What makes clubs successful

Too many To-Do apps on the app store overly complicate this process. Set a time to remind you or use the geofencing ability of the iOS device to remind you when you either arrive at a location or leave a location. I used this app often to remind me when I would arrive at my shop to do something as I was often distracted with other issues before arriving to my next destination.

These apps allow you to create rich documents, spreadsheets and presentations utilizing the multi touch feature of the devices. Assessment Apple suite of Office programs are my work horses. Keynote is the perfect presentation tool for turf mangers. This app allows you to create stunning presentations directly from your iPhone or iPad quickly and easily. Using multi touch, users can quickly drop in photos, videos and even music to a presentation.

Adding transitions and animations is done with ease. Take your presentation from the course to the board room and connect your iPad directly to a TV or projector and WOW your members, boards, committees or customers.

Pages is a great alternative to Word and like Keynote, uses the multi touch feature of the iPhone and iPad to allow you to create documents with ease. Numbers is another great alternative to Excel on a mobile device. Numbers does lack the ability to handle complicated workbooks and spreadsheets. Description Radarscope is not for the untrained weather person.

Offering a variety of viewing radar options, this is a very powerful forecasting tool for turf managers with enough meteorology knowledge to be dangerous.

This app utilizes the GPS receiver in your mobile device to provide you radar data for your exact location, not simply a queried zip code. Assessment This should be the go to radar app for turf managers. With some basic understanding of meteorology, Radarscope is an extremely powerful radar tool for predicting precipitation and other severe weather.

This was my go to app for predicting incoming weather. When you open Radarscape you are seeing raw radar data, the same data professional meteorologists use to predict weather. Radarscopes ability to use the GPS radio in your mobile device to provide you with impending weather at your EXACT location can mean the difference between finishing a spray and heading for the shed. Description Turfpath is a powerful turfgrass resource built by turf professionals to be used by anyone from the average weekend lawn warrior to professional turfgrass managers.

Turfpath has an extensive library of pests consisting of images, videos and descriptions. The focus of Turfpath are the users, it is the community aspect that makes this app so powerful. See what your piers are dealing with, receive disease updates from the field or submit photos of your turf concerns. Turfpath has brought social media to turf pest problem solving.

Assessment Other industries have turned to crowd sourcing for gathering intel and in an industry so tightly knit, it only made sense to incorporate the community aspect into turf pest problem solving. This app has brought a worldwide network of turf mangers and their knowledge to the palm of your hand.

I regularly check in on the Turfpath community and it is easy to see why so many have turned to using this app to help them in their daily grind. Cons I would like the ability to view social media updates on this app from outside this application.

Currently, when an update is posted on Twitter or Facebook from within the app, when a user clicks on that update, it prompts them to the apps download page and not the update. I do know the developer is working on this feature.

Description Remote into your work desktop from a golf cart, clubhouse, home or even vacation. If you want the ability to transfer files, photos or stream audio, update to Ignition.

Many of the these options come at additional costs that maybe is not in the cards for your facility. These applications, specifically Logmein has greatly improved, harnessing the intuitive multi touch gestures these mobile devices offer.

Description Sunseeker was an app originally designed for companies who install solar panels. It was used to determine the best location for maximum sun exposure.

This app is used within the turf industry to identify shade issues on the course. Bring the Sunseeker app to a meeting to show aerial shade coverage; any given day, any given time. Assessment This app has become a very powerful tool for turf managers to handle one of the most political issues on their property, tree management. This app will provide the superintendent with an objective, factual representation on how trees are causing shade issues on their golf course.

MeasureMap Where to find it: App store. Description MeasureMap allows you to quickly and more importantly accurately measure distances and areas. Done measuring, save these measurements to your cloud storage service, Evernote or email them. Are you working with Google Maps? Your MeasureMap files can be exported as. Assessment This app is really a must have for any turf manger. MeasureMap provides you with a powerful tool to measure both lengths and areas directly from your mobile device with extreme accuracy.

The import and export feature is what sets this app apart from others. Not all of us have it in the cards to have our properties mapped.

Using MeasureMap and some sweat equity, you can easily map your entire property from your mobile device and export to Google Maps or just continue to view within this app. Bidding out cartpath work or presenting a project to a committee? You can take your measurements in this app, save them to your cloud storage or email them to those who are collaborating on the project. Description Sharing images with Instagram is as easy as one click. With instant sharing to social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, Instagram can be a powerful communication device for a turf manager.

In the most recent update, Instagram now allows users to create up to 15 second videos and immediately share across your social media platforms. Instagram packs many great filters for both stills and video, but it is the sharing feature that makes this app a must have for turfgrass professionals. Assessment Turf mangers have expanded their communication to Facebook, Twitter, websites and blogs to communicate with members, stakeholders and customers.

The Instagram platform allows turf mangers to take a picture with one button and have their photos instantly shared and or posted to their social media platforms, websites or blogs. I used Instagram during a recent renovation to document the project with photos.

