1. Have each team pickup trash and police dugout and spectator areas.

2. Rake, fill and smooth low spots at:
   

   1. Home plate / batters boxes

   2. Pitchers Circle

   3. First, Second and Third base
      

3. Remove bases and clear dirt from underneath so that each base lies flat on infield surface.

4. If available, use a hand drag to smooth infield surface.

5. Water field (A manual sprinkler head is located behind the pitching rubber of many fields).

   Option A: If available, turn on infield sprinkler system for three revolutions.
   Option B: Empty team water jugs at homeplate and pitchers rubber. Try to distribute water evenly and rake into dusty soil. Five gallons of water goes a long way toward repairing and filling low spots at home plate and the pitchers circle.
   Option C: If the field is dusty and a water source available, connect hose and water field by hand.

6. Return all league equipment to storage shed, lock-up and turn off lights as per each fields requirement.

With 3 or 4 volunteers, steps 1-5 above will only take a few coordinated minutes. The positive effect on field conditions is significant.
Coaches: recruit a couple parents that begin this process while you are having your post game discussion. When the team talk is concluded, jump in and help complete the field maintenance responsibilities.

In the interest of gender equity, teach your girls how to do this work!

Notify the league Field Maintenance Officer or Board member of any field related problems needing attention. Email Jim Collins at JCollins11@cox.net.

Coaches, players, parents and fans:

Taking the time to do a small project goes a long way toward improving field conditions. While watching your daughter practice, pull some weeds from around spectator bleachers or along a fence line. Players and coaches can pick up rocks and stones from the infield. Don't throw rocks into the outfield or foul territory, put them in the trash can. If you want a little aerobic activity, trade in your stairmaster for a rake and shovel and tackle a little bigger project. It's cheaper than a health club membership ... and everybody in the league will benefit!

Local Girls Softball Leagues get very little outside assistance for field maintenance.

If everybody: coaches, players, moms and dads will give four or five minutes effort everytime they go to the fields ... all our fields will look great.

Reston/Herndon
• Herndon HS
• South Lakes Drive Park
• South Lakes HS 1 & 2
• Langston Hughes
  
  Vienna/Oakton
• Caffi Field 1,2 & 3
• Louise Archer 1& 2
• Madison HS 1 & 2
• Oakton HS 1 & 2
  
  Annandale/Burke/Springfield
• Annandale Community Park 1 & 2
• Lake Braddock HS 1 & 2
• South Run Park 
• Wakefield Park 1, 2, 3 4, 7 & 8 
• West Springfield HS
• Eakin Park
  
  Alexandria/Franconia
• Edison HS
• Hayfield HS
• Lee High Park
• Sandburg MS
• Mount Vernon HS
• South County HS
  
  Fairfax
• Fairfax HS
• Robinson HS
• Towers Park
• Woodson HS
  
  Falls Church
• Falls Church HS 1, 2, 3, & 4
• Larry Graves 1 & 2
• Marshall HS
• Walnut Hills 1 & 2
  
  Chantilly/Centreville
• EC Lawrence Park
• Chantilly HS
• Mott CC
• Westfields HS
• Rachel Carson MS
  
  Loudoun County
• Claude Moore Park
• Park View HS
• Potomac Falls HS
• Potomac Lakes
• Stonebridge HS
• Sully ES
• Tillett Park
• Trailside Park