By John Kmitta
STMA recommends utilizing the Playing Conditions Index (PCI) to assess the playability of your natural grass fields. According to STMA, the d...
On June 30, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that 160 minor league affiliates, and tens of thousands of workers and players would not be taking the diamon...
By Jeremy Tredway
The word “essential” seems to be thrown around lately when it comes to basic job duties and responsibilities. I’m sure most of you have fo...
By John Kmitta
Trevor Vance, Kansas City Royals senior director of groundskeeping and landscaping, recently shared some advice for dealing with current chal...
For field paint trends, paint selection advice, application tips and more, SportsField Management recently interviewed Greg Narmour, vice president at World Cl...
By Mary Helen Sprecher
One of the biggest advantages of public facilities such as municipal fields – whether they are diamonds or rectangles – is they are o...
By John Kmitta
Sports field managers are accustomed to stress. However, the areas of anxiety in 2020 have not been related to event loads and field usage, b...
By Chase Straw, Ph.D., and Athol Thomson, Ph.D.
Several devices are commercially available to quantify surface properties of a sports field (e.g. surface ha...
By Shane R. Evans, Kelly Kopp, Paul G. Johnson, Neil C. Hansen, Ph.D., and Bryan G. Hopkins, Ph.D., CPSS
Lawn grass acreage is steadily increasing as urban ...
By Mary Helen Sprecher
Everyone’s hoping for greener pastures in the months to come. For the moment, however, many states are in lockdown and schools are cl...
