TRAINING & EDUCATION Plotting a Course Forward
Each year, anyone involved in the maintenance and management of a sports turf surface is afforded the opportunity to contemplate and plan how they are going to maintain their surfaces during the growing season ahead.
Table 1: This contemplation is likely to result in one of three main outcomes; Continuation:
Alteration:
Defined as the continuation of an habitual or time proven approach.
Defined as the refinement of established practices or the addition of new process into an established system; perhaps to avoid a potential problem later in the year as the result of an Active Substance withdrawal or a drought.
As a species, change can often make us uncomfortable, we enjoy the comfort of certainty and routine
All of the above are equally valid depending on your circumstance and, to some degree, turf managers will be preparing to embark upon various iterations of each of these outcomes to a greater or lesser extent. There are no correct, across-the-board answers in respect to how, or why, these outcomes are chosen to be implemented, as each facility, and each category of maintenance requirement, has its own
Before you continue reading on: STOP. Set aside two minutes and carry out this simple, short exercise either on your own, or in work teams.
Revolution:
Defined as a thorough and distinct change in direction and approach if conditions or results are deemed to be significantly unsustainable.
set of distinct circumstances. Circumstances such as climate, soil type, construction type, previous maintenance, financial resources, labour resources, sport type and fixture pressure.
There is one word which should accompany these pre-growing season contemplations, a word which underpins the essence of every well thought out action. That word is intention.
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Action 1:
• Sit with a blank piece of paper and a pen • Set a timer to count down two minutes • Either reflect on your own or discuss and debate in your groups the meaning of the word: intention
Only when you’ve completed this, continue reading.
intention NOUN
1. A thing intended; an aim or plan. ‘they were full of good intentions’ [with infinitive] ‘they announced their intention to stand for re-election’ 1.1 [mass noun] The action or fact of intending.
‘intention is just one of the factors that will be considered’
1.2 (someone’s intentions) A person’s plans, especially a man’s, in respect to marriage.
‘if his intentions aren’t honourable, I never want to see him again’
2. (intentions) Logic
Conceptions formed by directing the mind towards an object.
Source:
oxforddictionaries.com
Action 2:
• Of the definitions listed, contemplate or discuss on which of them you or your teams identified with the most?
Key Point
As defined by the dictionary, intention is a word; one which conveys actions carried out deliberately and with purpose. Defined within psychology, the science of the mind and behaviour, intention is a mental state.
Intention
Intention is defined by psychologists as; a mental state that represents the commitment to carrying out reasoned action or actions in the future.
Let’s look at that sentence again, but with the key principles highlighted:
Statement 1 A mental state that represents the commitment to carrying out reasoned action or actions in the future.
Action 3:
Again, before you read on, stop. Take a short amount of time to undertake the following simple actions:
Individual Activity
With a pen and sheet of paper take two minutes in silence to reflect on statement 1 and what it means to you in life generally.
Team Activity
Take five minutes to discuss your reflections in your groups and how intention relates to sports turf management.
Taking a few short minutes to consider the word intention is deliberate. As, of course, by doing so you have, in actuality, implemented intention into your thinking.
Intention is one of the prime mental states required as a precursor to achieving a goal.
Intention has great significance to sports turf management in all its forms at all levels across the entirety of the British Isles and United Kingdom in 2019 and beyond.
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