Synonyms / Other Terms Used
Tennis Court
Category
Sports, Ball Sports, Sporting Activities, Activities, Recreation, Tourism, Concessions
Message / Function
For notice in general and to indicate the location of facilities for playing tennis
Source | Description | |
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1) | ÖNORM A 3011 | Front view of human figure with racket and ball, in front: horizontal double-line indicating net |
2) | ON Testdesign | Back view of human figure with racket and ball plus two horizontal lines indicating net |
BS 8501:2002 | View of human figure with racket and ball plus horizontal line indicating net | |
O'21 | Front view of human figure with racket and ball | |
SSRS | Front view of human figure with racket and ball | |
U.S. National Park Service |
Human figure with racket and ball | |
Aicher & Krampen |
View of human figure with racket and ball | |
O'96 | Human figure with racket | |
Aicher & Krampen |
Human figure with racket | |
Eco-Mo Foundation |
Human figure with racket | |
Pierce | Human figure with racket | |
Nova Scotia | Human figure with racket | |
PC | Upper part of human figure with racket and ball | |
3) | Unknown | Racket with lines indicating stringing plus tennis ball |
O'68 | Racket plus tennis ball | |
Unknown | Racket and ball | |
BTA 1989 | Racket plus ball in outline | |
Pacific Bell | Racket and ball | |
Unknown | Racket with lines indicating stringing | |
McLaren & Braunstein | Ball with curved line typical for tennis balls | |
Unknown | Ball with S-shaped line | |
O'24 | Four rackets arranged diagonally, four tennis balls, one at each edge |
Note: Some of the examples shown above were mirrored horizontally to contrast differences.
Discussion
The examples shown above are only a small selection from the wide range of pictograms and symbols for Tennis that can be found in publications and guiding systems worldwide.
Test data for referent Tennis is available from several studies:
An examination of several sets of variants in Appropriateness Ranking Tests conducted in Austria (Gehringer, 1976 and Brugger, 1984) and Sweden (Gärling, 1985) showed inconsistent results except for the top positions. Presenting just a ball or a racket seems to be not enough.
In the following ISO Comprehension Test series, conducted in Australia, Austria, Hungary, Japan, and the United Kingdom (Brugger 1987), the design marked with 1) in the table above performed very well with about 90 % correct responses. The variant marked with 2) reached lower scores especially in the United Kingdom and Australia, probably because of confusions with Squash. Applying lenient scoring the pictogram showing a racket with lines indicating stringing plus tennis ball marked with 3) performed just as well with 93 % correct responses.
In a later Japanese study to propose domestically unified graphical symbols based on scientific methods, the pictogram variant labeled as Eco-Mo Foundation reached a comprehension score of 95.9, an excellent value (Eco-Mo Foundation, 2001). Fiori (2008) examined a map symbol similar to the pictogram labeled Aicher & Krampen, where 83.5 % of the responses were classified as correct.
Recommendations
The results mentioned indicate that probably many of the pictograms in the table above will be understood well enough to pass ISO and ANSI requirements in many countries. To guarantee best comprehension, avoiding confusions with other sports in which players use a racket, like Badminton and Squash, should be a prime focus.
Therefore we recommend the use of a pictogram similar to public information symbol No 104 of ÖNORM A 3011 part 5 to signify Tennis, as this symbol proved to ensure a clear differentiation from Badminton and Squash.
Tests of pictograms of referent Tennis
Brugger, Ch. (1984): Reihungstest 1984. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated 1984-10-15, Vienna.
Brugger, Ch. (1987): Evaluation of Public Information Symbols, ISO 1986 Test Series: Comprehension/Recognition Test. WIEN: ISO/TC 145/SC 1.
Eco-Mo Foundation (2001): Test data of public information symbols in Japan - Procedure for the testing of public information symbols by the Study Committee. ISO: ISO/TC 145/SC 1 N 329.
Fiori, S.R. (2008): Mapas para o turismo e a interatividade - proposta teórica e prática. Tese de Doutorado - Depto. de Geografia, FFLCH-USP.
Gärling, T. (1985): ISO Appropriateness Ranking Test 1985 - Redovisning av genomförande. Report to the Swedish Standards Institute dated 1985-07-24.
Gehringer, J. (1976): Reihungstest über 18 Begriffe aus dem Sportwesen - Priorität I. Report to the Austrian Standards Institute (ON) dated January 1976, Vienna.
See also
Squash, Badminton, Table Tennis
Updated 2024-06-10 by Ch.Brugger