If
you remember from our last article, we asked few handball players about their
preparations period, which is slowly getting in its last phase before the
season starts.
We
got different answers about what they were doing, how they trained and where
did they go, but they all agreed on one thing – that this period is the most
important part of the season that settles foundation for the entire upcoming
season and team’s performance.
So,
we wanted to take step further and ask them what are those tactics, habits or
tools that help them to regenerate faster and train even better, stronger.
Here
are the secrets they shared with us.
NIKOLA
KARABATIC, our ambassador and handball player at PSG
“During
the preparations what helps me the most is I think my eating and sleeping
habits. It is important to sleep well, I love to nap in between two trainings
and in the evenings I love to get to the bad early and being able to recover
from the hard trainings. The nutrition is also very, very important, to eat the
right things for your body, the healthy things and paying attention to your
meals. I think nutrition is one of the two most important things during the
preparations. One thing I also pay attention to is hydration. I try to drink
enough, to not being dehydrated which can cause a lots of injures. Preparations
are the most important time of the year when you get your body prepared for the
long season and for the exhausting eighteen matches we are going to play this
upcoming season so there is no special secrete really but just training well
and rest your body.”
MATEJ
GABER, handball player at MOL-Pick Szeged
“For me the most important thing
during the preparations period is to rest a lot between the trainings, to be
ready for the next one. Of course without the vitamins, minerals and
regenerators it’s just impossible to stay on track during this phase of hard
trainings.”
MIRSAD
TERZIC, handball player at Telekom Veszprem HC
“The most important thing for me
during the preparations is sleeping. I have also a lot of massages and some
supplements like proteins and magnesium.”
ALJAZ
PANJTAR, handball player at RK Gorenje
Velenje
“In the team we help ourselves
during this preparations phase with different preventive exercises and refill
energy with supplements after the training. But the most important thing is of
course to get some good sleep at home at nights and also between two trainings
in the daytime. Every player also has his own way of regenerating. My favorite
is sauna and cold pool.”
DOMEN
MAKUC, handball player at RK Celje Pivovarna Lasko
“I try to sleep as
long as I can, at least eight hours per day. I mostly choose to eat chicken
with rice; sometimes protein shakes for quicker and better regeneration. After
hard running trainings I treat myself with a cold bath.”
VID KAVTICNIK, our ambassador and handball player at PAUC
“I
found the most helpful tools for me during the preparations are positive
thinking and positive energy. When it is the hardest I usually try to smile and
have fun as this releases all my pains and hard moments.”