Natural and Artificial Playing Fields: Characteristics and Safety Features
Editor(s): Roger C. Schmidt, Earl F. Hoerner, Edward M. Milner, C. A. Morehouse
What is the ideal surface for a particular sport for both the performance and safety of the athlete? STP 1073 presents the view of designers, administrators, athletes, and sports researchers in an attempt to answer this question.
19 peer-reviewed papers cover:
• playing field standards
• surface traction
• testing and correlation to actual field experience
• state-of-the art natural and artificial surfaces.
For athletic directors, physical educators, athletic field maintenance/ground keepers, biomechanics, researchers, exercise physiologists, manufacturers of sport shoes, sports medicine practitioners, agronomists who are working in this area.
Table of Contents
RC Schmidt
AH Mittelstaedt
M Adrian, D Xu
FA Cosgrove
PM Canaway, MJ Bell, G Holmes, SW Baker
SW Baker
GA Valiant
CJ Abraham, M Newman, J Pugh, LS Shulman
RB Martin
ST Cockerham, VA Gibeault, J Van Dam, MK Leonard
JN Rogers, DV Waddington
RJ Schefsky
MJ Bregar, WW Moyer
RL Henderson, DV Waddington, CA Morehouse
JN Rogers, DV Waddington
WH Daniel
JB Beard, SI Sifers
TA Orofino, JW Leffingwell
RD Breland
EM Milner