rtificial turf has a bum wrap. Invented in the 1960s, the synthetic grass was one of the most talked-about innovations of its time. Within a decade, however, the talk turned sour. After being installed in baseball fields and arenas, athletes and managers agreed, artificial turf was not a good substitute for the real thing. So, scientists and manufacturers went back to their drawing boards, and even now, are constantly improving upon the original design. Today, artificial turf is widely used not only in stadiums but arenas, indoor golf areas and even restaurants (really?) and is also making an appearance in residential yards.
Stadiums, Arenas and Ice Rinks
Traditionally used in these venues, the people who frequent these sports-minded areas are largely responsible for the change in artificial turf design. Due to injuries and lost games players, managers and facility
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Made of nylon and polypropylene, this maintenance free option is not so laughable anymore.
Commercial and Residential Turf
When artificial turf was first introduced as a grass-substitute, the hopes of the manufacturers were that it would replace lawns all around North America and be a water-saving, virtually maintenance free green oasis. No more trimming and mowing for good old dad, those mai-tai's on the veranda would be a reality. Unfortunately the stigma and the flaws of artificial turf overshadowed its good qualities and people quickly forgot about their dream of a maintenance-free future.
But now, more and more home and land owners are rediscovering the newly-designed turf and praising it's form and function, as well as the money saving end of things as well. Commercial site owners are having the turf installed and seeing returns on the initial cost of the artificial turf. The time and money that can be saved can add up or a year or
American Green has entertaining anecdotes, but should be considered more of a light read than as an authoritative work of non-fiction. This book may be enjoyed by environmentalists who want to know more about the impact that lawns have on the environment or for someone who truly is obsessed with his or her lawn and wants to learn about others who share this obsession. Steinberg’s goals may have been lofty, to prove a nationwide obsession, but his arguments and assumptions created a book that cannot be taken seriously.
Ball movement of a ball has disadvantages and advantages on turf or grass. A flat terrain that turf has creates condition for ball bounciness and movement to be smooth. Grass sometimes has an uneven surface.An uneven surface can disrupt ball movement and the bounce of a ball can be difficult to read or predict where the ball will
All field sports utilize two main types of playing surfaces, artificial turf and natural grass. The “Turf Wars: Pros and Cons of Artificial Turf,” an article written by Lindsey Straus, a Harvard graduate and senior editor of MomsTEAM, and “For Better Health, Safety of Athletes Which Playing Surface Is Best?,” an article written by Dustin Pare, a sports journalism major at Arizona State University, both explain that artificial turf usually consists of polyethylene plastic grass that has a base of small rubber pellets made from recycled vehicle tires. Pare adds that “The first artificial turf-style field was introduced in the mid-1960s when ChemGrass was installed at the Houston Astrodome to replace the dying grass in the first domed stadium. The grass was later rebranded AstroTurf, and thus began the debate of natural grass versus turf playing surfaces.” While there’s been controversy revolving around the two playing surfaces since artificial turf was invented, the debate seems to gain interest when well-known players suffer major injuries, such as New York Jets star quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, who tore his achilles at Metlife Stadium in the first quarter of a game in September of
Change is represented throughout the plot of the entire story. The main plot point of the story is how real grass has been changed artificial turf in the baseball field. This change may have been seen as unfortunate, but it reminded people of the importance of coming together and enjoying the baseball stadium as a community. Also, at the beginning of the story, as the character
The debate on artificial turf continues to rage on. Artificial turf has been structurally designed to be a safer surface than grass and to be unaffected by weather. Have engineers succeeded in their goal? It has been said that artificial turf has different properties than grass, and when forces act upon it, artificial turf reacts differently and causes more injuries. I have played the majority of my sports on artificial turf over the last couple years. I have always wondered if the artificial turf has any effect on injuries. Obviously I want to play on the safest surface possible. Is artificial turf that surface? This paper will answer the research question: In what ways does artificial turf affect player injuries?
Property is an owned object, whether that is land or a house or a computer. We own property, it’s our right to protect and decide what we do with that property. We worked hard to own property and we will fight to protect it from both foreign and domestic threats. When someone takes our property, we call it theft, but when the government does it, it’s called Eminent Domain.
Samantha Ureno Professor Zia English 99 22 January 2016 The Science Behind Sports Authority “Nothing in a grocery store is where it is by accident. Every item on a shelf has been planned” (Paco Underhill). In the articles, “The Science of Shopping” by Malcolm Gladwell and “How Target Knows What You Want Before You Do” by Charles Duhigg, these authors exemplify effective marketing strategies which were composed by Paco Underhill and Andrew Pole. Underhill is an environmental psychologist; additionally he employs the basic idea that one’s surroundings influences ones behavior and invented structuring man-made environments to make them conducive to retail purposes.
