Planning by Coaches and Trainers is Key to Preventing Heat-Related Injuries on the Playing Field

By Janet Lewis, ESQ.   The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) announced recently that July 2015 was the warmest month ever recorded across the globe. Additionally, the period of January-July 2015 was recorded as the warmest January - July since data started being collected in 1880, and 9 out of 10 of the hottest months on record have happened since 2005. In other words, it is hot.   As training camps and pre-season workouts begin for high school and youth level fall