Consider waking up at 3am, having breakfast after which having a high-intensity coaching consultation at 4.30am.
That’s precisely what the Colombia U-17 squad needed to do with a purpose to get ready themselves for the time distinction between their capital Bogota, and India, the place they tackle Spain of their opening event of the FIFA U-17 Girls’s International Cup in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday.
Expecting that jet lag can be a large hindrance to their marketing campaign for the reason that time distinction is a big 10-and-a-half-hours, trainer Carlos Paniagua devised a plan, which began proper from October 1.
On a daily basis, the women had been requested to get up an hour early. So the primary day, they awoke at 9am, day after today at 8am, and so forth.
“The earliest we awoke was once 3am,” Paniagua stated on the pre-match press convention on Tuesday. “It was once no longer simple for the women to have breakfast at 3.30 am after which be at the flooring at 4 am to begin coaching at 4.30 am. They understand how vital it’s they usually did it with none proceedings,” he stated.
The staff reached India on October 8 at round 7 am and had been all drained and sleepy however their trainer Paniagua didn’t let them hit the sack. As an alternative, they went out for breakfast, lunch and as their captain Mary Jose Alvarez stated, they “had probably the most laziest and maximum tricky coaching classes that day”.
All of it labored out for them. They had been contemporary day after today and feature been having some nice coaching classes.
Within the 4 appearances they’ve made on the U-17 International Cups, Colombia have by no means long past previous the gang level. They’ll fancy themselves this time round however with Mexico and China the opposite two groups within the staff, it’s going to be difficult.
“We’re able for the problem. We’ve had an ideal preparation for this match and the women are assured,” Paniagua stated.