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Starting Out In Sports Field Maintenance – With Leah Withrow
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Ever wondered how people get into ballfield maintenance?
Leah Withrow, head groundskeeper at the award-winning Greater Nevada Field, is here to tell you everything you need to know about getting started in sports field maintenance.
Greater Nevada Field named Sports Field Management Association’s Field of the Year Article
Chapters
1. Introduction (00:00:00)
2. Where to start in Sports Turf management (00:00:15)
3. Meet Brandon Holmes! (00:01:11)
4. Ball player to ABI Force team (00:04:41)
5. Managing aging fields (00:10:19)
6. Welcome Leah Withrow! (00:12:09)
7. Passion for the industry and career history (00:15:59)
8. Starting out in field maintenance (00:20:26)
9. It's a labor of love (00:23:18)
10. Leah's early success (00:25:09)
11. Professional Baseball Field of the Year award 2022 (00:26:54)
12. Staffing issues and seasonal help (00:29:17)
13. Good equipment, training and ground science (00:31:49)
14. Groundskeeping learning resources (00:35:57)
15. Leading and learning how to manage a team (00:38:33)
16. Book recommendations (00:41:10)
17. What is new in Sports Turf? (00:43:24)
18. Opportunities to get involved (00:46:09)
19. Looking forward (00:49:45)
20. Leah will be back next episode! (00:53:13)
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