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Post by airraider on Jun 7, 2007 22:04:57 GMT -6
At my old college I always saw the football players carrying around about a half gallon jug of water with them. One of them told me they had to have it with them at all times during class..
Do any of you do such a thing? I think it would be a good idea to require the players to do that so that you know they have an ed equate amount of water at their disposal.
If any of you do it.. please tell me if you have noticed a positive effect.. and if there were any problems..
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Post by ajreaper on Jun 8, 2007 0:39:52 GMT -6
ours do and we've not had a heat related issue in years and we are practicing in Phx in August. You must be well hydrated when practice starts other wise you just play catch up and you don't ever catch up.
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Post by fbdoc on Jun 8, 2007 10:28:30 GMT -6
Our kids do the same here in South Florida. Usually its just a regular size gatorade or water bottle that they refill between classes. We feel its a positive for our kids.
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Post by CoachJohnsonMN on Jun 8, 2007 12:38:55 GMT -6
OK--here's another school issue that lacks common sense and athletes are the ones who are affected most. Due to a problem in a neighboring school district, our school has strictly enforced a "no drink/no food" policy. The issue revolves around students in the neighboring school putting vodka in an empty water bottle and taking it to class with them. I can understand not allowing food or pop, but outlawing water is absolutely ridiculous. Our school started enforcing this sometime during the spring of 2006 and I got to see the results of this on the football field this past year. I had never encountered so much cramping on game night. Is anybody else effected by such a lame policy? Find any tricks to keep your boys hydrated? I have fought this all year but I am one of the few coaches on staff. Sorry for hijacking the thread.
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Post by midlineqb on Jun 8, 2007 12:43:22 GMT -6
Our school allowed us to have water in the classrooms but not sodas or gatorade, no food. They couldn't be brought in from outside the school facilities. On game days, about 2:30 in the afternoon they had all football players go to the cafeteria to eat a banana. This really helped to eliminate most of our cramping. We told the players to drink as many bottles of water as they could each day. They'd by one and keep refilling it at the water fountain.
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Post by wingman on Jun 8, 2007 13:16:10 GMT -6
The best gamenight solution is a capful of white vinegar or pickle juice. I thought that sounded crazy when a coach from south Texas first told me , but it works. I don't know why. It will stave off 90 % of cramps. If it's a real crucial game. I make all the starters have a big glass ( 16-20 oz) in their locker. They all have to fill it up and I watch them all drink it Thurs night, Fri before school and Fri at 2:30. when we did that, we never cramped.
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Post by airraider on Jun 8, 2007 13:18:39 GMT -6
OK--here's another school issue that lacks common sense and athletes are the ones who are affected most. Due to a problem in a neighboring school district, our school has strictly enforced a "no drink/no food" policy. The issue revolves around students in the neighboring school putting vodka in an empty water bottle and taking it to class with them. I can understand not allowing food or pop, but outlawing water is absolutely ridiculous. Our school started enforcing this sometime during the spring of 2006 and I got to see the results of this on the football field this past year. I had never encountered so much cramping on game night. Is anybody else effected by such a lame policy? Find any tricks to keep your boys hydrated? I have fought this all year but I am one of the few coaches on staff. Sorry for hijacking the thread. not hijacking at all, these are the kind of "problems" I was asking about.. |
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