Red Bull...

That's crazy. Young kids do not need caffein to get up for a game

RUN, don't walk, but RUN and get as far away from that guy as possible. Red Bull, like other "energy" drinks, is highly caffeinated. As such it is dangerous for kids to consume, and especially dangerous during athletics. A quick search of google turns up deaths associated with the consumption Red Bull either before or after strenuous activity.

It says right on the can (well at least up in Canada anyways) Not recommended for children, pregnant or breast-feeding women, caffeine sensitive persons or to be mixed with alcohol. Do not consume more than 500 ml per day. (500 ml is 2 cans)

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Originally posted by StyleMismatch:
RUN, don't walk, but RUN and get as far away from that guy as possible.

We did!!! Right after we heard about that--and that he required the 10 and 11 year old girls to go on a "weight training and weight loss (or gain) program"!!! Can you imagine???

The guy is a kook!

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As such it is dangerous for kids to consume, and especially dangerous during athletics.

YIKES!!!!

Red Bull also has a high sugar content that along with the carbonation causes a high rate of decay (cavities). Because of the caffeine it also dehydrates people that drink alot of it. Not a good idea, especially for young kids.

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and even more importantly, medical professionals will tell you that messing the psyches of teenage girls and weight is a recipe for eating disorder disaster...

Been through a number of seminars on this...

Be very caeful..

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Playbaseball - this makes your post about certain parents consuming 10-11 "cups" in the parking lot look mild. I'm glad to see you have your eyes open and are looking out for your kids.

Picture an 11 YO downing 3 Red Bulls and busting out a few reps on the bench press to get ready for his/her game. Hilarious!! Is this guy serious? If so maybe he needs to lay off the Red Bull and Vodka before the practices. What an imbecile.

Just get 'em a glass of good southern sweet tea, the kind that a spoon stands straight up because of the sugar content. No Red Bull needed.

Was just talkin' about southern sweet tea in another thread!....NUM!
I'll take it up a notch and say:
Don't run,..SPRINT full speed away from the Red Bull, please.
IMHO, not for athletes.
A Coach is requiring this?????????
Pleeeeease tell me you are NOT serious?

Woodsman,....shortstopmom needs some tree sap and feathers,..ASAP please!!!

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Originally posted by play baseball:
My 11 year daughter's former softball coach...

WHEW!!!! I was thinking this was your daughter's NEW coach and I was thinking how unlucky they've been. Then I re-read it....obviously missed the key word (which I highlighted).

Ohhh meee toooo, ditto on the " WHEW "!!!!
I also missed the " former " part also.
( note to self: I must slow down. Pay attention to detail while multi tasking! )

Glad you pointed this out Beezer.

Although I am hesistant to make judgements about a person whom I have not met before, but based alone on this former coaches suggestion of Redbull and weight programs for these girls,...I'd say this gal/guy needs to be permanantly benched, retired, and sent home to The Land of Nuts.

( if this is the case, I'll forgo the sap and feathers )

Most college players can't even have a RED BULL before a game.

This is crazy!

No problem having kids learn to be fit early on, but do it as a group activity and stress things and do not mention "over or under weight".

In the adult world todays the new shot of choice is a Jägerbomb which involves Red Bull and Jägermeister in a "2-3 gulp" glass at about $5 a pop. At the end of the night there's nothing worse than an "amped-up" drunk.

I cannot imagine pushing this on kids

If you'd send that to Sports Illustrated about the coach requiring 3 cans of RedBull in the bag I bet they would print it in the "This Weeks Sign of the Apocolypse".... That guy must be the mayor of CrazyTown.

That's absolutely nuts! I'm a college player and throughout the course of an entire season I think I used maybe 4 caffeine pills, and that's only because I was on about 3 hours of sleep from studying the night before a game.

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Originally posted by play baseball:
My 11 year daughter's former softball coach is requiring the players on his team to have 3 cans of Red Bull in their softball bags for every game.

That's insane.

What the coach is doing is the equivalent of requiring his kids to pop greenies (amphetamines) before each game.

Red Bull is loaded with caffeine, which can cause multiple problems.

We have been told that Red Bull has an ingredient in it that is considered a banned substance by the NCAA.

Think that softball team needs a new coach. Someone should force a twelve pack of Red Ball down his throat!

A friend of ours works in a long term care facility. One of her patients - 32 years old - suffered a stroke after consuming... you guessed it... three cans of Red Bull. Did the caffeine cause the stroke? Who knows - she was also trying to lose weight and hadn't eaten much for several days prior. But caffeine for kids is just nuts and so unnecessary, in any case.

We had a coach (basketball - they can be nuts too!) who passed a mysterious "energy drink" around to all the boys and told them to take a few swallows. Our son declined and told us about it after the game. Needless to say, coach became ex-coach very soon thereafter. The boys, by the way, were 9 & 10 years old...

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Originally posted by PGStaff:
We have been told that Red Bull has an ingredient in it that is considered a banned substance by the NCAA.

I heard the same thing, caffeine.