The Inside Track Newsletter

• The Inside Track Summer 2011 (PDF)

  In this issue:

  • When does a rotating football goal make sense?
  • PowerHouse batting cages

• The Inside Track Summer 2010 (PDF)

  In this issue:

  • Safety considerations for track & field design
  • Rotating football goal for combination football & soccer fields

• The Inside Track Fall 2009 (PDF)

  In this issue:

  • What is the cost to build a new track?
  • Is a track drain necessary?

Industry News

• Washington State Reports Finds No Elevated Cancer Risk in Soccer Players on Artificial Turf Fields (PDF)
• Playing rules panel approves ASTM standard for vaulting box collars (PDF)
• STMA Honors Companies with Innovation Awards (PDF)
• Synthetic Turf Installed Conserves Three Billion Gallons of Water (PDF)
• National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Press Release: Soccer Rules Changes 2011–12 (PDF)

2011-2012 NFHS Soccer Rule 1-4-1

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), the governing body for high school athletics, modified NFHS Soccer Rule 1, Section 4, Article 1 to clarify the anchoring position of a soccer goal as related to the base of a football goal post. The 2011-2012 NFHS Soccer Rules Book - NFHS Soccer Rule 1-4-1 now reads:

“If portable goals are used, they shall be adequately anchored, secured or counterweighted to the ground. If used on a football field, the front of the portable goals should be at least two (2) yards in front of the base of the existing football goalposts.”