Article: Athletic Trainers and Coaches Sound Heat Alert as Demanding Two-A-Day Practices Begin.

National Athletic Trainers' Association and the American Football Coaches

Association Partner for Heat Injury Prevention Campaign

DALLAS, July 19 /PRNewswire/ --

As athletes hit the field for two-a-day practices at the height of summer, the toughest competitors they face may not be other players but the hot weather. When you combine football pads and intense work-outs to the hot-weather equation, the conditions are primed for problems.

To help athletes overpower the potentially dangerous but completely preventable issue of heat illness, the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) and the National Athletic Trainers' Association ...

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