Sports Turf Blog

Infill plays several roles in synthetic turf. In general, infill holds synthetic turf fibers upright and in place. Sand serves as a ballast to weigh down synthetic turf and provides similar footing to natural grass. Crumb rubber has long been the choice for artificial turf infill due to its cost...

Sports Turf Company takes home multiple awards  in the Alabama AGC BuildSouth Awards for the second year in a row.

The new artificial turf fields at the Ed Defore sports complex were long overdue for Bibb County athletics. Especially for one sport in particular. "Especially as far as soccer was concerned, our field was not good enough for our kids to play on," said athletic director Barney Hester. "But now...

How often have you heard an Athletic Director, School Facilities Administrator, or a Coach lament their field or track.  “It holds water.” “The crown is too tall.” “The lines are not straight.” “It cost us too much money.” “We couldn’t get the installer to come back for maintenance issues.” “The...

Jefferson City School's recently completed practice facility features a full sized natural grass field and a full sized artificial turf field. The brand new facility features fields with two different surfaces to suit both the high school and middle school athletic teams, no matter what the...

Last week, the finishing touches were put on the University of South Alabama’s indoor practice facility. The state-of-the-art facility will be primarily utilized by the Jaguar football team, but it will also be available for other athletic department and university functions.

Running Track design is complicated and there are a variety of running track surfaces out there to be considered.  Here are a couple of things to consider when looking at renovating or constructing your running track facility.