Published 4:07 pm Wednesday, June 19, 2024 By Gene Fox The past three weekends, I have had the pleasure of coaching for Leverage Lacrosse NC, a travel team out of Jacksonville, NC. We have been to Greenville, SC, Charleston, SC (my personal favorite), and finally Charlotte. This past weekend went really well, and our boys learned a lot.
As I reflect, coaching lacrosse may be more of a blessing than playing ever was. When you are playing, you have your individual play and you have team play but, coaching, I have had the opportunity to help so many across multiple teams and watch these players grow to do amazing things both on and off the field. If you haven’t, I highly recommend coaching your favorite sport, the rewards are beyond measure.
As we traversed through the Piedmont to get to Charlotte, I noticed the beautiful cool-season grasses were beginning to turn brown. I absolutely love cool season grass. It generally has such a deep green color and produces the most beautiful lines after mowing, allowing for exquisite designs that can be seen from some distance away.
The diamonds and squares that can be constructed just by the direction of the mower have always amazed me. You can tell the difference between cool and warm season grasses first by observing the mowing height. Cool-season grasses tend to flourish when mowed at a taller level, between 2.
5 and four inches. Warm-season grasses tend to do the best when they are kept around one to 1.5 inches.
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