Dr. Karissa Niehoff from the National Federation of State High School Associations explains the challenges heat provides for student activities such as sports and band during the summer.

Student athletes practicing outdoors during the summer face significant risks from heat-related illnesses and poor air quality, according to Karissa Niehoff, CEO of the National Federation of State High School Associations. These risks affect not only football players but also those involved in other sports and activities such as soccer, field hockey, cross-country, and marching band.

To address these dangers, the NFHS recommends a range of safety measures, including monitoring practice times, ensuring hydration, and using technology like wet bulb globe thermometers to assess conditions. Coaches and staff are encouraged to watch for signs of heat illness and have cooling resources readily available. While most states follow similar guidelines, the NFHS continues to emphasize the importance of vigilance after reports of heat-related incidents.

Heat risks for teen athletes

It is going to be a hot day, it's going to be a stormy day and schools, many schools will be starting class soon before even school starts. Many student athletes are already practicing in the extreme summer heat and that could put them at risk. Joining us is Karissa Niehoff, CEO of the National Federation of State High School Associations and first I want to ask how big a risk is heatstroke and other illnesses for those high school athletes practicing in July and August? Well good morning, it's a huge risk not just the heat illness but air quality issues that we're seeing across the country as well and heat and air quality combined present tremendous challenges for our student athletes. And we think of football players in the heat but what about other student athletes and school groups are at risk for heat related issues? Well sure really it's anybody who's outside engaging in any kind of activity so certainly football when they're covered with helmets and pads and such but cross-country, field sports like soccer and field hockey, anybody who's outside moving in the heat and then of course band. We forget that along with sports pre-season wise we have our kids out there in parking lots and hot surfaces practicing getting ready for band season so we're watching very carefully any of our students that are outside. So I know people want to know what they can do so what specific heat safety guidelines does NFHS recommend and do state rules vary widely across the country? Well we recommend a number of things and we offer resources in the form of multiple courses dealing with heat illness, air quality, cardiac arrests, collapsed students, emergency action planning, all of that can be found in our learning center but we also have guidelines that we recommend all states follow that pertain to time of day for practices, number of practices, contact, hydration and education about what to do should a student athlete go down. So all of those resources can be found on our website and we in fact just put out position statements for reminding our schools to be aware and be ready but across the country all of our state associations and schools take this very seriously. We don't see tremendous variation in how kids are practicing now compared to when we grew up for example so there isn't a ton of difference but we still have those catastrophic situations and we've even had one fatality that we know of so far due to heat so we take it very seriously. And what should coaches and staff be trained to recognize and do if an athlete shows signs of heat illnesses? We recommend that our schools use what's called a wet bulb globe thermometer which is a device that measures combination of temperature, humidity, time of day, location and it will actually trigger a warning to coaches and school administrators about when you need to get kids off the field. So we recommend using the technology devices we have available, watching students for signs of exhaustion, maybe being a little bit out of sync, out of sorts, making sure that they're taking regular water breaks, getting inside for cooling breaks and making sure they have cool tubs. It can be as simple as a plastic tub with cool water and towels available and having those measures ready for those kids on the sideline. Chris Indyhoff, CEO of the National Federation of State High School Associations, thanks for joining us on AccuWeather Early. Thank you for your concern. Thank you.

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