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[dogedog]

With this past heat wave behind us what worked well in keeping everyone cool players and CP's?  What didn't work so well?  

I heard some players had a tough time and saw other teams play with one or two subs over 4 days have no problems in the heat.

Just curious.....

[Eggy]

Timbers Blue used a borrowed gatorade jug and powered gatorade. We had about 2.5 gallons per game. My DD drank loads of water the night before.

A lot of the girls had the frog-tog towels and kept them in a cooler full of ice water.

[SunshineGirls]

My DD's team brought a big water cooler full of ice water,  the kids took their shirts off, dunked them in,  wrung them out real well and put them back on.  The girls love it!  Kept them cool.  

[Gumby]

I know of some one that was kind enough to not only bring "magic towels", but also brought a pump sprayer filled with ice water to each and every game.  

In the words of Madiliene Kahn in "Blazing Saddles"
"What a nittthhhe guy".  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[nosoupforU]

I know of some one that was kind enough to not only bring "magic towels", but also brought a pump sprayer filled with ice water to each and every game.  

In the words of Madiliene Kahn in "Blazing Saddles"
"What a nittthhhe guy".  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

our coaches had squirt bottles filled w/ice water, and I handed out another 2 or 3 to our parents to shoot kids as they go by. We had a huge open topped water jug full of ice water for dipping rags in and each girl had a minimum of 2 liters of water on the team side, we also had 6 bottles of water strewn along the spectator side for any kid to drink, opposing teams included, kids is kids no matter what color jersey they wore.. By noon we were giving them fluids with electrolytes and sodium in them. Potassium pills or bananas along with fresh fruit at every half time. 2 canopies side by side on the team side for shade. When we played for the finals the turf was so hot we were pouring ice water in their shoes as they played. Their feet were blistering from the turf. Wet hankerchiefs tied around necks and foreheads helped. The refs called breaks every 10 minutes and all the kids got a thorough hosing down. It still wasn't enough, but it helped.