Back into Action: A Coach’s Guide to Putting a Player back in the Game
This guide provides general rules of thumb for when to seek immediate medical help and when it is safe to send players back into the game.
Topic: Youth/Adolescent Fitness
This guide provides general rules of thumb for when to seek immediate medical help and when it is safe to send players back into the game.
This session explores the physiology of hydration through an integrated lens—examining how carbohydrate, sodium, flavor, and fluid interact to influence intake, absorption, retention, and performance. We’ll review current research on fluid balance, osmotic drivers, and palatability, highlighting mechanisms that underpin voluntary intake and thermoregulation. Attendees will gain insight into individualized strategies, including sweat profiling and timing approaches, to optimize euhydration and mitigate performance decrements associated with >2% body-mass loss. Practical applications will be linked to laboratory- and field-based research, ensuring translation from bench to field. This pre-conference equips you with evidence-based tools to support athlete hydration across diverse environments and sporting contexts.
