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Ross Kurcab has created a TURF-IE Facebook fan pag e 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 news of your chosen industry. It can be very educational – who knew they were using recycled glass as a sub-base for natural grass fields in New Zealand?" I totally agree that as a professional you must develop a life long learning philosophy where you search out educational... Read Full Story

A report on the official study entitled: “Incidence, Mechanisms, and Severity of Game-Related College Football Injuries on FieldTurf Versus Natural Grass: A Three-Year Prospective Study ”. [http://t.love.com/289352408] The published research concludes that college football games played on FieldTurf synthetic turf playing surfaces resulted in statistically fewer and less severe injuries than those played on natural grass. The peer-reviewed study is published in the American Journal of Sports... Read Full Story

Tru Mark is now offering rigid plastic custom sports stencils. These unique stencils are manufactured from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) sheet plastic using an automated router table. Rigid Sports Stencils are for marking on hard surfaces to enhance special events, parking lots, indoor and outdoor tracks, playgrounds, and sports fields. We've gone one step further for those responsible for marking running tracks. Review images of our custom made Track Lane and Runway Marking Stencils . Ask... Read Full Story

What do you do to remove field marking paint from a natural grass turf sports field? That is the question forwarded recently. "We are a major stadium in Australia that caters for rugby and soccer games. As these games are televised it is important that the previous sports lines are removed. Do you have a removable paint for natural turf? The turf we have is Bermuda couch which is over sown in Winter with Rye seed." Now to some options. Most turf paints applied to natural turf are removed by... Read Full Story

We recently had a series of communications with a prospective customer asking about our field marking equipment. To help us better understand their requirements we generated a series of questions. We noticed from your website (soccer association website) that you have access to soccer fields around your community. Are you currently using aerosol paint or are you already using bulk latex paint? Do you have a central location for your supplies and mixing/cleaning operations? Do you have a team... Read Full Story

Athletic Business publishes one of the finest reference documents for grounds maintenance, sports facility personnel and youth sports volunteers. Their Sports Facility Specification Guide is one of the most used reference documents that I find myself referring to on a yearly basis. This guide lists numerous field dimensions that is needed by personnel line striping and setting up a field for the first time. The guide covers 15 plus high school, college, and professional field specifications... Read Full Story

Always on the hunt for educational material on sports turf management we have the latest 2010 Rutger's Continuing Education offering. The Rutgers-NJAES Office of Continuing Education in cooperation with the New Jersey Sports Field Managers Association is offering an Athletic Field Construction and Maintenance short course Feb. 16-18. In addition to this 3-day course, half-day courses are offered in these special athletic field topics: Understanding Synthetic Fields and Baseball/Softball... Read Full Story

Further confirmation that synthetic turf fields using rubber infield material have a low risk to youth participants. EPA Study of Synthetic Turf and Crumb Rubber Finds 'Low Level of Concern' Study findings: * Particulate matter, metals and volatile organic compound concentrations were measured in the air samples and compared with areas away from the turf fields (background levels). The levels found in air samples from the artificial turf were similar to background levels. * No tire-related... Read Full Story

Where should you spend you scare resources to produce the most value and greatest support for your sports field operations? Over the past several years we've come across several excellent resources which have been incorporated into our website FAQ page as well as new products and updates to existing products. These tips are not necessarily in any particular priority. You may have experienced some time and money saving tips as well, please share these with others. Tru Mark Athletic Field... Read Full Story

The Tru Mark Ultimate Field Layout Tool is designed for Ultimate organizations and field striping personnel needing a simple yet accurate tool to help in laying out and striping their sports fields. No matter what your requirements you can generate symmetric dimensions for any age group or space restrictions. The Utlimate field calculation are figured using the length and width of the playing field proper. The endzone distance is a fixed depth 23 meters (25 yards or 75') The player and... Read Full Story