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SFMA Conference

2024 SFMA conference recordings available on demand

If you were unable to attend the 2024 SFMA Conference, visit the SFMA online store and purchase the recordings for $149. Access to individual sessions is $20 each. SFMA recorded the educational sessions at the 2024 conference to benefit sports...
Green Sports Alliance Energy Decarbonization

Green Sports Alliance releases Energy Decarbonization Playbook

The Green Sports Alliance (GSA) released the “Energy Decarbonization Playbook for Sports and Entertainment Venues.” This comprehensive guide is set to transform energy consumption and decarbonization strategies in venues, setting a new standard for environmental stewardship in the sports and...
Pam Sherratt

Pamela Sherratt on Summer Seeding

Q: We are renovating high-traffic areas this summer while the school fields are closed. What should we do about diseases like Pythium? A: The vast majority of turfgrass diseases are caused by fungi, and most soils contain fungi that can...
Grady Miller

Q&A with Dr. Grady Miller: Recovery

Q: Our city wants to host more multiple-day travel tournaments on top of our heavy weekday schedules. Do you have any tips to improve recovery so we can sustain this additional wear and keep our field standards high? A: Too...
Gillette Stadium FieldTurf

Gillette Stadium installs new FieldTurf Core

Gillette Stadium, home to the NFL’s New England Patriots and the MLS’s New England Revolution, recently completed the installation of a new FieldTurf Core system with multi-layer dual-polymer monofilament fiber. Gillette Stadium first installed a FieldTurf surface during the 2006...
RFP for sports field

Crafting an Effective RFP for Sports Field Projects

By Mary Helen Sprecher Crafting a request for proposal (RFP) when it comes to having work done on your field can set the stage for success throughout the project. That’s why it is essential to put in the work in...
SFMA Mowing Patterns Contest

SFMA Mowing Patterns Contest Winning Design

The Sports Field Management Association (SFMA) announced the winner of the 2023 SFMA Mowing Patterns Contest. The winning design was submitted by Dakota Steele, district groundskeeper at Fairfield Community Schools in Goshen, Indiana. The winning “V pattern” was created for...
Infield conditioner

The History and Best Practices for Infield Topdressings

By Luke Yoder and Paul Zwaska Back in the 1960s, groundskeepers began incorporating different products into their infield skins to try to improve playability. These products were initially produced for the golf and automotive industries, and consisted of diatomaceous earth,...
SFMA FOY University of Illinois

SFMA announces 2023 Field of the Year winners

Eleven SFMA members were awarded Field of the Year honors for 2023. The SFMA Awards Committee, led by Jason DeMink, CSFM, and Jeremy Driscoll, CSFM, reviewed each submission and independently rated applicants on field quality as impacted by staffing, budget,...
Turf-Tec MICDT

New infill and cleat depth tester from Turf-Tec

From Turf-Tec International, the new Mascaro Infill and Cleat Depth Tester is designed as a testing instrument that will measure infill depth on synthetic turf, as well as cleat depth penetration on synthetic turf and natural grass or any other...