I tend to lean toward, "if they signed up, they go no matter what (less illness)". However, there are stories in the news of kids getting very sick in outdoor practices in the heat. Coaches should certainly make the best judgement calls when it comes to what drills to do when it is very hot out.

I don't think so. I think it's idiotic when ADULTS run around in all that padding in triple digit weather for a game, some get heat stroke and some die, and we want kids to be subjected to that, for what, sportsmanship? Teamwork? Health is more important than a game. In this current weather we don't go out anymore than we HAVE to, there would be no way we'd compete in some game in that kind of weather either.

RedBedroom wrote:

I tend to lean toward, "if they signed up, they go no matter what (less illness)". However, there are stories in the news of kids getting very sick in outdoor practices in the heat. Coaches should certainly make the best judgment calls when it comes to what drills to do when it is very hot out.

I can't speak for the modern era but when I played youth sports, I have grave doubts that the coaches were trained properly about things like heat stroke. Likewise for the "physical" we received before the season. "Turn your head and cough" is insufficient.

I'm pretty against it. Kids should never be forced to practice sports, IMO. And especially not in the extreme heat of summer. My kid's health is more important than a stupid ball game that probably won't give them nearly as good a workout as people think.

Not in extreme heat.....no

No. It's not that serious IMO. In severe weather conditions, practice should be called off if it can't be done indoors.

Absolutely not. Extreme heat can kill. Any coach who enforces this needs his or her employment status reevaluated.

CeCe wrote:

Absolutely not. Extreme heat can kill. Any coach who enforces this needs his or her employment status reevaluated.

And their head checked.