Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

Football Nutrition

27 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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In this concise instructional video, the speaker addresses football players competing in hot, high‑intensity conditions and outlines a practical in‑game nutrition strategy using the FFE mnemonic—Fluids, Fuel, and Electrolytes. He recommends consuming 30–60 grams of carbohydrates per hour from sources such as sports drinks, honey sticks, gels, dried fruit, or applesauce to maintain energy. Fluid intake should be personalized but generally falls between 20–40 ounces per hour for players in the heat. When sweating heavily, he advises adding electrolyte powder to the fluid to improve water absorption and replace lost salts. The guidance is framed as a simple, actionable plan to replenish losses from the first half so players can sustain performance into the second half.

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"You have a video for football players during the game, like what and when you need to drink and eat." Yes, I've got a lot of those if you just scroll through, but I can do another one right here. You football players are playing in the heat, you're full pads, you're sweating a lot, you're burning a ton of energy. So I need you to follow the FFE, fluids, fuel, and electrolytes. This is going to replenish everything that you are losing in the first half of the game so that you can play well through the second half of the game. So what this looks like is carbohydrates. You want about 30 to 60 every single hour. This can be through sports drinks, this can be through Honey Sticks, this can be through gels or goop. Or dried mangoes, anything like that, applesauce, just 30 to 60 carbs every single hour. Next would be fluids. This needs to be a little bit more personalized, but anywhere for football players in the heat, probably between 20 and 40 ounces per hour. And then if you sweat a lot and you're losing a lot of sweat, buckets and buckets, I would definitely throw an electrolyte powder in there to help you absorb and use the water that you're drinking.