SPORTS FACILITIES;GUIDELINES FOR POPULAR SPORTS OF BASE BALL GAME

         SPORTS FACILITIES;GUIDELINES FOR POPULAR SPORTS OF BASE BALL GAME

BASE BALL;Base ball is popular team sports in Asia,United States,and Pakistan.Its tournament /championships are organized at national and international level by the National Sports Federation.A base ball field should be located away from cavities for small children.It should not overlap football or running track areas.The college or university field requires approximately three acres.If an out field fence is used ,it is generally placed approximately 98.48 m to 103 m from home plate down each foul line.The diamond is 27.27 square meter.It is important that there be a large frame backstop with sturdy wire netting 18.18 m behind home plate.This backstop ought to bee 6.06 m to 7.58 m high,18.18 m from the nearer foul line,and extending to the outfield fence where it joins it on foul ground 18.18 m from foul line.Where it is necessary to put the backstop a great deal less then 18.18 m behind home plate,a hood sloping 45 degree toward the field should be installed.Turf has been the ideal surface for the un-skinned areas,although artificial turf is now challenging the traditional construction.Natural turf areas should be a mixture of natural earth and sand,clay or loam.The pitcher's mound should be largely of clay and is,by rule required to be 15 inches above the baseline level.
          Fixed hollow posts should be driven beneath the bases to secure them.2-percent slope from the pitcher's plate to the outfield facilities drainage subsurface drainage in the direction of the slope is considered indispensable to good playing conditions.Seating should parallel home to first and home to third base lines.To provide the most satisfactory vision for the most players,the layout of the diamond should be such that a line between home plate and second base intersects the path of the sun at right angles.If home plate faces south,the late-afternoon sun will be behind the first baseman.