These Stadium Upgrades Will Ensure You Have Home-Field Advantage

You don't need a robotic field painter to ball like a pro. But it doesn't hurt.

These Stadium Tips Will Ensure You Have Home-Field Advantage

Grimsby's Gavan Holohan celebrates after scoring against Southampton

Has your team been practicing on the same grass field for a long time? Are they looking for options to upgrade it? In that case, you have come to the right place.

Even if your team is not the best, or perhaps you are just playing for fun, you should still have a quality place to play. Indeed, you do not need a fancy GPS line-marking robot like the kind that is used in all the biggest stadiums.

Nevertheless, there are many great ways to make your practice ground better.

This article is a partnership with Turf Tank.

Make Sure That Everything Is Clean

One of the most important things you should consider when designing your new home field is how to make it as clean-cut as possible. This will immediately and noticeably enhance the field.

When marking lines on the field, you must ensure they are straight and clean. If the lines are smudged and wonky, the field will immediately seem less professional.

Even if your team is nowhere close to being professional, you can still practice on a professional level field. So begin by making sure that the base is clean. This way, everything else you decide to do for the field will look great.

A Little Seating Has a Big Impact

Soccer fans at Geodis Park, home of the Nashvlle SC MLS soccer team

One of the most important things that will change the look of a field is seating. If you have ever watched a match or game at a field without any seating, you know what this experience feels like.

Most people do not mind standing up while watching a game if they know someone on the team. Still, having seating will create an entirely new type of experience for everyone.

When you decide between different types of seating, you can start smaller. You do not have to start with the highest amount of seating possible. Just a few lines of seating will work.

Once you have done this, you can notice the impact it will have on fans in attendance (and also the players). It certainly feels different to get cheered by people jumping up from a sitting position to scream your name.

What Can You Do By Yourself?

Cleveland Browns superfan "Big Dawg," aka John Thompson, walks across deserted field at Cleveland Stadium in 1995

You might wonder how much money you should set aside for these improvements. If your team has a lot of money to use, this might be a great project to use it on.

It is also essential to remember that you do not need to use that much money to make some basic improvements. There are many things you can do alone or in collaboration with your team. This will already decrease the costs significantly.

However, not everything can be done alone, and you will need to buy certain items readymade. Such as seating.

You still have many options when it comes to things like seating. For example, you can find a lot of second-hand equipment on marketplaces and auction houses. These pieces can be very high quality even though they are second-hand.

It Should Perfectly Fit Your Needs

Oakland A's right fielder Conner Capel during spring training game in Mesa, Arizona

When upgrading the field, you should ensure that it will perfectly fit your team’s needs. This means that if there are any special needs, you should always prioritize making allowances for them.

In the end, these are much more important than any cool and new gadgets.

Take Your Time With the Project

Fixing the practice field can take a lot of time and energy. This is why you should always keep in mind that there is absolutely no rush to complete your project.

In other words, you can take as much time as you need to. In fact, this might be a much better way to do the project. By taking your time, you can ensure that every choice is thoughtfully considered.

So if you are not in a rush to finish the project, take all the time you need to ensure that you cover every corner.

Get Inspired by the Greatest Stadiums

Soccer match between Real Madrid and Chelsea at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, Michigan

Last but not least, you can always get inspiration from all the biggest stadiums in the world. This does not mean that you need to (or even should) try to build as big a stadium for your team’s practices.

Still, all of these stadiums have something that makes them special. Therefore, there are many things you could use as inspiration. Perhaps they have a solution for lighting or a great way to cover the field during rain, or maybe the seating looks fun and colorful.

Regardless of what this might be, you can definitely find a way for it to fit your needs, and many solutions can be scaled down and designed in more affordable ways. By doing so, you can find ways to make your practice ground and playing field (wherever it is) stand out.