Your Body: Hydration is Critical to Hi-Performance
March 14, 2007
I know you’re young and invincible or are one of the finest older athletic specimens on the planet and think you don’t need water because you’re tough. No matter who you think you are it’s in your best interest to read on and take a few mental notes.
With so many sports drinks out on the market today along with the new flavored sports waters – what is good and what’s not? When should you drink straight water and how much? Should you drink sports drinks at all? These are all common questions players ask themselves because they know it’s important but don’t necessarily know what to do.
Having the awareness that hydration is critical to performance is a start but you need to understand how to replenish your fluids correctly. Therefore, I want to recommend that you take a look at a few articles I found that can help clear the air:
I would also suggest you understand the effects of drinking too much water “Hyponatremia”.
After you have had a chance to absorb all that ( HAAAAAA 
) you might want to check out US Soccer’s Rehydration Guidelines.
The bottomline is that proper hydration will enable you to perform at your peak cuz it can easily separate you from your competitor late in overtime when you’ve been playing 115 minutes in sudden death overtime. Believe me, I’ve been there and you need ever ounce of energy you can muster up or you’ll be laid out cramping….been there too and it sucks. So, drink up and get stuck in like the guys below.
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