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Synthetic Turf Offers Baseball Teams Options
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Paul Steinbach,
May 2013
A true baseball purist, Steve Malliet likes stepping onto a well-manicured baseball diamond and smelling the freshly mowed grass. And his personal journey through professional baseball, with stops in the front offices of four minor-league teams and one big-league club, has allowed him this pleasure often. ...
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Cooling Solutions Trending in Synthetic Turf Industry
By
Emily Attwood,
February 2013
From its introduction in the late '90s, the role of synthetic turf infill was to make synthetic turf play more like natural grass, providing more cushioning for the athlete’s safety and performance.
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Field Lights Drive Growth in Soccer’s Popularity
By
Emily Attwood,
January 2013
This past fall, the San Diego State University women’s soccer team reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for only the second time in the Aztecs' history, finishing the season with a record 21 wins and only two losses.
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FIFA Program Certifies Synthetic Turf Performance
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Paul Steinbach,
October 2012
This month, a small fraternity of field inspectors will gather in Paris for an annual brush-up on the latest techniques in testing synthetic turf. The goal is to establish consistency among the entities entrusted by FIFA
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Synthetic Turf Manufacturers Advance Field Cooling Solutions
By
Emily Attwood,
September 2012
Global warming debates aside, this summer was hot. And dry. By mid-July, 64 percent of the country was suffering from drought conditions, the worst since the 1950s.
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Shock Pads Make Bigger Impact in the Synthetic Turf Industry
By
Michael Popke,
May 2012
One of the more popular seminars attended by industry professionals at the Synthetic Turf Council’s March Spring Membership Meeting in Las Vegas didn’t boast a sexy name or even a call to action.
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Communities Find Solutions to Sports Field Shortages
By
Emily Attwood,
May 2012
A dedicated push by communities across the country to get youths off the couch and out playing appears to be paying off.
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Drought-Ridden Field Owners Reconsider Maintenance Practices, Synthetic Turf
By
Andrew Cohen,
January 2012
Robert Lee, Texas, population 1,106, got three inches of rain in the first 11 months of 2011.
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Two Organizations Now Speak for the Synthetic Turf Industry
By
Joe Bush,
August 2011
Does the synthetic turf industry's proverbial playing field need the backing of two trade associations?
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Is Jury Still Out on Recyclable Synthetic Turf?
By
Joe Bush,
July 2011
The year 2010 saw the first synthetic turf field to be fully recycled.
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