[82lsju]

Question about the field we practice on.  Games are played on grass at home, but it looks like they are practicing on artificial turf.  I played on both in high school and at the time there was no comparison - practices and games on artificial turf always meant more injuries.  Now artificial turf may have improved over the years, but perhaps it has never reached the performance of grass.  No doubt the players are bigger and stronger than they were in years gone by, and I wonder if this fact combined with the use of artificial turf is a real problem for the program.

the practice field is ~2/3rds grass and ~1/3rd artificial turf, they use both

[82lsju]

Question about the field we practice on.  Games are played on grass at home, but it looks like they are practicing on artificial turf.  I played on both in high school and at the time there was no comparison - practices and games on artificial turf always meant more injuries.  Now artificial turf may have improved over the years, but perhaps it has never reached the performance of grass.  No doubt the players are bigger and stronger than they were in years gone by, and I wonder if this fact combined with the use of artificial turf is a real problem for the program.

the practice field is ~2/3rds grass and ~1/3rd artificial turf, they use both