Heat Acclimatization
Athletic trainers have the knowledge and skills base to make death from heat stroke completely preventable through safe practice of heat acclimatization. Our 2009 Consensus Statement below recommends a 14 day heat-acclimatization period prior to full scale athletic participation.
NATA Position Statements
- Fluid Replacement for Athletes, 2000(pdf)
NATA Consensus Statements
Other Resources
- NCAA: Best practices for Preseason Prep, 2012
- NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook: Weight Loss and Hydration (pdf)
- NCAA Sports Medicine Handbook: Preventing Heat Illness (pdf)
- Developing Safety Policies for Organized Sports
- KSI: Comparison of NCAA and High School Heat Acclimatization Policies (pdf)
- KSI: Heat Acclimatization
- KSI: Hydration
- KSI: High School Policies for Heat Acclimatization
- US Soccer Recognize to Recover: Heat and Hydration, 2016
- GSSI: Hydration Science and Strategies in Football
- GSSI: Heat Stroke in Sports: Causes, Prevention and Treatment
- GSSI: Rehydration after exercise in the heat: comparison of the 4 commonly used drinks
- GSSI: Sodium Balance during US Football Training in the heat: cramp prone vs reference players