Having Instagram loaded into my blog, project photo albums were updated the instant I took the photo, saving valuable time for what is really important. James E. Skorulski, USGA senior agronomist for the Northeast Region, wrote last summer how courses were pretty banged up from drought, saltwater flooding and gray leaf spot, which impacted mostly perennial ryegrass.

Traffic and not-so-perfect irrigation coverage also contributed to rough damage, not to mention white grubs and skunks, crows, etc. All in all, however, he feels most courses have bounced back pretty well. Some superintendents may have had the idea of fertilizing more than usual to speed up recovery, Skorulski says, but with all the rain the Northeast and New England has received, that may have been regrettable.

Many times, having a solid rough maintenance program comes down to resources. At first, Bermuda was slow to come in, with March being as cold as January — a plus for golf maintenance and not a problem for plant health. Golf courses need to consider three things when approaching rough management: first, that rough comprises 50 percent of the turf on most courses.

Often in the southeast, it will take the better part of a week to get it mowed once with one rough mower. The second consideration is, how are you going to prepare the rough for play? How difficult are you going to make it? Cool-season rough, however, would have to be reseeded and reestablished. Then, you have to decide what kind of commitment you want to make to weed control.

We have to be more intentional on where we want to be really good and find ways to cut back on non-essential parts of the course. Proper equipment is integral to an effective rough management program. Without it, you could be sacrificing the aesthetic appeal and health of your turfgrass…and maybe yourself when your members riot.

Obviously, there are many contours and hills in rough areas that mowers must negotiate, and Jacobsen has just the machine to handle them. Our new AR contour rotary mower is equipped with SureTrac four-wheel drive traction and weight transfer control, allowing it to glide over ground contours and climb hills with ease — even in wet, slippery conditions.

Safety of players is also a consideration, given that some courses mow roughs during play and run the risk of debris being thrown from side- or rear-discharge mowers.

An option for the TurfCat out-front rotary reduces that risk. The double-acting steering cylinder helps to equalize turning efforts, which allows the operator to hold a straight line with less effort. Also, to help create a flawless cut, the has five inch rotary mowers with superior ground following across an in. The lightweight design of the will also help reduce the impact during times of stress or above normal rain amounts when the rough can become harder to manage and still maintain the after-cut appearance.

There are plenty of diseases that can be misidentified on your course; this article only highlights five of them. Before you accidentally misidentify and make a possibly damaging mistake, it might be smart to get in touch with a weed specialist to professionally diagnose what you have growing. When you contact a specialist, they will most likely ask the following questions, so make sure you have the answers at the ready. You preside over the club. You organized the initial events for the club.

The next step? For the sake of the club, step back — and clear the way for other members to step in. This also will save you time in the future, so you can just be at your club events instead of stressing about what your next meeting will contain. Members can tell if a club planned something ahead of time or was put together last minute. While you may have a million different ideas for your club, your members may not be a fan of all of them.

Try to vary your events early on so that you can gauge what activities your members enjoy most and use that feedback to shape what your club offers. It will be more engaging and will give them more to talk about when other students and employers ask them what they do in the club.

Besides just posting flyers about your events, the executive board members need to share your events with their friends and classmates. You can also see if your professors will share your flyers or let you talk about your bigger events during classes that are of relevant subject matter to your club. A student may be more likely to attend your event if they hear about it from a friend, rather than just seeing it posted on the bulletin board.

Pay attention to the actions and activities of other clubs on your campus and clubs from other colleges that provide a similar experience. Strive to stay up to date with trends in the specific industry that your club revolves around, or even current events. Inspiration can come from anywhere! Regardless of what your club is, a little change can be very refreshing. Each of the elements of the Off-Field Team have specific responsibilities and expertise needed to support players and coaches.

Parents also have specific responsibilities and expertise to add to the mix. The competition belongs between players in the game, not within the Off-Field Team between adult egos and power plays. In successful clubs, the members of the Off-Field Team are all respected sports people with different skills, clear roles, and appropriately integrated responsibilities. The Governance and Operations elements exist to support Coaching, and through the Coaching element, they all support Players.

The three parts of the Off-Field Team are equal in importance because they play different roles. They need to be in balance with each other for the club to be successful. Leadership is an inherent part of coaching. Some of the key concepts from the book underpin this conversation with Keith, David and Dave diving into the following areas: What is authenticity? The coach as….

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Start your Active or Accelerate Membership today and you will be able to save your favourite articles, sessions plans and interviews to your bookmarks page. Log in. How do you create a successful sports club? In this article, Ruth Nicholson shares some excellent insights into how sports clubs can create a successful environment and positive culture on and off the field.

The three secrets to a successful club live within the balance and partnership between: High-quality coaching and coaching support. Effective governance and leadership that provides direction and not micro-management of club programs. Efficient operations that make the best use of staff and volunteers to support players and coaches on the field.

The people who serve in these roles make up the Off-Field Team. Quality Coaching and Support It is no secret that without good coaches, players will have a very difficult time developing and improving their skills in the game.

Governance and Leadership A great many clubs are non-profit organizations lead by boards of directors made up of parent volunteers.