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A Tired Sports Field--Fundamentals of Sports Turf Project Management

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips
With any organization/U/420/Userfiles/Blog/NRPA%20Overused%20fields1.pdf">Strategies for Dealing with Overused Athletic Fields," helps everyone supporting a sports operations to understand the tradeoffs involved. The doc...
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Trends and Investment in Recreation and Sports Facilities

Trends, Sports
As part of a community project in Norfolk/U/420/Userfiles/Blog/56TOPTRENDSAFFECTINGNORFOLK.pdf">56 TOP TRENDS AFFECTING NORFOLK'S FUTURE, Comments from Forecasting International By Dr. Marvin J. Cetron, President, Foreca...
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Paint Striping Synthetic Turf Soccer Field--Lessons Learned

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
During some recent business travels Tru Mark had the opportunity of applying a water-based synthetic turf paint on existing soccer field lines of a synthetic turf field at Wyzata High School, MN. This particular turf fi...
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Are Nanoparticles Safe for Soil and Sports Field Facilities?

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First posted in 2007, still relevant in 2010. The world of sport turf management will be experiencing challenges with the introduction of new technologies into this ever changing environment. Synthetic nanoparticles do ...
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Synthetic Turf Options -- Things to Consider & Testimonial

Trends, Turf _Tips, Testimonials, Product_Review
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Trend of Increasing Interest for Lacrosse Field Layout Tool

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips
Over the past several years the request for the soccer field layout continues to be strong compared to the lacrosse and rugby layout tools. However there is an accelerated rate of increase for the lacrosse field tool ove...
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Synthetic Turf Manfucturer and Installer Company Merger

Trends, Sports
Consolidation in Sports Turf Industry follows trends from other industries. In the past 5 years we've seen larger paint manufacturing companies purchase regional and niche companies, e.g., Sherwin Williams purchasing Mau...
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Tru Mark Field Striper Parts Used in Robot

Trends, Sports, Services, Demos
Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker helped with providing field marker parts for a students' high school project designing, building and testing a robot controlled field line striper. This involved a group of seniors at the ...
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Liquid Chalk Performance on Synthetic Turf Fields

Trends, Turf _Tips, Testimonials, Product_Review
More and more club and youth sports organizations are finding it difficult to schedule events on synthetic turf fields because the field owners do not want paint applied. In many cases they are experiencing a ghosting is...
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TURF-IE -- turf management covered in news and popular media

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips
Ross Kurcab has created a TURF-IE Facebook fan page where he covers turf management stories in the news and other popular media outlets. Ross stated, "I believe part of being a professional is being current with the ne...
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Brand and Protect Your Indoor Facilities

Trends, Sports
Protect your players, facility and display your branding at the same time! As basketball, volleyball and wrestling begin to gear up it is time to look to your gym and indoor spaces to make sure they are as ready for the...
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A New NCAA Baseball/Softball Rule could impact your facility: Make sure you are ready for the season!

With player safety in mind, the NCAA has implemented a rule requiring hard surfaces, such as wood, brick and concrete, to be padded to protect the athletes from injury.  The rule: NCAA Softball Rule 2.15. We rec...
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Football Field End Zone Design

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
When you think about the aesthetics of a football field, we know that the sideline numbers, lines and hash marks are there to guide and regulate play. Let’s take the next step and explore options for beyond the goa...
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Football Field Painting and Stenciling Videos

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips
With football season around the corner it is a great time to get an idea on the scope of what is needed to prep your field. Not every field is going to need the attention, detail or man power of a premier D1 program or a...
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What You Need to Know When Painting your Logo on Tracks, Cement or Driveways/Sidewalks

Turf _Tips
Your team or organization's logo is important and is a symbol of pride. Painting your logo on grass is one thing, but what about hard surfaces such as parking lots, sidewalks and tracks? You can absolutely do this! The p...
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Baseball/Softball Mound Logos: Low Cost, BIG Impact

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips
Fields are and always have been a source of pride for each team. The way the field is displayed, on the other hand, continues to evolve. Fields turned into stadiums. The grass went from whatever was grown locally, to per...
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Softball and Baseball Field Logo Stencils

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
It's 2020 - time to update your baseball field! After the hard work of mound rebuilding, regrading diamonds and topdressing are done don't forget to add your team's identity! Painting your logo on your baseball or s...
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