Recently added articles from SportsTURF:
Field builders' certification now available.(From the Sidelines)
Oct 01, 2009; ... THE AMERICAN SPORTS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION (ASBA), the national organization for builders and suppliers of materials for athletic facilities, has developed a new Field Builder Certification Program. The program, which was developed to help raise professional standards and improve the ...
Networking starts locally.(President's Message)
Oct 01, 2009; ... EVER SIT BACK AND WONDER HOW TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO BEFORE, and where to start? Have you ever stopped and realized all that you have learned from another sports turf manager? Where would we all be if it wasn't for someone across town or across the country who took ...
Update on chemical products for sports turf: park district improves year round playability.(Field Science)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ANYONE WHO'S PLAYED SOCCER appreciates turf that allows the ball a true roll. A good pitch provides consistent, predictable speed with no unexpected changes in direction of a rolling ball. When Jim Keppler in Simi Valley, CA inherited two soccer ...
New chemical control options for sports turf managers.(FieldScience)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] EACH YEAR new products enter the turfgrass industry designed to help sports turf managers provide athletes with high quality surfaces. Before their commercial debut, these products are rigorously tested at universities across the United States to determine ...
Reports from the field.(Field Science)
Oct 01, 2009; ... ANDY PARKER, GROUNDS SUPERVISOR FOR PARK HILL (MO) SCHOOL DISTRICT: "We don't generally use a lot of herbicides. I prefer to manage weeds through other turf management practices. I seed once a month starting on March 30 and ending in the fall. We find that the dense turf canopy crowds out ...