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Staying cool during the fall sports season

Norwich Free Academy athletic trainer KJ Donovan checks a wet bulb globe temperature meter placed on the school’s football field. The device measures a number of environmental conditions including air temperature, humidity, radiant heat and air movement.
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Norwich Free Academy athletic trainer KJ Donovan checks a wet bulb globe temperature meter placed on the school’s football field. The device measures a number of environmental conditions including air temperature, humidity, radiant heat and air movement.

Practice for the fall sporting season is well under way.

Today’s athletes are playing through the pain, This is something many of their coaches and trainers didn’t have to face during their athletic heydays.

Although it might not feel like it today,

Today, we hear what's being done to prevent heatstroke, and keep athletes safe on and off the field.

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