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BobPSU92

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What do the coaches here, real or imaginary, think? Just rub dirt in that heat stroke and keep working?

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Experts urge new rules to prevent heatstroke in linemen

As football practices get underway amid hotter-than-normal temperatures, two organizations are calling for a different approach to prevent heatstroke in linemen, who make up 90% of heatstroke deaths in high school and college.
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Kids today, especially linemen, are heavier, have higher body fat %, spend more time indoors and do less running in PE than we did.
That’s the reason this is all needed.

While their may be a few guys who nearly kill the kids like in the junction boys and bear bryant, most aren’t doing crazy stuff.
 
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I'm surprised we didn't have more guys dropping back when I played in HS in late 70's early 80's. Two-a-day practices began in August and most showed up out of shape or at least with little training over the summer. We were limited to only a few water breaks (you know, H2o in 90 degree heat with high humidity for guys in helmets and shoulder pads is for p#ssies). Always ended practices with running "Steelers" or "Gassers". And if even one teammate (usually an OL) missed the time, we had to run extras... Ugh!
 
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Bison13 said:
Kids today, especially linemen, are heavier, have higher body fat %, spend more time indoors and do less running in PE than we did.
That’s the reason this is all needed.

While their may be a few guys who nearly kill the kids like in the junction boys and bear bryant, most aren’t doing crazy stuff.
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270 used to be a very big DT
 
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mh-larch said:
I'm surprised we didn't have more guys dropping back when I played in HS in late 70's early 80's. Two-a-day practices began in August and most showed up out of shape or at least with little training over the summer. We were limited to only a few water breaks (you know, H2o in 90 degree heat with high humidity for guys in helmets and shoulder pads is for p#ssies). Always ended practices with running "Steelers" or "Gassers". And if even one teammate (usually an OL) missed the time, we had to run extras... Ugh!
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Back when I played DT for the Penndel Wildcats, my dad would yell at me for drinking water while the offense was on the field.
 
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BobPSU92

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Bison13 said:
Kids today, especially linemen, are heavier, have higher body fat %, spend more time indoors and do less running in PE than we did.
That’s the reason this is all needed.

While there may be a few guys who nearly kill the kids like in the junction boys and bear bryant, most aren’t doing crazy stuff.
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The Junction Boys and bryant came to mind when I started this thread. I don’t know how accurate it was, but it made the point about safety nonetheless.
 
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LionJim said:
Back when I played DT for the Penndel Wildcats, my dad would yell at me for drinking water while the offense was on the field.
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Back when I was in high school, we practiced like hell but had regular water breaks. Then for my first 2 years in college, had an old school coach who didn't believe in breaks, then for my last 2 years I had ex- PSU running back Klingensmith as coach ... he always had water, oranges and candy bars on the sidelines and encouraged us to make use of it as needed. I guess coaches all have different ideas on how to toughen up a team.
 
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