That's cool mate - I am happy for you to disagree and do agree about beginners - hell I even let them sit down and take all excerises easy etc lol. I know importance of water and not just in training, thats why I drink 4ltrs a day and try and promote this habit to others.

Don't want to come across as an instructor that things he is a king on the throne, demanding to be called sir and is very strict. I like my classes to be energetic, lively, fun and friendly but expect afew things to keep the respect and order in class.

I mainly teach kickboxing and all my classes are structed when to have breaks and I am easy on beginners... works great. The MMA class is me and 2 others teaching and we never really had drinking times but it soon got out of hand with people wandering outside to get some air, in toilet filling water, sitting to side with water, others bringing water on mats and the rest left with no partners to roll with.

I say drinking times and structure... it isn't like at 7:17 and 8:11 you will drink for 60 sec lol. If in an MMA class of hour and half, we feel some need a drink, we call out for everyone to get a drink at same time... everyone goes off at same time rather than scattered at different times. All my students in all classes are always well hydrated and never had complaints - just make sure everyone goes at same times and if possible at logical times when people are going off mats to get/put back pads, equipement, etc.