Kober: The game load is getting bigger and bigger & players must learn to deal with it. Dortmund has achieved good preparations

Dortmund is currently conducting a training camp in Austria. Goalkeeper Kober talked about the importance of rest, his personal sleep load management, and the team's preparations in an interview with the official website.

- This summer break is not like a "rest period". There are national team competitions and Club World Cup, and now it is a training camp. How do you view the load in the past few weeks?

Kober: "It's not that different for me. Last year, it was even more extreme because we reached the Champions League final. We had at least ten days off before the Club World Cup this year, and I didn't even have this rest time last year."

"Now there are more and more games, and it's getting more and more tiring. If this happens every year, it's definitely a challenge. As a player, you have to find a way to deal with it yourself and see how to relax your body and mind as soon as possible, and then get back into the state and welcome the new season."

"This year is actually a little more comfortable than last year, because all of our players started training together. That is to say, compared to those players who returned to the team for two or three weeks in previous years, you are not behind."

- How to get time to recover while maintaining your physical condition so that you can start again?

Kober: "I will really relax on my rest day as much as possible. I will give my brain a break, but of course I also need to start training during the holidays to prepare my body for the season. For me, the brain is the part I need to rest the most. If you are training for eleven months, you have to change the rhythm occasionally."

"Go and see different things, and be with your family and friends. It is almost the most important thing to be able to relax a little. Then I will try to use the short rest time to recover my body."

" Whether it is the preparation period or the season, It's the same. We must work hard to sleep well and eat healthy, do stretching, flexibility exercises, stability training, strength training - coordinate all of this so that we can prepare for the game every three days and stay healthy and competitive throughout the season."

" These start with holidays and preparation periods, but every day of persistence during the season is more critical. I think that you have to invest as much off the court as on the court, and recovery and training complement each other. In the end, the body must function well in order to play on the court. If you can't do this, it's useless to just rely on training."

- What aspects should you pay special attention to?

Kober: "Sleep is extremely important, which may be the first priority, although it is not easy to do this. In addition, proper diet, flexibility training, body treatment, sauna, ice bath, and all these small details are also crucial. I hope that through these small details, we can eventually get some bigger results."

-Dotter has been training for more than a week, what is his first impression of preparation?

Kober: "Very good. We played very, very well in the friendly match against Lille. Our pressure was very strong and we played very well in the first 60 minutes. Of course, the season is just beginning, but I think we have a relatively good form and the training is also very good."

-What is the focus in the current training?

Kober: "Same as last season. We also focused on organizing offenses, including running intensity, oppression and pressing. We are practicing all the contents that need to be used in the game."

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