The Instant Hydration Decoder!!

OK guys!  Ever since I mentioned it a couple weeks back…I can’t tell you how many of you have asked for more information!  Let’s face it…the Pee Chart is a hit!!

That said, I wanted to bring you the goods since this blog is all about you and your athletes.  Without further ado…I bring you the official Pee Chart! What to do with this?  Print this page out and post it on the wall over the urinals for your male athletes and inside the stalls for your female athletes. I know, sounds a bit strange and you know your athletes are going to be talking about it (and maybe even YOU for doing it!) but that’s not just good, it’s great!

You see…right now, the hydration levels of your athletes is sadly, most often an afterthought.  It’s not until one of their friends gets violently ill (or suffers an even worse fate in the sweltering late August sun) that they stand up and take notice of the severity of the subject.  Knowing how well hydrated you are as an athlete is not only a no brainer for good health, but it’s also a great way to gain the edge on your competition.  We’ve talked in detail about the improved reaction time, the increased strength and power, the increased agility and the improved mental focus that comes with staying at peak hydration.

Imagine if you were able to identify when you might be slipping into the realm of poor performance BEFORE you ever set one cleat in that direction?!? How powerful would that be?  And then imagine if you could reverse course and push back up to peak performance levels just by doing something that takes literally 10 seconds?  Yep….swigging a cup of either water or electrolyte drink.

Get those athletes of yours to start taking notice of their urine by LITERALLY putting it in their face!  Again, print this chart out and hang it on the wall right over the urinals.  Hey…what else is there to look at?!?  The cement walls that stare back at them while they’re losing water will never look so great (and be such a great reminder of how they need to replace the water lost!)

Ok, I’ll meet you half way here and agree that it may not be the easiest presentation you’ve had to make to your team, but then again…sometimes the things most worth talking about are the most uncomfortable to bring up in the first place. With the whole “pee chart” presentation, I’m sure I will have helped you at least break the ice so that laughs fill the room first and diffuse any insecurity you might have about the topic.

Remember guys…I had to deliver this speech to 25 MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS!! You think your high school athletes are a tough crowd.  Man!  You can’t so much as have a pimple on your face without these guys wearing you out for hours…imagine how fun the charts were to discuss.  But you know what?  It actually was.  Guys laughed.  They made jokes.  They talked about it amongst eachother (and yes…even compared notes!), but again…the goal was accomplished.  Awareness had set in!

Having been such an easy to implement but important topic (again, especially for overcoming this blazing hot end to August as your athletes return to camp!) I wanted to make sure I went a bit more in depth for you and gave you the actual resource that I used that helped me to turn around the disinterest in the topic to one that was interesting to say the least!  Don’t doubt your ability to deliver this message to your kids.  They respect you and look up to you!  As the late Tug McGraw once said….“You Gotta Pee-Lieve!”

Want more instant sports nutrition/hydration/supplementation tips and tricks you can use with your teen athletes that will seem anything BUT boring and uninteresting (no text book nutrition here guys!)?  Then head to http://sportsnutritionblueprint.com and grab your copy of the TEEN SPORTS NUTRITION BLUEPRINT just in time for the new Fall Season.  Be a better coach with just 125 pages of reading!  That’s my promise to you!