Using synthetic turf to minimize dark days and maximize facility usage
By Haley Darling
It’s no secret that northern climates impose challenges to practice and game time for outdoor sports like soccer, football, and baseball. While southern states enjoy the outdoors, their northern neighbors endure drastic conditions, from blizzards and ice to rain, winds, and floods—often cutting several weeks from the season and limiting off-season practices.
From community centers to college campuses, northern athletes lose valuable spring and fall training and competition time, braving the elements to practice and play the game they love. This likely explains why 68 percent of baseball players drafted since 1989 hail from 16 warmer-climate states.