How are you dealing with the heat at practice?

[predator18]

Lets hear from some players, how are you dealing with the heat and humidity?

Lets not pass any negatives but offer creative suggestions on how some teams prevent heat injuries. Serious subject!

[GIVE HIM 6]

we usually get a scheduled water break every 10 to 15 minutes and if your not in on a rep we get to get a shot we also have the watergirls out there which helps A LOT

[cbg]

Drink 32oz of a sports drink before practice and 32oz of a sports drink after practice. You need to continue to drink during practice and it's a good idea to soak the players head with cold water during the breaks to keep their core body temperature from getting too hot. If a player get's dehydrated it takes about 72 hours for them to become hydrated again unless you give them iv's. This is why you see the college programs and elite high school programs giving the players iv's during halftime.

Edited August 3, 2006 by cbg

[PowerHouse]

Our coaches have like been making us do strecthes and the conditioning in no helmet and shoulder pads. and like most teams a waterbreak every 15 mins or so and some cold wet towels.

[WVUmoney09]

Drink alot of gatorade. And if you can get a product called gatorlyte. You mix the two together and it gives you plenty of electralytes and energy.

[predator18]

Is that gatoraid and pedialyte mixed together?

[bossman86]

We get water breaks every 15 or so min. and we can get a drink at any time if we are not playing. Personally I like to soak my head in the cold water to prevent headache and just to plain cool me off.

[cbg]

Is that gatoraid and pedialyte mixed together?

 

No Pedialyte and Gatorlyte are different products. Gatorlyte is great but it is very difficult to find. I have been told that you must purchase a minium of $1500.00 of the product. Does anyone sell it without having to go direct?

Edited August 3, 2006 by cbg

[VolunteerGeneral]

My daughter plays soccer and she was told that because there was a heat index warning in Jackson yesterday that no teams would be allowed to practice unless it was indoors per the superintendent. I`m assuming that was for football too.

[snoball5278]

running cold water over your head when your body temp is up can cause more harm than good. run cold water over your wrist's this cools the blood in your extremities and lowers your core temp more gradually and safely. cold water on your head like that can give the brain freeze like when you eat ice cream to fast. drink luke warm water. your body absorbs it quicker. gatorade is great but, you can also overload your electrlytes and that can be just as dangerous as depleting them.

[wingman10]

Volunteer[/url]General' post='826088386' date='Aug 3 2006 - 09:23 PM']

My daughter plays soccer and she was told that because there was a heat index warning in Jackson yesterday that no teams would be allowed to practice unless it was indoors per the superintendent. I`m assuming that was for football too.

that is a wise decision.

[stackboy]

Does anyone know the ratio of water to ammonia for the towels that you can soak to put around a players neck??

 

Thanks in advance