Recommendations for working in the heat

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Every body has given very good advice.
The basics are water, water and more water.
If you remember the rule of thumb that you are drinking today for what you will need tomorrow and keep it up, it will help a lot.
Go to a local grocery store and get a fruit bowl of some sort.
Fresh melons etc will help with nutrition and hydration.
Stay away from drinks that will have a diuretic effect, Coke, Mountain Dew, beer, or my favorite, Bicardi Limon.
As for undergarments, get away from cotton. Cotton hold the sweat and can actually impede the cooling process as much as it helps.
Cotton gets wet and then you are carrying weight on your body that binds and slows you down.
I use Under Armor, Nike Dri-Fit, Reebok makes some stuff as do others.
Use the undershirts and shorts, it will pay off.
Clean dry socks each game,
Have extra shoes so that you can altenate.
Have extra hats, one or two to alternate them also.

But the biggest thing is water.
Gatorade is great but if you guzzle it down right before a game, you will get in trouble. Sip it and mix up what you are drinking with water.

Most of all, have fun and ask for grits at breakfast. hehe