I agree completely that it is taken too far, and this is the last thing anyone wants to happen, I had to take a kid to the hospital one time for heat exhaustion (at a meet not practice). It is one of the reasons I no longer coach, I could never live with myself if something like that happened to one of my athletes.
I simply don't feel that the way the system is, you can avoid tragedies like this. I just don't think KY weather is conducive to that level of practice in August. I wish someone would do something truly out of the box like starting practice in September. You don't ever hear of kids having problems because it is too cold. I know that is crazy for most people to think about but why does a child have to pass every few years from these situations until something is really done about it?
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