[Editor’s Note: This article was provided by Sod Solutions, and was written by Cecilia Brown, media and content manager.] Most people take old desk supplies or some new ideas with them from one job to the next. But Nashville Soccer...
By Kelly Rensel, CSFM Over the last 20 years or so, the game of baseball has drastically become more data driven. Launch angle, velo and spin rate have now entered the baseball lexicon, and have driven a wedge between baseball...
By Mary Helen Sprecher It might have been fueled by the pandemic – when people rediscovered outdoor exercise in municipal parks and were looking for things to do with their families – but disc golf’s growth has continued. The sport...
By Conlan Burbrink, M.S., Weston Floyd, CSFM, Athol Thomson, Ph.D., Steven Riechman, Ph.D., and Chase Straw, Ph.D. Measuring sports field characteristics (e.g., surface hardness, soil moisture, etc.) can provide valuable information to guide management toward the safest, most consistent and...
By John C. Fech and Brad Jakubowski If there’s one thing that all sports field managers utilize on a regular basis, it’s aeration. Of course, there are a lot of considerations, techniques and timing issues to contemplate for each field....
Q: Last year following renovation of our skinned areas, we laid several sod widths of a new bermudagrass cultivar rather than going back in with Tifway. We have noticed it seems to be holding that same width although we have...
By Brad Jakubowski Weather is a critical component of a sports field manager’s daily responsibilities. When the weather is behaving well, it makes life easier, when it isn’t, life can become very troublesome – even dangerous. Every year, many people...
