Facility Specification Guide THIS SECTION CONTAINS FACILITY SPECIFICATION DIAGRAMS for MANY SPORTS
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Facility Specification Guide THIS SECTION CONTAINS FACILITY SPECIFICATION DIAGRAMS FOR MANY SPORTS. THE DIAGRAMS ALSO CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE AT WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM. 253 BADMINTON 246 BASEBALL 247 BASKETBALL 248 FIELD HOCKEY 249 FOOTBALL 251 ICE HOCKEY 253 LACROSSE 254 RACQUETBALL/HANDBALL 252 RUGBY 255 SOCCER 256 SOFTBALL 254 SQUASH 258 SWIMMING & DIVING 261 TEAM HANDBALL 261 TENNIS 262 TRACK & FIELD 260 VOLLEYBALL 257 WATER POLO 265 WRESTLING WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM MARCH 2014 ATHLETIC BUSINESS 245 BASEBALL Facility Specification Guide (Diagram courtesy of the NCAA.) (Diagrams courtesy of USA Baseball.) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: USA Baseball American Amateur National Collegiate (919) 474-8721 Baseball Congress Athletic Association www.usabaseball.com (505) 327-3120 (317) 917-6222 www.aabc.us www.ncaa.org 246 ATHLETIC BUSINESS MARCH 2014 WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM BASKETBALL Facility Specification Guide PROFESSIONAL (Diagram courtesy of the NBA.) COLLEGE (Diagram courtesy of the NCAA.) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Basketball Association National Federation of State National Collegiate (212) 407-8000 High School Associations Athletic Association www.nba.com (317) 972-6900 (317) 917-6222 www.nfhs.org www.ncaa.org WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM MARCH 2014 ATHLETIC BUSINESS 247 BASKETBALL HIGH SCHOOL Facility Specification Guide (Diagram courtesy of the NFHS.) FIELD HOCKEY (Diagram courtesy of the NFHS.) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Federation of State High School Associations (317) 972-6900 www.nfhs.org 248 ATHLETIC BUSINESS MARCH 2014 WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM FOOTBALL Facility Specification Guide PROFESSIONAL (Diagram courtesy of the NFL.) COLLEGE FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Football League National Collegiate (212) 450-2000 Athletic Association www.nfl.com (317) 917-6222 www.ncaa.org (Diagrams courtesy of the NCAA.) WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM MARCH 2014 ATHLETIC BUSINESS 249 FOOTBALL HIGH SCHOOL (11-PLAYER FIELD) Facility Specification Guide FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Federation of State High School Associations (317) 972-6900 Note: Game administration may place on the field of play, 4 inches from each sideline, yard-line extensions that should be 24 inches in length and 4 inches in width; and/or, at each yard line, numbers that should be 6 www.nfhs.org feet in height and 4 feet in width. The tops of the numbers should be 9 yards from the sideline and may include directional arrows next to the yard-line numbers indicating the direction toward the nearest goal line. Note: Game administration may place on the field of play, at the inbounds lines, yard-line extensions that should be 24 inches in length and 4 inches in width. (6- AND 8-PLAYER FIELD) (9-PLAYER FIELD) (Diagrams courtesy of the NFHS.) 250 ATHLETIC BUSINESS MARCH 2014 WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM ICE HOCKEY Facility Specification Guide PROFESSIONAL (Diagrams courtesy of the NHL.) COLLEGE & HIGH SCHOOL (Diagram courtesy of the NCAA.) FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: National Hockey League National Federation of State National Collegiate (212) 789-2000 High School Associations Athletic Association www.nhl.com (317) 972-6900 (317) 917-6222 www.nfhs.org www.ncaa.org WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM MARCH 2014 ATHLETIC BUSINESS 251 ICE HOCKEY ADULT AND YOUTH FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: USA Hockey Facility Specification Guide (719) 576-8724 www.usahockey.com (Diagram courtesy of USA Hockey and Serving The American Rinks.) RUGBY Note: Posts with flags must exhibit a mini- mum height of 1.2 meters above ground. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: USA Rugby (303) 539-0300 www.usarugby.org 252 ATHLETIC BUSINESS MARCH 2014 WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM LACROSSE Facility Specification Guide MEN’S & BOYS’ WOMEN’S & GIRLS’ Note: On the NCAA lacrosse field, the special substitution area replaces the table area. The bench and substitution/ table areas may be located on either side of the field, (Diagram courtesy of the NFHS.) provided they (Diagram courtesy of US Lacrosse.) remain together. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: US Lacrosse National Collegiate National Federation of (410) 235-6882 Athletic Association State High School Associations www.uslacrosse.org (317) 917-6222 (317) 972-6900 www.ncaa.org www.nfhs.org BADMINTON 2’ 4 2’ 4 12’ 9” 12’ 9” 6’ 6” 6’ 6” 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 À À À À À À À 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 À 2” ” ” ” ” ” ” ” 1 Note: 1 À2” Court 1 1’ 4 À2” can be used for 1 1 À2” both singles and doubles play. 8’ 3 Dimensions 3 À determined by the 4 ” Badminton World Federation. 