Coached to Death?

How far is too far? A coach from LOUISVILLE, Ky. was recently charged with recklice homicide after the death of one of his football players. During a football practice Sophomore Max Gilpin and his teammates where participating a conditioning drill he scoarching temps. This isn't the first time a athlete has been pushed to death by rigorous drills. I don't know when coaches are going to get the hint. When it is that hot out, you need to give your players regular water breaks and just give them a breather. I know how horrible practices can be in the heat. When i was at another school we would have four hour practices in 90 degree heat and we would rarely get water breaks. The only time we would get water was when we weren't apart of a drill and he would have to hurry or we would get in trouble. It would get so bad where we would have to wear cut off shirts all the way down to the bottom of the shirts so if there would happen to be a little breeze we would be able to feel it good. I guess we had it pretty good though because we had our own locker room down at the field and i don't know a whole lot of high school programs that have their own locker rooms let alone with air conditioning, but it would almost give you the chills after being in 90 degree temps while sweating profoundly then go into a air conditioned room.

It is just kind of depressing to know that this coach pushed this sophomore to his death. He should've saw that his players where struggling with the heat and the drill and realized that it wasn't worth it that day. I could relate to Max in some way. I mean I'm not dead but i have experienced a heat stroke before and it is scary. When i experienced it, it was 95 degrees out and humid. It was my Sophomore season and I was in a good mood so i offered to pitch the JV game because, all the JV pitchers where hurt and i have pitched 2 games in one day so i pitched the JV game then I played Shortstop the first varsity game then I had to pitch the second varsity game i was feeling fine in between the 2 varsity games but my mom thought i looked really sick and forced me to eat something even though i wasn't hungry, you could say i became kind of resentful towards her because i didn't wanna eat in that heat because i knew i could vomit. So we mad a deal she game me a protein bar and a filled up my huge water jug and gave me 2 Gatorade's and sent me on my way because i had to start warming up since i was pitching. In between innings i felt this chill go through my body, and i was schedule to hit that inning so i grabbed a sweatshirt and grabbed my bat because i was on deck. My coach was on the thirdbase line and when she saw me with my sweatshirt on she actually stoped the game. I was mad at her at that time in point but she mad me sit out a inning and put in someone else for me and now that i look back on it she could have saved my life. I guess i didn't look to well either. At that point in 95 degree weather I had a sweatshirt on and sweatpants. My body couldn't stop shivering. I was sitting behind the dugout and i just started to cry. I don't know why? I think i was just scared. My mom came and sat by me. My coach wanted me to go to the hospital but i felt there was no need, and i didn't want to since we where 2 hours away form CR. I never ended up going back into that game.

So when i read stories like max's it really hits me deep. I know my experience isn't quite to that extent but, it still hits me deep.
I hope with his coach being charged it sends wake up calls to all the other coaches just like him.