Ball Diamond Maintenance and Best Practices Workshop

Instructed By:

Left to right: Tom Clancy and Vic Hergott

Ball diamond maintenance is a regular, necessary and costly procedure. Ball diamonds require regular grooming and good maintenance practices to keep them looking good and in a safe condition for public use. This program will illustrate best practices and maintenance standards to attendees. This program will help you to understand why proper maintenance is important, how to maintain the diamond properly and safely and what products are out there to help you out when conducting maintenance.

This course will cover:

Fundamentals of General Field Maintenance
Pitcher’s Mound Maintenance
A Front Line Worker's Role
Ball Diamond / Fields Checklist for Risk Management Objectives
Striping, Lining and Logos
Irrigation and Drainage on Infields
Dragging, Infield Grooming Practices and Equipment

Want to host this session?

For this 1 day session we require a classroom that can accommodate at least 30 people and has a projector with screen and a whiteboard or flip chart available. The host facility also needs to be within a short distance (preferably walking distance) to a ball diamond for the demonstration portion of the training session.

Please email training@ontarioparksassociation.ca to find out available hosting dates.

For more information, please send an email, referencing the course title, to training@ontarioparksassociation.ca

Ontario Parks Association

7856 5th Line South · Milton · Ontario · L9T 2X8 *

Phone: 905-864-6182 · Toll Free: 1-866-560-7783

Email: shelley@ontarioparksassociation.ca or training@ontarioparksassociation.ca

(*Note: If you are mapping our location, enter Halton Hills, not Milton, as the city)

Ball Diamond Maintenance and Best Practices Workshop

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