Hydrate... and hydrate...
Start 2 days before - in 100 degree weather you can maintain your hydration level but you are not going to re-hydrate.
If you are in the dugout, you have a water bottle in your hand and you continue to sip from it continually Don't gulp water - drink it constantly. First thing you do when you get into the dugout - have a drink. Most of our players just drink a LOT of water.
Fruit salads - cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes, pineapple - all are really good. It is pretty much all my DD eats through the day.
We use ziploc bags full of water and ice rather than cooling towels. Just take one, fill it with ice and water and put it on the back of your neck/top of your head. Avoids the issues [MENTION=10413]riseball[/MENTION] brings up. We don't reuse the bags.
Get the shady dugout if possible (i.e. get their first)
Buy some big old industrial drum fans and a generator. These help as well and for ~$200 they pack a wallop.
Lastly - stay in the winners bracket. The schedule and heat are much easier to handle if you are in the winners bracket.
Start 2 days before - in 100 degree weather you can maintain your hydration level but you are not going to re-hydrate.
If you are in the dugout, you have a water bottle in your hand and you continue to sip from it continually Don't gulp water - drink it constantly. First thing you do when you get into the dugout - have a drink. Most of our players just drink a LOT of water.
Fruit salads - cantaloupe, watermelon, grapes, pineapple - all are really good. It is pretty much all my DD eats through the day.
We use ziploc bags full of water and ice rather than cooling towels. Just take one, fill it with ice and water and put it on the back of your neck/top of your head. Avoids the issues [MENTION=10413]riseball[/MENTION] brings up. We don't reuse the bags.
Get the shady dugout if possible (i.e. get their first)
Buy some big old industrial drum fans and a generator. These help as well and for ~$200 they pack a wallop.
Lastly - stay in the winners bracket. The schedule and heat are much easier to handle if you are in the winners bracket.