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Indoor Soccer Turf Field with Rubber In-fill

Sports, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
Painting solutions can vary depending on the type of turf facility and your requirements. Here's a question from a indoor soccer facility manager. "I work for a brand new indoor soccer facility in Kansas City and we hav...
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Aerosol Chalk Versus Aerosol Paint

Turf _Tips, Product_Review
The following questions were asked concerning the use of aerosol chalk. The image to the left is a scuff test on synthetic turf. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE ...
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SportsTurf Managers Association Releases Updated Website

Sports, Turf _Tips
Keeping up with the latest technology, systems, equipment, supplies, and industry resources continues to be important to the sport turf industry including the leading professional association, STMA. They have just releas...
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Google + Implemented for Customer Service, Networking and Collaboration Efforts

Trends, Turf _Tips, Services
Google + Being Implemented for Improved Business Operations. Tru Mark continues to investigate and implement customer service solutions. General Manager, Mark Hall, has been using Facebook Business Pages, LinkedIn, and ...
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Time Elapsed Football Field Painting Video

Sports, Turf _Tips, Demos
A college football head coach is an active participant in field painting operations. Not unheard of in high schools around the country, but not that routine at college level, especially in this particular case. The Omah...
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Stake All Integrated Marking Whisker and Plastic Stake

Trends, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
Smi-Carr, Inc. has recently released their latest innovation in landscape marking. Called the Stake All, they have taken their 6" marking whiskers in multiple colors and integrated them with a 6" hard plastic stake that ...
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Synthetic Turf Trends--Minimizing Static Electricity

Trends, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
Do you experience a crumb rubber buildup on your players due to static electricity? Currently facility managers are using an approved wetting agent or some are using Downy Fabric Softener with a wide area sprayer to help...
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Example of a Good Instructional Video--Playing Catch Mechanics

Trends, Turf _Tips, Services
How do you improve your skills, professionalism, and quality of life? What tools can help make a difference in your business and increase the value for your customers? Obviously hard work, diligence, learning and executi...
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Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act Enacted into Law

Trends, Turf _Tips, Product_Review
Over the years numerous injuries and deaths have been associated with soccer goal tip-overs. Recently, Illinois law makers passed and the governor signed into law the Movable Soccer Goal Safety Act. This law was impleme...
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Turning Brown Turf Green with Sports Turf Colorant

Trends, Turf _Tips, Testimonials, Product_Review
Saving water by using a turf colorant that is safe and long lasting is gaining acceptance in the lawn care business. It started in Southern California during a down housing market and is now moving to Texas where the g...
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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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