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Educational Materials
 

Below are a list of websites and files which we think you might find useful.  We have used many of these over the years to reference measurements and techniques for field maintenance.  If you have any that you find useful please bring it to our attention and we will include them here. 

Beginners guide to baseball field layout and construction.
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/stadium/baseball_field_construction.shtml

Field Dimensions – The various field dimensions are in PDF format that can be printed.
High School and College Baseball Fields                        
Little League Field Dimensions                                                     
Pony League Field Dimensions                                                    
Slow Pitch Softball Field Dimensions                                  
Fast Pitch Softball Field Dimensions                                   

Southern Athletic Fields maintenance page from their website.  This has some nifty tips on daily field repairs including dragging, fixing mounds, edging, and lip removal. http://www.mulemix.com/res-maintenance.html

Babe Ruth League - Everything you need to know about the layout of Babe Ruth and Cal Ripken fields.  This link will bring up a PDF file from the official Babe Ruth site.  This has all the field dimensions, mound specifications and lighting suggestions included. http://www.baberuthleague.org/resources/pdfs/facilityguide.pdf

Physical Conditioning for Infields by David M. Gilstrap, Michigan State University    A common sense article describing the skinned areas of a field and Mr. Gilstrap makes the case for the use of calcined clay field conditioners.http://leffertstone.com/resources/Gilstrap_Infields.pdf

Baseball Field Maintenance - A General Guide for Fields At All Levels  This publication is provided by the Baseball Tomorrow Fund, a joint initiative of Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association.   This is 28 page file includes everything from maintaining a field, mowing, turf care and fencing. Resources/btf_field_maintenance_guide.pdf                 

2/27/10 YouTube Videos - These video were taken at our field clinic in Walton, Indiana on February 27, 2010.  You may have to crank up your volume somewhat to hear these.

Bill Marbet owner of Southern Athletic Fields talks on building baseball mounds.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTGoCMJ5g-g

Bill Marbet continues discussion of baseball mound construction and maintenance. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRFneyeMA0c

Blake Marschand owner of Marschand's Athletic Field Service talks about baseball field shaping, edging and leveling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHvjACFM-ro

Blake Marschand continues talk about baseball field shaping, edging and leveling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN7eYxb7dqg

Bill Marbet, owner of Southern Athletic Fields talks about building a softball mound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpCdKxOc6yU