Top tips for staying healthy in the heat

Temperatures are forecast to continue being high this weekend, so whether you are in a team in the National Touch Series or just playing in a local social tournament, here are some top tips to help you stay healthy in the heat.

1. Find shade regularly and/or bring an umbrella
2. Bring a cooler full of ice
3. Bring cotton shirts to wear between games, to allow kit to dry
4. If you have ice and taken kit off between games then it is worth getting tops wet in the cold for the next match
5. Remember to ensure all your players and referees eat and drink. When it is hot they will not feel like eating very much, but this is important
6. Teams need to ensure that if they are using electrolytes they have sufficient sodium and potassium in them, ie not carbohydrate tablets. This does not replace eating
7. Hydration - Check colour of urine the evening before and throughout the day. It should remain light in colour
8. Always remember your high factor sunscreen!