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Sport Turf Maintenance Tips for Everyone

Trends, Turf _Tips, Testimonials, Demos
Dr Andrew McNitt discussed the fundamentals of turf grass management for athletic fields as part of the STMA Midwest Regional Conference in Ames, IA, June 24-25, 2009. He related many of his tips to several of the field ...
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STMA Custom Stencil Painting Demo

Trends, Sports, Turf _Tips, Demos
During the first annual Midwest Regional STMA conference at Iowa State University, Ames, IA two students put on a demonstration of the custom logo field painting process. The referenced photo album steps you through the...
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Sports Field Layout Tools Work On BlackBerry Devices

Trends, Turf _Tips, Demos, Product_Review
Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker desktop sports field layout tools can be used on BlackBerry mobile smartphone devices. Tru Mark business operations recently updated to a BlackBerry Curve 8900 which is protected by an Ott...
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Coloring/Painting Lawn Grass and Fairway Turf--What is Needed and the Costs

Trends, Turf _Tips, Testimonials
Over the past several months we have received numerous calls from individuals trying to improve their property's landscape appeal. This may be a real estate agent trying to improve the eye appeal of a property on sale or...
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Creating Eco-friendly Aerial Mapping Targets

Trends, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
We continue to receive interesting questions to problems that customers ask about that typically can be solved using our products. Here's one of the more recent questions that we answered. "We are in need of a system to...
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Ultimate Frisbee a Growing Sport

Trends, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
The Ultimate Frisbee sport/U/420/Userfiles/Blog/11th_ed_Final_3_6_07.pdf The Ultimate Frisbee Players Association has a lot of information and references associated with the sport. To help stake out and stripe an Ultim...
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Liquid Chalk for Synthetic Turf Fields

Trends, Demos, Product_Review
Tru Mark Athletic Field Marker introduced a bulk liquid chalk temporary field lining solution for synthetic turf fields that does not require a special removal agent. While Tru Mark offers an aerosol chalk solution cust...
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K-State Horiculture Dept. Develops Sports Turf Management Focus

Trends, Turf _Tips, Services
Kansas State University horticulture department increases their Sport Turf Management focus in their curriculum. “The growing field, increasing professionalism in the sports turf industry and the number of opportunitie...
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Twitter--Social Networking Tools

Trends, Services
I've been using Twitter for about 3 months now and have found a few tools that add value to this social networking capability. One of the most convenient feature is the sharing of your Twitter tweets to your Facebook acc...
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What On-line Tools are You Using?

Trends, Turf _Tips, Services
The Weather Channel has become part of most golf superintendents and grounds keepers on-line tool kit. What other on-line and smartphone tools are you using to help with your turf operations? Here's a recent article tha...
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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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