 Hey, what's up you guys? Welcome back to my channel. My name is Coach Coco and I Love volleyball so much so my channel's full of tips tricks hacks and anything you could ever need to know about Volleyball so today you've asked for it. What are some ways that I can stay healthy as a volleyball player? I know that a lot of this is kind of mysterious and it's not really known unless you really search on the internet But then you end up getting a lot of diet tips, which we don't want to talk about We get a lot of workout tips that don't apply to us So let's talk about some ways you can stay healthy as an athlete. Let's get right into it I've been playing volleyball for a long time and I've seen a lot of different methods I've you've been watching my channel for a long time You've seen that I have gone from a more healthier size to a more wholesome size and throughout that journey I still love volleyball volleyball still my life But we also have to remember that there's been a lot of things going on in life We have to remember that throughout this entire pandemic. There's been a lot of different things So you have to be grateful for where you are and don't be so hard on yourself And I've talked about this a lot volleyball players can play from any size. It's really about how you feel So I'm gonna give you some tips today that can talk about how to stay healthy and ways that you can nourish your body throughout your journey So if you don't already know I'm gonna tell you the first thing you should always remember to have in your bag With you when you wake up throughout the day when you're driving in the car for practice When you're going to practice is water water is really essential to your volleyball journey It fuels your body, but it also makes sure is that your body and your organs get the nutrients and nutrition that it needs So you need to be drinking water get in the habit now now when I was in high school in middle school It was tough to drink water. It doesn't taste like anything. It's boring. It doesn't have enough sugar Okay, I get it. So an alternative to water are these new sparkling waters wish I had them when I was growing up did it? So I like the aha. There's LaCroix. There's bubbly. So this is really great. I like it It tastes kind of carbonated you open it like a soda can whoo It's good now. It still is water and a leader. I'll talk about how to read food labels So we can make sure that we're not getting them the bad things in our body So we have the aha the plain of water. You can't beat this regular plain of water is nutritious for our body Make sure you get a water bottle. I have tons of water bottles You've seen them throughout my channel. You've seen we had a ton of water bottles But my most favorite water bottle right now is my hydro jug with this sleeve. It's great This is not sponsored, but look at this nice hydro jug with this sleeve. I can carry it on the go I take it with me to work. I take it with me when I'm teaching I do all of those kind of different things. So this is my hydro drug. I love it Get you a big water bottle because the bigger the water bottle the more likely you are to drink this water because it's filled all the Way to the top and you don't have to stop to refill it between classes before practice all of that and When you finish one you finish so many ounces and I think this one has 73 ounces in it. So when you finish this is great. So water is my first tip I know that it's the most obvious tip, but water the next tip Gatorade Now, let me tell you why Gatorade. Gatorade is essentially really helpful because it does give you electrolytes in your body If you can't fuel electrolytes in your body throughout practice. Can water give you electrolytes? No, it can't. So when you're losing electrolytes through your sweat throughout your practice Gatorade is some way that you can replenish those electrolytes Especially if you're a beach player and you're playing outside, especially if you are playing grass or you're having a really tough practice I highly suggest you have a Gatorade with you. It can even be the little mini mini mini one It doesn't have to be a big one But this can help replenish your electrolytes between practice through a practice to make sure you don't get something like heat exhaustion Heat stroke and we'll talk about those terms later You see me at this really odd angle, right? We want to make sure that we're packing things that are nutritious in our lunchbox So I like packing a snack in my lunchbox So I make sure you get something that's gonna be really good and it's gonna be nutritious and one of the things I've really fallen in love with are Bobo's peanut butter and jelly bites. So it's a little peanut butter and jelly bite It looks just like this. It's great. It's fuel. It's whole grains So I put this inside of my lunchbox so that way I have a snack with me We're more likely to snack on things that may not be fueling to our body Well, we don't have a snack in the first place. So this is a snack that I really really like I don't like this really crazy angle, but this is the snack that I really really like It's Bobo's stuffed oat bites if you can see that I really like this one I put it in my back and I make sure to put it in my lunchbox. See my cute lunchbox I put it in my lunchbox so that way it's always with me on the go Now when we think about the food that we put on our body It's important to remember to put in whole foods in our bodies that means vegetables and fruits and whole grains When you think about the my plate pyramid if you guys don't know what that is I'm gonna insert an image here. It used to be the food triangle Remember that but now we want to talk about something called the healthy my plate And that's something that will guide us to know exactly what kind of food do you want to get on my channel? I never want to talk about diet because diet is something that you do short term and it's something that could be harmful for your body So we want to talk about healthy lifestyle change throughout my journey of a healthy lifestyle change throughout the pandemic Things have changed for all of us and I want you to know that you are worth it Your body is strong your body is is courageous and not to be harming yourself and take it one step at a time It's because of you guys are so young a lot of you guys are in middle school and high school I want you not to worry about what size you are. I know it's easier said than done But I want you to worry about and think about how you feel as we learn and we participate in sports You're putting a tremendous amount of pressure on your body That means that your body is going through stress that it may not have gone through before We have to fuel our body with the right things so it can perform the best for us The best way I like to think about it is think about driving a car if you put bad gas in the car It's gonna run really efficiently. It's not so we want to put good gas in the car So it can keep running for a long time Sure, our car just need two notes every once in a while But if we treat it the way that we want to treat it and we give it the things that it needs to get Then it's more likely to last a long time So that's what I'm talking about when I'm talking about getting those healthy foods healthy fruits vegetables all of that Crush diets and diets like this. We don't want to talk about those because those aren't helpful for our body So throughout the more health related content that I'm gonna have on Mondays We're gonna talk more about those concepts So that way you can learn more about how to be healthy for your body And I can teach you how to nourish love and care for your body because self care is Important so did you like this video? I really hope you like this video that I was informative for you that you learn something new that you're gonna apply some of these tips Because if you don't you know, you might have to find out the hard way But why do that when I am here for you also remember I have these really great bracelets on sale and my t-shirts are down below So please like comment subscribe and I will see you guys next time