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.
Only people who not from here have no clue, i know you remember, just playing football in the park, we didnt drink nothing until after the game. What these ****'s dont understand, when you grow up under the Sun basically your whole Life, you are a Cactus, dont need but a lil liquid and we still standing tall. Start giving a cactus alot of water and watch what happens. The problem now is you got to many wanna be geniuses now who think they no everything about hydration and this and that. We should only use the indoor practice facility if its lightning, other than that, keep them boys outside. I will say this, and thats why im glad coach diaz ended up being the headcoach, cause you normally have a tougher team when you have a former d-co as the headcoach, although under coach richt our teams played tough, but we'll be even tougher now! We never heard of somebody checking out from the heat. Than what was even more real, we'd be playing football or basketball with no shade on concrete for hours and than go and drink .25 orange or grape soda's, (***** gaytorade)and than come back and ball for a few more hours and nobody passed out, and corner stores wasnt selling bottled water, maybe the gallon ones every now and than!
