration for this article. Joey80 09:58, 9 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Balls bounce higher or lower on clay?
This article states that the ball bounces "relatively high" on clay relative to other surfaces. The article on Clay-court specialist states that "the ball tends to bounce much lower than on hard courts, grass courts, or other surfaces."
Which is it?
A top spin groundstroke is going to bounce higher but slower on clay because of the dirt compressing under/in front of the ball as it bounces. A drop shot (the shot being referenced in the clay court specialist artice,) which has a very steep angle of descent, is going to bounce lower because of the dirt "cushioning" the bounce. The specialist article possibly needs to be clarified.
[edit] Lines
I searched this topic hoping to find out how the lines are done on clay courts. Obviously they aren't just chalk or they wouldn't last more than a few points. Can someone shed some light on this?
