New guidelines for high school sports (ie football) for prevention of heat exhaustion http://www.nata.org/NATA09AnnualMeetingLeadRelease.pdf If your child has practices than last more than 3hrs it is a clear disregard to these new guidelines. But this should be applied to any sport when prolonged or strenuous activity is involved (track, wrestling, weight training, etc.).
nutrition & hydration are keys to better sustained practices. bananas & carbo/pasta loading nite b-4 & fructosed-based drinks are better than glucose/sucrose drinks for sustained sugar burns (or at least mixed fructose based drinks with gatorade/powerades). lightly salted cold baked potatoes are great energy carriers during the day.
stretching b-4 & after exercise/activities more & more important as we get older. post-massages even better.
Be safe!
nutrition & hydration are keys to better sustained practices. bananas & carbo/pasta loading nite b-4 & fructosed-based drinks are better than glucose/sucrose drinks for sustained sugar burns (or at least mixed fructose based drinks with gatorade/powerades). lightly salted cold baked potatoes are great energy carriers during the day.
stretching b-4 & after exercise/activities more & more important as we get older. post-massages even better.
Be safe!
