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Liability Issues for Athletic Fields
Sports field managers across all levels of play make safety their top consideration. Playability is a strong second, with aesthetics, while very important, ranked third on the list. However, this must...
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Back to Basics: Herbicide Application 101
Know Your Enemy By simple definition, a weed is a plant out of place. Typically, a weed finds a bare or thin area within the desirable plants and spreads by growing more aggressively than they do. The...
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Back to Basics: Aeration 101
It Starts with the Soil Soil is the growing medium for turfgrass. Understanding the texture and structure of your soils provides the basis for understanding how your grass plants will perform within...
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Back to Basics: Soccer Field Maintenance 101
DIGGING IN All field maintenance starts from the ground up. Determine the basics of how your fields are constructed to better understand how they’ll perform and what will be required to maintain them....
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Back to Basics: Infield Maintenance 101
DIGGING IN “Infield” is a term unique to the sports of baseball and softball. In baseball, the infield refers to the diamond, typically a combination of turfgrass and “dirt” (another word for the...
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Getting the Most Out of Summer at Your Facility
Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the June 2008 issue of SportsField Management No matter how busy you are, summer is a great time to catch up on what is new in sports field...
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Back to Basics: Field Safety 101
Sports field managers across all levels of play frequently state that safety — for the athletes and all who visit their facilities — is their top consideration. But this must be much more than just a...
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Back to Basics: Mowing Patterns 101
HOW THE’YRE CREATED There’s no magic to mowing patterns — they simply take advantage of the natural response of the turfgrass and the bending of the grass blades in the direction the mower travels....
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Back to Basics: Irrigation Techniques 101
DIGGING IN Irrigation puts you in control of the vital, nonrenewable resource that is water. It’s simple: Water is essential for plant growth. Turfgrasses are plants. Turfgrasses provide the playing...
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Back to Basics: Topdressing 101
DIGGING IN Topdressing is the process of applying a material in a thin, even layer to the surface of natural turfgrass to accomplish a variety of purposes. The term topdressing also refers to the...
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Back to Basics: Football Field Maintenance 101
Digging In If you haven’t done so already, dig into the basics of each field’s subsurface construction, mapping out in-ground drainage and irrigation systems and recording the makeup and depth of the...
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Back to Basics: Fungicide Application 101
Digging In Do your homework. Learn what disease organisms are most likely to infest the types of turfgrasses you’re growing. Then, study the symptoms of potential activity of those organisms on your...
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Back to Basics: Winter Field Prep 101
Digging In As always, management practices must be worked around field use and weather conditions. In cool-season grass regions and parts of the transition zone, winter may close in before the end of...
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Hiring 101
Digging in Because personnel costs are the largest percentage of your budget, you need to hire the best individuals for your program. Tap into all available resources to reach potential employees. Ask...
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Employee Training 101
You are always training – through your actions, words and attitude. Some of the most impactful lessons your staff will learn will be taught by how you conduct yourself in difficult, stressful or...
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Become a Field Painting Pro
Digging in Accuracy is your top priority. Use the official field layout specifications as provided by the correct governing body for the sport at the correct level of play and follow it precisely. The...
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