NHL Waterbottle Question

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Almost every time I see an NHL player drink water or gatorade (maybe even every single time), I notice that they point it away from them, squirt a little bit, and then squirt it into their mouths. If it was only with opaque bottles, I could understand doing it to make sure it's water and not gatorade or something. But, they do it with the clear, factory processed bottles of gatorade, where it is obvious what is inside. What's the deal with this?

[TeamHonda401 54]

My guess is that they do the squirt maneuver just in case someone else took a swig off of that water bottle. Gets their spit off of the mouthpiece?

[JR Boucicaut 3801]

...or make sure it's squirting correctly so that they don't get a face full of liquid.

[Chadd 916]

We use the same type of bottles on our team and every once in a while there is a bubble in the nozzle.

[Gummer12 134]

Or making sure someone didn't pull the ol' unscrewed cap trick

[IPv6Freely 2093]

I often do it if I've dropped it on the ground.

[shotty 7]

Or making sure someone didn't pull the ol' unscrewed cap trick

brilliant!