

Beat the heat and playing it cool: How can YOU keep your athletes safe during a heat wave?
As the hot weather begins, practicing and playing sports for kids and young adults can become dangerous. Heat illness during practice or competition is the leading cause of death and disability among US high school athletes. Sudden onset of symptoms combined with a lack of preparedness can change an ordinary practice into a life or death situation. In 2018, 19 year-old Jordan McNair died from heat stroke that occurred during practice. Prior to the incident, McNair was a see