Maximizing Player Performance

Presented by Gatorade Sports Science Institute It has been more than a year since the death of Korey Stringer, a 27-year-old, 6-foot-5, 335-pound All-Pro offensive lineman for the NFL’s Minnesota Vikings. It has been more than a year since the death of Eraste Autin, an 18-year-old, 6-foot-2, 250-pound fullback from the University of Florida. And it has been more than a year since the death of Travis Stowers, a 17-year-old high school student and football player from Michigantown, Ind. What do these three young athletes have in common besides football? All three died of complications related to heat stroke. Three young men ... three star football players ... three victims of an oppressing heat wave that swept the nation in the summer of 2001. Heat can affect everyone: professionals, collegians and high schoolers alike. So that leaves just one question: what can be done to protect