Many people don't understand the point in playing baseball. Why would someone swing a stick, hit a ball, and try to get back to where they started before the ball returns? What pleasure is there in that? Why not participate in a sport like wrestling or track where there is an obvious level of individual improvement and therefore pleasure. Well, I play baseball because of the love I have for the sport, and because of the feeling that overwhelms me every time I walk onto a baseball field. When I walk onto a field I am given the desire to better myself not only as an athlete, but also as a person. The thoughts and feelings I get drive me to work hard towards my goals and to be a better person. The most relevant example of these feelings is when I stepped on the field at Runyon Complex in Pueblo, Colorado during our high school state playoffs in 2003. This baseball field will always be an important place to me.
Turf is thousands of little nylon strips knitted together to make a carpet. A thin layer of rubber is laid over asphalt and the carpet is put over that layer of rubber. Astro Turf claims that their new System 12 is more “player friendly”(SRI, Astro Turf). They also state a couple advantages associated with their new turf is that it has “high impact shock absorbency” and “low abrasiveness.”
A travel of over 3000 miles for some, a 210 mile drive for me, just to arrive at the biggest gathering of over 1,500 twelve year olds; all just to play baseball. The only place that would be suitable for such an event is Cooperstown Dream Parks, every baseball players heaven. Cars have come to Cooperstown from everywhere for this week long tournament. I met children my age from all over the United states. I became friends with kids from Ohio, Illinois, California, I even met a player from Puerto Rico who barely spoke any english. The windows of everyone 's car decorated with the names and numbers of teams and players. Excited baseball teams spill from their Barracks and hustle toward the already crowded seating area. Festive music played over
Football is one of the three most popular sports in the United States. The modern game of football most likely originated from England (hornetfootball.org). Walter Camp, a football coach for Yale, is known as “the Father of American Football” because he made several changes to the game of football (historyoffootball.net). The first professional football league was established in 1920, and it was made popular because of the invention of the television. Football is a mixture of science and religion which can be proved in the science of football, the religious interpretation of football, and the players’ use of their religion.
The wheels on the bus went round and round, all the way to Paonia. The ten mile trip seemed to last forever. Whoosh, Whoosh was the only sound could be heard as the wheels ran through the new rain puddles that were created earlier that day. It was dead silent, you could have heard a pin drop. We all knew what was at stake. For each of us it was a different thing, but on both sides of the ball we knew that in order to have bragging rights for the rest of our lives this would be the game that we would have to win. Every other game that season didn't matter as long as we won this game. Every hit would be remembered on those days when we would be sitting down as old men drinking beer or coffee. There would be talk about when we flew around the field with each other who hit who and who knocked who on their can. The bus was not a sleeping silence, it was more of a tense silence. The type of silent there is when a group of civilians enter the surrounding of another expecting to leave with something they shouldn't. The main thing we were expecting to leave with was respect. Its all about respect. This was the type of game that every hit and every block counted. We knew that we will be partying with them the next spring, and we wanted bragging rights. That was the type of silence that it was, all the way to Paonia.
Artificial turf is a synthetic layer made to look like a regular grass field. In December of 2015, much strife about the field conditions came out due to the hard surface and its sharp, painful pellets buried in the turf. (Macur, The New York Times) Now, keep in mind the USMNT in 2015 and two years prior, rarely played on artificial turf. This issue of fake grass, has caused dozens of injuries and is a big reason why the USWNT fought to be able to play on natural grass, which just last year called for lessening the turf field usage down.
It was a gloomy day, Hurricane Hermine blew past Greenville leaving behind scattered puddles across campus as well as lingering clouds blocking most of the sunlight. The air was cool yet there was a certain electricity present that made that day feel less dreary. It was the first home college football game, East Carolina University was going to play against Western Carolina University. The two institutions haven’t played each other since 1981 and it was sure to be an interesting match up, football season was back in full swing and this match would define the success to come for the home team.
Home gardens offer a wide variety of benefits to the environment and serve a diverse group of people. Home gardening provides a source of fresh produce and free of chemicals, it also gives you complete control over the chemicals and products used during the growing process. A home garden allows you to pick the produce when its ripe, unlike produce at the store is often picked before its fully ripe. The quality and flavor of the freshly picked produce from home is better than the produce that might have unknown chemicals and was likely picked several days or weeks before being sold. The produce retains more nutrients when consumed shortly after being picked, making your home garden vegetables a healthier option. A garden also provides a positive environmental impact. The compost allows you to recycle certain kitchen and yard waste into a nutrient-rich additive for the garden. This provides natural fertilizer for you plants and reduces the wastes you produce. If you choose to avoid or limit chemical use, you reduce pollution from your gardening activities. Besides being good for the environment gardens have environmental gains for us. Gardening help control urban temperatures, If the environmental landscape design is effective it can cool your home in summer and warm it in winter, it can also reduce the energy cost by up to 20%. Gardening, and all the physical activity that goes along with it, leads to a better overall physical health, weight loss, improve you bones, and reduces the risk of having osteoporosis. “In a study of 3,310 older women, researchers from the University of Arkansas found that women involved in yard work and other types of gardening exercises had lower rates of osteoporosis than joggers, swimmers, and women wh...