What are the myths and realities of the Scandinavian sport model? The author analyses four constituents of the Scandinavian sport model, using Norwegian football as an example. For adult football, there is clear discrepancy between conceptions and realities, while the current model describes the...

Natural turfgrass sports fields can be highly variable depending on construction, usage, and management. Research involving athlete - surface interactions often fails to thoroughly account for variability by grouping these fields into the single category of "natural turfgrass." This can obscure...

Background: The use of artificial turf in American football continues to grow in popularity, and the effect of these playing surfaces on athletic injuries remains controversial. Knee injuries account for a significant portion of injuries in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) ...

Background: Numerous injuries have been attributed to playing on artificial turf. Over the past 2 decades, however, newer generations of synthetic turf have been developed to duplicate the playing characteristics of natural grass. Although synthetic turf has been determined to be safer than natural ...

Cricket is a team sport that dates back to the 13th Century. Its many traditions and terminologies are not the easiest to explain to someone who has never seen it before, or indeed to someone watching it live for the very first time. In 2018, over a thousand Test Match Cricket spectators were...

Purpose: This paper presents a study of atmospheric climate impacts on community-level sports clubs' (CLSC) in Australia and Canada, their vulnerability and resilience, and organisational responses. Design/Methods: A qualitative methodology was used with a multiple case research design. Data...

Sporting events are becoming more prevalent within protected areas. To investigate the potential for trail runners to facilitate alien plant introductions into a protected area, we identified plants germinating from material from shoes obtained from 682 trail runners prior to four races in a South ...

An investigation into the Desso Grassmaster system and its increased use on various types of sport pitches around the world. Grassmaster is one of a few systems that has enabled increased hours of play compared to more conventional surfaces. "The health and safety and social benefits from sports ...

The aim of this study is to examine the stadium grass types of the teams in the Turkish professional football leagues and the distribution of these grass types among the leagues. In the study, grass types in the stadiums of 145 teams in the Turkish professional football leagues in the 2020-2021...

Major football stadiums present a significant challenge for the growth of healthy turf because of soil compaction and wear resulting from play, in an environment with significant levels of shade and restricted air movement. Turf drainage and growth can be improved by the use of carefully selected...