Sunday, March 14, 2010

Infield Mixes, Vol 11: In-Season Maintenance

Before undertaking in-season maintenance on your infield surface, make sure to review these blog posts:
Provided that the steps laid out in the previous 10 volumes were executed, the in-season maintenance of the infield surface is relatively simple and straight forward. Every day the field is in use the following steps should be followed:

 Pre-Game/Practice
  • Tire roll all position areas and areas around the bases
  • Lightly nail drag the infield – no more that ¼ inch deep
  • Hand rake all the edges using a landscape rake
  • Mat drag the infield
  • Water the infield
Post-Game/Practice
  • Hand rake all position areas and around bases using a landscape rake
  • Mat drag infield
  • Hand rake all the edges using a landscape rake
  • Lightly roll infield
  • Water infield to the point of standing water to ensure adequate deep moisture – this should be the heaviest water application of the day
Misc. Tasks During the Season
  • Add conditioner as needed to ensure the 1/8-1/4 inch depth
  • Edge infield
  • Float conditioner as necessary
  • Add infield mix as necessary – follow the same steps as laid out in Volume 7
What else do you do to your infield in-season?

Play on!
--Jamie
Posted by Jamie Mehringer at 5:09 PM

1 comment:

  1. Svyatoslav saysJanuary 6, 2024 at 6:38 PM

    I think I have heard about that before what they call offseason training. I have used a tetherball called the hit away and have had it violently hit a tree in the woods killing it so that it got uprooted and is now dead unfortunately.

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