At the risk of sounding like the old ex-jock that I am....
OH MY GOD!
Football players at every level in every town, city, county and state in this great country have been doing drills like this in intense heat for many many years, and coaches push them farther than the players ever could by themselves.
That’s football. The players know it.
OK, here I go: When I was a player, coaches didn’t allow us to have water during practice—we had to tough it out. That’s the way it was. Practiced twice a day, full-contact, in 100+ degree weather, 100% humidity in the middle of august, Lincoln Nebraska. NO water til after practice. NO rest stops. NO breaks to catch our breath.
That’s just the way it was. These guys, as tremendous athletes as they are now (far better than we ever were) have no idea how tough it was 30 years ago. I know I can’t imagine how tough the guys in the 40’s and 50’s had it compared to us!
We’re a country of namby-pambys. (I think that’s a word, but if it isn’t, it means P*SSIES!!!)
Not allowing water during practice wasn’t being tough it was just plain stupid. Bear Bryant in his book admitted he had done some dumb things in his early days. He said he just didn’t know any other way at the time. I doubt he ever got soft but some things are just foolish.