Only half of it will train against Germany
Nine handball exercises.
That’s all Sweden intends to train in total in the 17 days before the World Cup at home.
But that will probably be enough because they showed their side against Germany tonight and won 37-33 (19-16).
The national handball team meets for 17 days before the World Cup at home: this week and ten days before the World Cup premiere on January 12.
During that time, I chose to practice handball 9 (or maybe 10) times: 3 sessions a week and another 6-7 during the pigeon camp.
It’s the least of the countries that Sportbladet has been able to compare it to. Germany will host a total of 17 training sessions, while Norway will organize 12, and Denmark 11-12.
We can get 20 if we do two handball exercises every day. But we choose that way, says the captain of the national team Glenn Solberg.
Why choose this?
– Because they have a lot of load and handball during the season before the toilet. I don’t believe in two handball exercises a day. I think it wears more than it gives.
“Getting into it too quickly”
Instead, Sweden spends time refurbishing carcasses after an intense autumn season.
Since Solberg took over before WC 2021, the framework has been basically the same.
The Norwegian also has very good experiences from some handball training sessions. Before the 2021 World Cup, the loading was almost completely spoiled by the Corona outbreak in the team. Then they solved a lot in the theory room instead and ended up with a WC silver.
These players have a very great understanding of handball and a great commitment to what we do. Whether between, before and during meetings. It simplifies things. They also get very quickly into what we do. I like that. It comes from different principles and philosophies in club teams but is quickly reflected.
settled at the beginning of the second
The match against Germany in Mannheim, Thursday evening, in the European Football Championship, gave Solberg and the team no reason to change their plan and start practicing more handball.
After a difficult start, German assistant referee Johannes Jolla had a playing room and scored his fifth goal as the host team advanced 7-4.
Sweden then turned the game up to 16-12, which became 19-16 at the break because the Swedish bid was impressed when the nine-meter “second streak”, which was replaced after a quarter, appeared as high as the first streak.
In the second half, Sweden literally ran 6-0 in the first 5 minutes until 25-16. Although the Swedish offensive match eventually faltered when the Germans came out in an offensive defense, Germany came close to four goals and the match ended 37-33.
The Germans, who have not won a medal since 2016, may need twice as many training sessions before the World Cup.
On Sunday, Sweden meet twice world champions Denmark in Gothenburg.