How do football players drink when they play?

Athletes drink 500ml of water when rolling, in the match, drink between 150 and 200ml every 15 minutes, divided into small sips.

According to Dr. Tran Thi Minh Nguyet, water is very important for human health, especially football athletes. If you want to maintain good health and achieve high performance, you need to drink more water than usual, even if you don't feel thirsty.

Experts claim that rehydration is important for sports players , especially long-lasting, demanding sports like football. Such intense physical activity produces a large amount of heat, the body sweats to cool itself in order to stabilize body temperature. If a player loses 1-2% of his weight due to dehydration, his performance will decrease.

The players of the Vietnam team drank water to compensate during the competition.

Research shows that during competition or practice, players easily lose water through sweat, resulting in 1-2% of body weight loss. For example, an athlete with a weight of 60kg could lose 2% of his weight, or about 1.2kg.

The more people move, the more sweat they move, so they lose more water. Therefore, care must always be taken to prevent dehydration in athletes by drinking enough water before, during and after training or competition. Athletes should not dehydrate the body as it takes hours to restore the body's water balance.

In sweat, in addition to water, there are electrolytes such as sodium, chlorine, calcium, potassium, magnesium . If not enough water and electrolytes will lead to cramps, also known as cramps, fatigue , heart palpitations, fainting, even life-threatening cardiovascular collapse.

Doctors recommend that each player drink from 400 to 600ml of water within an hour before competing or training. During the ball rolling, you should drink "miles" several times, each time between 150 and 200ml, about 15 to 20 minutes apart depending on the degree of sweating. After the match is over, drink immediately to make up for the amount of water lost through sweat. Athletes who lose a kilogram of weight must make up one liter of water.

Note on the types of water used in the sports process:

1. Do not use carbonated soft drinks, alcoholic drinks, energy drinks .
2. Appropriate water temperature is about 17 degrees C, not so cold because it is easy to cause sore throat and difficult to absorb water.
3. Domestic sugar concentrations range from 2.5 to 5%.
4. The amount of electrolytes per day in adult athletes including sodium 6 g, potassium 4 g, phosphorus 1.2 g, chlorine 4 g, calcium 0.8 g, magnesium 0.3 g .
5. Suitable drinks are filtered water, juice or some specialized water for sports athletes to help with electrolytes.