Its definitely not retarded. Obviously it incredibly dangerous and unhealthy. If you do this all summer long do you think a bunch of big white tough boys from notre dame are gonna be able to last in the miami heat against you.
At what expense? That’s bad for literally every part of your body. I doubt those guys could even focus right. Dehydration is not a joke and drinking water has no correlation with being less conditioned.
Growing up and playing ball in Miami, we were never allowed to have water during practices. Never. None of us died. As a matter of fact, I never saw anyone cramp up either. Not saying it was right or wrong, but that's the way it was in high school back then. Now we preach hydration to players and they're cramping all the time. Can't really explain why. Perhaps we were outside more on a regular basis and were more used to the heat. I don't know. We tell our players now to drink a minimum of 1 gallon of water per day during school hours. Then also drink at practice and following practice yet kids still cramp in August and September.
Growing up and playing ball in Miami, we were never allowed to have water during practices. Never. None of us died. As a matter of fact, I never saw anyone cramp up either. Not saying it was right or wrong, but that's the way it was in high school back then. Now we preach hydration to players and they're cramping all the time. Can't really explain why. Perhaps we were outside more on a regular basis and were more used to the heat. I don't know. We tell our players now to drink a minimum of 1 gallon of water per day during school hours. Then also drink at practice and following practice yet kids still cramp in August and September.
We use pickle juice.
Agree. 1 gallon from breakfast to practice time in August and early September. We do study hall first. So 1 gallon in 10 hours is our goal. A lot, but not chugging.
I remember clearly. That’s the way it was.Growing up and playing ball in Miami, we were never allowed to have water during practices. Never. None of us died. As a matter of fact, I never saw anyone cramp up either. Not saying it was right or wrong, but that's the way it was in high school back then. Now we preach hydration to players and they're cramping all the time. Can't really explain why. Perhaps we were outside more on a regular basis and were more used to the heat. I don't know. We tell our players now to drink a minimum of 1 gallon of water per day during school hours. Then also drink at practice and following practice yet kids still cramp in August and September.
