The captain is very important to the players’ performance at this summer’s European Championships.
He is not the captain of the national team Peter Gerhardsson.
When Wednesday’s party waned, there was only one leader left.
Long after his teammates had left the room, Rasmus Lilliblad sat along the central court in Tennis City, with his back straight and gave the last interview of the day.
All the media wanted to spend time with the football psychological counselor of the national team when he called the team for talks.
Sweden is the favorite
The reason for the interest is simple.
Sweden is the favorite in the European Championship.
Favourite, a word that rarely gets acclaim in Swedish dirt, but these days in early summer, Båstad’s beautiful Båstad is embraced by a harmonious team.
It’s a stamp that players can thank themselves for. They have contributed to the highest degree. First and foremost an athlete with a World Cup bronze and Olympic silver, but also with her generous, slightly arrogant view of possibilities.
– We’re ready, says midfielder Linda Sembrandt.
It was unbelievable to say seven years ago, it would have been great three years ago, it would have been understandable a year ago, it is completely reasonable this summer.
It’s time for the Swedish women’s team.
Players and leaders say it feels great and comfortable. Tension tickles with pleasure but does not worry.
The conditions for winning gold have never been better. And in the midst of luxury and optimal training conditions, there is a leader who praises little for it.
The players respectfully stress the importance of Rasmus Lijbad in the group. It is he, the expert, who will unravel the neural node, if any.
can be punished again
The appropriate performance climate has been created over time.
Rasmus Lilliblad (formerly Wallen Thorenberg) has been on the women’s national team staff since 2017. He, just like Daniel Ekvall on the men’s side, has built relationships based on trust and confidence with the players.
They, in turn, had to develop their relationships both on and off the field.
The stars of the women’s national team dare to be honest with each other. And with themselves.
will be needed. when they are tried.
when to decide. When there are penalties. second.
“You don’t have to think positively to act the way you want to.”
The message in the book, written by Rasmus Lilliblad and Daniel Ekvall, characterizes the modus operandi that has become key to the development of Swedish players.
Focus on the next procedure, how it can be of high quality even if it is difficult and difficult. And how you as an individual player can improve your teammate or teammates.
It’s work that sounds simple and obvious, but isn’t always at hand when stress strikes.
Rasmus Lilliblad and Daniel Ekvall in their book draw on a behavioral perspective that has roots in, among other things, psychology.
Have you heard the young coaches standing up and shouting ‘focus on the next action’ after a failed dribble, a missed shot, a lost duel, it’s a sign that knowledge from the national team experts has slipped to the popular level. The book is a frequent educational material and in the long run can help leaders create more favorable environments, with room for growth for our young people.
This summer, the behavior will be part of a success story on a higher level.
When thoughts, feelings and relationships go hand in hand and become a piano playing itself, European Championships can take place.
