Want to learn more about maintaining a synthetic turf ball field? Read RePlay Maintenance USA’s article in the New England Sports Turf Managers Association’s Blade Magazine, to understand the demands and challenges of maintaining ball fields. Over the last several years synthetic ball fields have been a controversial conversation. Synthetic turf ball fields need to behave as multiple different materials that would normally be found in ball fields. The makeup of the turf and infill materials have an impact on play and how a player reacts. As synthetic turf maintainers, understanding the make-up of fields and how materials need to be groomed and maintained is critical to keeping a field performing as intended.