Lightweight, light-colored, loose-fitting clothes allow your skin to cool off efficiently. Unlike dark colors, light colors will not absorb heat from the sun.
Athletic equipment is a barrier to evaporation.
• Athletic equipment does not allow water vapor to pass through. It inhibits evaporative, convective, and radiant heat loss.
• Wearing equipment that does not allow for heat dissipation puts the athlete at risk for HRI.
• Although helmets are essential in preventing head injury, they limit the amount of heat that can be released from the body (a significant amount of heat is dissipated through the head.)
• Limit contact practice sessions so that athletes can keep helmets off for longer periods of time.
• During practice and games, take helmets off while on the sidelines to help the body to cool.