Temperature Rising! Pre-Season Practices: Proper Hydration

by Dan Weil

American Football Monthly July 2006 Issue OnlinePre-season practice means hot weather, which brings with it the risk of dehydration and heat illness. While many people function quite normally with mild dehydration in everyday life, fluid deficits and heat illness are no laughing matters in football. The National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injuries stated that 19 high school football players died of heat stroke on the playing field between 1995 and 2005.

    We spoke to two experts about how to prevent serious dehydra
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