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They have different lengths for different sports, and different quality. My son plays FB and lacross

Author: LanceManion (7875 Posts - Joined: Jul 16, 2010)
Posted at 9:42 am on Jun 10, 2025
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and schools with all purpose fields tend to use a mixed height fake grass, but to do it right, you need different length turf for FB vs lacrosse, and probably variations for baseball, soccer, field hockey, etc..

The better stuff is fairly soft but the cheaper stuff that lasts longer is usually rough and gives you horrible carpet burn. My son ends up wearing fairly thick leg and arm protectors even when it's warm because when he doesn't he ends up with abrasions and those take a while to heal and can get infected.

I know sometime back female soccer goalies were showing up with disproportionate versions of some cancer apparently due to not moving much on the turf and use of ground up tires. Probably obvious, but I'm not a fan.


Imposing corporate abuse, neglect and greed on deserving victims.

Replies to: "They have different lengths for different sports, and different quality. My son plays FB and lacross"

  • WTF is with all the fake dirt baseball fields? - Nigel Tufnel - 8:40pm 6/9/25 (8) [View All]
    • They used to have real dirt surrounded by turf, now it's all turf. Odd to watch. - LanceManion - 8:57am 6/10/25
      • Do you think this is a way to fight rain outs and drainage issues? [NT] - ELP - 9:18am 6/10/25
        • That and cost of maintenance. I think kids prefer grass for most sports, but $$ to maintain. [NT] - LanceManion - 9:36am 6/10/25
      • My daughter played on this junk a few times. Had to get “turfs” and said it was brutal - TampaIrish - 9:16am 6/10/25
        • They have different lengths for different sports, and different quality. My son plays FB and lacross - LanceManion - 9:42am 6/10/25
    • Back in my day we mixed in some broken glass and shredded metal with the infield dirt. We left every [IMAGE] - MAS - 9:50pm 6/9/25
      • Exactly! - Nigel Tufnel - 7:26am 6/10/25
        • Back in my day we played on asphalt. Those head first slides were murder, [NT] - ELP - 8:46am 6/10/25
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