20’ 1 1 À2” 8’ 3 FOR MORE 3 À 4 ” INFORMATION CONTACT: 1 1 À2” 1 1’ 4 À2” 1 1 À2” USA Badminton (719) 866-4808 www.usabadminton.org 44’ WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM MARCH 2014 ATHLETIC BUSINESS 253 RACQUETBALL/HANDBALL Facility Specification Guide FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: USA Racquetball (719) 635-5396 www.usaracquetball.com (Diagrams courtesy of USA Racquetball.) SQUASH NORTH AMERICAN NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SINGLES DOUBLES SINGLES FOR MORE INFORMATION Note: A racquetball court may be converted into an international 20-foot singles squash court. The width CONTACT: of the floor, front wall, back wall and corresponding lines of the standard international singles squash US Squash court must be decreased from 21 feet to 20 feet, and the width of the short line must be decreased from 10 feet, 6 inches to 10 feet. (212) 268-4090 www.ussquash.com (Diagrams courtesy of US Squash.) 254 ATHLETIC BUSINESS MARCH 2014 WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM SOCCER Facility Specification Guide OUTDOOR (Diagram courtesy of the Federation Internationale de Football Association.) Note: The length of the touch line must be greater than the length of the goal line. For players under 16 years old, the size of the field of play, as well as the width between the goal posts and the height of the crossbar from the ground, may be modified. INDOOR Note: All line markings are either 4 or 5 inches wide. Goals are 8 feet high by 14 feet wide by 5 feet deep. FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Soccer Federation American Youth Soccer U.S. Youth Soccer (312) 808-1300 Organization (972) 334-9300 www.ussoccer.com (800) 872-2976 www.usyouthsoccer.org www.ayso.org WWW.ATHLETICBUSINESS.COM MARCH 2014 ATHLETIC BUSINESS 255 SOFTBALL Facility Specification Guide Halfway OFFICIAL DISTANCE TABLE ADULT FENCES GAME DIVISION BASES PITCHING Minimum Maximum Fast Pitch Women 60’ (18.29 m) 43’ (13.11 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 250’ Men 60’ (18.29 m) 46’ (14.02 m) 225’ (68.58 m) 275’ (Diagrams courtesy of the ASA.) Modified Women 60’ (18.29 m) 40’ (12.19 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 275’ Note: NCAA rules require a pitcher’s lane consisting of 8’ lines Men 60’ (18.29 m) 46’ (14.02 m) 265’ (80.80 m) 325’ drawn from the outer edges of the pitcher’s plate toward the inside Slow Pitch Women 70’ (19.81 m) 50’ (15.24 m) 265’ (80.80 m) 300’ edges of the inside front corners of the batter’s boxes. NCAA Men 70’ (21.336 m) 50’ (15.24 m) 300’ (91.44 m) 315’ coaches’ boxes each consist of two lines: one 15’ line parallel to and Co-ed 70’ (19.81 m) 50’ (15.24 m) 275’ (83.82 m) 300’ 8’ from the baseline extended from the back edge of the base toward 16-inch Women 55’ (16.76 m) 38’ (11.58 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 250’ home plate and one 3’ line perpendicular to the end of the 15’ line Slow Pitch Men 60’ (18.29 m) 38’ (11.58 m) 250’ (76.20 m) 300’ that is closest to home plate. NCAA fence minimum distances are YOUTH 210’ in right and left field and 230’ (and not more than 235’) in center. For all new construction after 2016, it is required that the FENCES fence be 6’ or higher and be a minimum of 190’ in left and right GAME DIVISION BASES PITCHING Minimum Maximum fields and 220 in center field. By 2017, an institutional field with a Fast Girls 10-U 60’ (18.29 m) 35’ (10.67 m) 175’ (53.34 m) 225’ 4’ fence must be a minimum of 210’ in left and right fields and 230’ Pitch Girls 12-U 60’ (18.29 m) 40’ (12.19 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 225’ in center field, and it is highly recommended that a municipal field Girls 14-U 60’ (18.29 m) 43’ (12.19 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 225’ with a 4’ fence used by the institution be at those same distances. Girls 16-U 60’ (18.29 m) 43’ (12.19 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 225’ The only difference between college and high school is the pitching Girls 18-U 60’ (18.29 m) 43’ (13.11 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 225’ distance. Some high school state associations are using a 43-foot Girls 18-U Gold 60’ (18.29 m) 43’ (13.11 m) 200’ (60.96m) 225’ pitching distance. The slow-pitch pitching distance for high school Boys 10-U 60’ (18.29 m) 35’ (10.67 m) 175’ (53.34 m) 225’ 12” softball may be 50’ (by state association adoption). Boys 12-U 60’ (18.29 m) 40’ (12.19 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 225’ High School fast pitch male ....................................46’ Boys 14-U 60’ (18.29 m) 46’ (14.02 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 225’ Boys 16-U 60’ (18.29 m) 46’ (14.02 m) 200’ (60.96 m) 225’ slow pitch male .................................46’ Boys 18-U 60’ (18.29 m) 46’ (14.02 m) 225’ (68.58 m) 250’ slow pitch female ..............................46’ Slow Girls 10-U 60’ (18.29 m) 40’ (12.19 m) 175’ (53.34 m) 200’ fast pitch female ................................43’ Pitch Girls 12-U 60’ (18.29 m) 46’ (14.02 m) 175’ (53.34 m) 200’ College..........................................................................43’ Girls 14-U 65’ (19.81 m) 50’ (15.24 m) 225’ (68.58 m) 250’ Girls 16-U 65’ (19.81 m) 50’ (15.24 m) 225’ (68.58 m) 250’ Girls 18-U 65’ (19.