Four Tips for Lowering Heat Stroke Risk for High School Athletes


Published On: July 15th, 2009

FootballMost years, four or five U.S. high-school football players die of heat-related issues, a recent WSJ article noted.

The story brought to our attention some guidelines released recently by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association for how high-school athletes should get acclimated to the heat in the first few weeks of pre-season practice.

With the summer practice season on its way, it’s a timely issue. Here are a few of the key points:

  • The first five days of practice should be limited to one practice per day, of not more than three hours.
  • Athletes should not wear full pads or run full-contact drills until the sixth day of practice.
  • On double-practice days, neither practice should be more than three hours long, athletes should not practice for more than five hours total, and the two practices should be separated by a cool-down period of at least three hours.
  • During the first two weeks of practice, double-practice days should be followed either by rest days or by single-practice days.

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Four Tips for Lowering Heat Stroke Risk for High School Athletes

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