About this Course
The Sports Turf Management: Best Practices course will cover the construction, management, and challenges in maintaining athletic fields intended for football, soccer, and baseball. You will learn the fundamental management practices for maintaining athletic fields, such as fertilization, irrigation, mowing, and pest control. An overview of athletic field construction, highlighting the advantages and disadvantages of native soil versus modified soil fields, will be provided. Lastly, you will explore the effects of traffic and compaction on athletic fields and the development of artificial turf. This course is a non-credit course that is part of the College of ACES suite of online programs. To learn more about online programs from the College of ACES and explore ways to apply your work toward a degree program at the University of Illinois, visit acesonline.illinois.edu
What You'll Learn
- Learn fundamental management practices: fertilization, irrigation, and mowing
- Apply effective pest control techniques
- Understand the effects of traffic on athletic fields
- Analyze compaction impacts on field quality
- Explore artificial turf development
Prerequisites
- Basic computer and internet skills
- Ability to follow course instructions in English and complete exercises
Instructors
Bruce Branham
Professor and Faculty Extension Specialist