Often damage from traffic will cause both types of injury simultaneously. In addition, there are specific management and maintenance practices that will improve the wear tolerance of your turfgrass. These differences exist due to genetic differences within a species and differences in rate of regrowth. Proper hydration status. Proper fertilization practices, which will impart greater overall stress tolerance and will best allow the lawn to outgrow the injury.
Potassium is particularly important in improving wear tolerance.
The first step to improving wear tolerance is to avoid the injury if possible. If vehicular or foot traffic is ongoing, then pavement, bricks, or stone would provide a better ground cover than grass. Avoidance of repeated paths from traffic will also alleviate injury, and will provide the grass with time to revive. Another tool is selection of wear-tolerant turfgrasses. Centipedegrass or bahiagrass are poor choices for high-traffic areas, while zoysiagrass or seashore paspalum would be better suited in these locations.