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| Author(s): | Gibbs, Richard |
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| Author Affiliation: | Sports Surface Design and Management, Takapuna, Auckland |
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| Title: | Managing soil-based sports fields for maximum playability: Design and performance considerations |
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| Section: | Cricket and sports fields
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| Meeting Info.: | Riccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch, New Zealand: 30 May-3 June 2005 |
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| Source: | Proceedings of the Third New Zealand Sports Turf Conference and Trade Show. Vol. 3, 2005, p. 121-128. |
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| Publishing Information: | Palmerston North, NZ: New Zealand Sports Turf Institute |
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| # of Pages: | 8 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Native soil fields; Playability; Athletic field design; Sports turf maintenance; Soil profiles; Topsoil; Drainage; Weather patterns; Surface runoff; Drainage installation
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| Abstract/Contents: | Suggests potential methods of managing soil-based sports fields in order to obtain maximum playability. Defines playability as "the extent to which a sports field can be used for a particular sport." States that "to the turf manager 'maximum playability' does not mean 'as many games as possible with no regard to anything else.' For turf managers, over-use and un-programmed use, restricted maintenance budgets and over-expectation by players, coaches and administrators are common problems." Suggests that "these problems are often far worse on soil-based sports fields compared with ones whose drainage has been upgraded by sand carpeting." Discusses soil profiles, stating that "without knowledge of the characteristics of a soil profile and construction/drainage history of a field, it is impossible to formulate any accurate expectation of the field's sustainable usage." Also suggests installing a pipe drainage system, stating that "installing a lateral pipe drainage system in a soil-based sports field is often considered the first approach to improving a field's drainage performance." Concludes that "managing soil-based sports fields is a challenging business. Too often they are lumped under one category and treated the same. In fact, variation in soil-based sports field performance is likely to be far greater than with more sophisticated sand-based fields. Knowing a little more about the profiles under such fields can help fine tune their management and help understand why they perform in a particular way." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 1 |
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| Note: | Partial reprint appears in OTF Turf News, 64(1) January/February 2002, p. 21-23
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Gibbs, R. 2005. Managing soil-based sports fields for maximum playability: Design and performance considerations. p. 121-128. In Proceedings of the Third New Zealand Sports Turf Conference and Trade Show. Riccarton Park Racecourse, Christchurch, New Zealand: 30 May-3 June 2005. Palmerston North, NZ: New Zealand Sports Turf Institute. |
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