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Article: Improve your infill system for field hockey.(green science)
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- SportsTURF
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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Originally a male-dominated sport in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, field hockey has been popular with women since the game was introduced in the U.S. in the early 1900s. Over time, field hockey has gained in popularity and become a scholarship sport at the collegiate level. As field hockey programs continue to gain momentum, turf managers may need to consider and incorporate its needs when contemplating the switch to a multi-sport synthetic field.
Currently, the preferred surface for collegiate field hockey is AstroTurf, which provides players with the optimum playing surface, as its tightly knitted short pile surface allows for the quickest and truest ball ...