134 PARKS 



Space Requirements for Organized Games and Sports (Continued). 



Dimensions of Use Space Required Number 



Name Play Areas Dimensions Square Feet of Pliyers 



Paddle Tennis 18 x 39 feet 26 x 57 feet 1,482 2 or 4 



Playground Ball 35 x 45-foot diamond 150x150 feet 22,500 20 



Polo 600 x 960 feet 600 x 960 feet 576,000 8 



Quoits Stakes 54 feet apart 25 x 80 feet 2.000 2 or 4 



Roque 30 x 60 feet 30 x 60 feet 1,800 4 



Shuffle Board 10 x 40 to 50 feet 15 x 50 feet 750 2 or 4 



Soccer 150 x 300 feet (min.) 210 x 330 feet 69,300 22 



300 x 390 feet (max.) (average) 



Tennis 27 x 78 feet (single) 2 



36 x 78 feet (double) 6oxi2ofeet 7,200 4 



Tether Tennis Circle 6 feet diam. 20 x 20 feet 400 2 



Volley Ball 30 x 60 feet 40 x 80 feet 3,200 12-16 



Track and Field. A one-quarter track laid out in an oval with 330- 

 foot sides and a radius of approximately 105^ feet will enclose approxi- 

 mately 2.3 acres measuring from inner border of the track. A one-half 

 mile track with 66o-foot sides and a radius of 210.0841 feet will enclose 

 approximately 9.5 acres. Spaces for various field sports may be laid out 

 within the oval of the running track. 



Swimming Pool. Artificial pools may be of any size or shape. Some 

 pools operated by park and recreation systems have as much as three acres 

 of water surface. Such a pool would accommodate considerably over four 

 thousand bathers at one time, allowing thirty square feet per bather. Fifty 

 by one hundred and fifty feet are the dimensions frequently used for out- 

 door pools. (For a discussion of swimming pool construction with photo- 

 graphs and plans, see "Construction Notes," Chapter V, pages 358 to 374.) 



The Layout of Neighborhood Play fit Ids. 



A properly planned neighborhood playfield will have approximately 

 five distinct sections or areas in the layout. They would be as follows: 



1. Children's Playground, the layout of which should follow the plans 

 as outlined in the section in this chapter on children's playground. 



2. Girls'' and Women's Play and Athletic Field. 1 This should be divided 

 into two sections a very small area devoted to various kinds of outdoor 

 gymnastic apparatus and a platform 30 x 40 feet for dancing; a major 

 area devoted to game facilities like volley ball, basket ball, tennis and 

 croquet, and a free area devoted to playground ball diamonds and a hockey 

 field. There should also be a short running track and jumping pits. 



3. Boys' and Men's Play and Athletic Field. This should be divided 

 into two sections, a very small area devoted to various kinds of outdoor 

 gymnastic apparatus, and a major area devoted to game facilities like 

 volley ball, basket ball, playground ball, handball, tennis courts, baseball 



1 As a rule in the case of tennis courts and some other game areas, only one set of facilities is provided used, 

 in common by both sexes. 



