Athlete Recruitment

Game Day Nutrition for High School Football Players

By Gretchen Zaitzeff

To enhance performance and increase endurance effectively, each young athlete and their parents should make proper nutrition, on and off the field, a high priority. Proper nutrition takes planning and preparation and begins at home. Proper nutrition will not only help build strong bodies, but also strong minds. And it will set each young athlete on the road to a healthy adulthood.

Game day nutrition is especially important because the proper nutrients will help regulate blood sugar and keep energy levels up. Whey protein will help build lean muscle and assist in recovery. Staying hydrated will also help with recovery from exertion.

1-2 hours prior to workout, conditioning, practice or event: Prepare for exercise by hydrating your body and consuming a small amount of carbs to provide adequate fuel during exercise and prevent fatigue while still allowing the stomach to be relatively empty at start of competition/workout, preventing GI distress and discomfort during exercise.

Recommendations: Drink 16 oz of a hydrating sports drink and consume a low sugar, protein bar.

During workout, conditioning, practice or event: Each athlete needs carbs, protein and electrolytes to prevent dehydration, support the immune system, and delay muscle fatigue and stress responses caused by exercise.

Recommendations: Drink 16 oz. of hydrating sports drink and 4 oz. of a whey protein supplement mixed in a water bottle.

Post Workout or Event: Each athletes needs whey protein to rapidly recover, maximize glycogen stores and facilitate muscle tissue repair. It also relieves muscle aches caused by lactic acid buildup after a workout and provides nutrients to maximize the effects of conditioning. Re-hydrating also provides adequate fluid to support proper bodily functions.

Recommendations: Consume a whey protein product mixed as directed immediately after workout and again two hours after workout. Continue to drink a hydrating sports drink until thirst in quenched.

For more on sports nutrition information for young athletes and to view my recommended products, visit me at www.www.betterhealth4living.com/athletes.

Gretchen Zaitzeff reports on Family Health and Wellness for the website, http://www.betterhealth4living.com Her articles on wellness topics help individuals and families create healthier lives by providing current, relevant health and wellness news and information plus recommended products and solutions online. The mother of six with a background in Commincations-Broadcasting, Gretchen has twenty years of experience motivating children, youth and adults to eat their veggies, take their vitamins, and get some exercise. Raising healthy children and supporting young athletes are her passions. Sign up for her free Health & Wellness Newsletter (http://www.betterhealth4living.com/free_health_newsletter.php) and start living a healthier life today!

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Not everyone goes pro after college, and that’s OK.

To be honest, a very high percentage of college athletes do not go pro—big surprise, right?  The bigger surprise is how many truly think they will go pro with no problem. The numbers just aren’t in your favor as a student athlete, and that’s OK. If you do go pro, that’s great! It can certainly happen if your skill level takes you in that direction. Although if it doesn’t happen, a career your passionate about is something you can fall back on and still maintain your competitive edge. That is one of the key reasons it was decided to create this guide in the first place. Making absolutely sure that all your eggs aren’t neatly placed in one basket.

It’s a known fact that you can still get healthy, competitive satisfaction out of almost any career as long as you find it interesting. You will not only have the competition of your coworkers on a daily basis, you will have the competition of another company team who is working to beat your internal group of team members. The environment you’ll be in will most likely be just as team oriented as the sporting environment you’ve known your whole life. It’s amazing how it’s proven everyday how similar an athletic career is to almost any profession. This is outside the physicality of playing sports, of course.

You can also take some comfort in the fact that quality educated people needed in the workforce isn’t going away anytime soon. Creative minds are going to be needed to push technology to its limits. You’ll get the chance to work with people that will help put your skills into action. The world of the internet was a great blessing for everyone coming out of school and continues to be. Certain jobs would not have even existed 10 years ago, and you can only imagine the jobs that continue to be created for people across all professions.

What you’ve read up to this point isn’t about telling you this is how it is or else, please don’t mistake the guide in that way. Everything you read here is meant to be motivating and keep you excited about choosing a solid career path, and helping you remember athletics isn’t everything.

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