The coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv shared his feelings and the nature of the team’s activities during the closure, in an interview he gave to the official website of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
By: Amit Freiheiter – Courtesy of the official Maccabi Tel Aviv website
Activity on the pitches has not yet returned as players and teammates are still working from home and in the media through the zoom. We talked about this with the coach of the first youth team, Uri David, who told us about the longing to return to the field, about the state of the team in the current period and the planning for the return.
We first talked to Uri about his personal feelings about returning to the pitches: “The longing for players, for training, for games is very great, now we all know how to appreciate our routine much more as coaches and athletes.” Afterwards, the coach of the boys’ team A shared with us about the current situation of his team: “The team’s physical condition is excellent. The players work according to an organized program run by Idan Bachar, the team’s physical construction coach.
Beyond the physical interest, the players work on a variety of topics: technique, mental training with the cloth coach, Meirav Levy. The team also holds meetings with the team’s analyst, Shlomi Tobol, who works with the players on the tactical issue and continues to instill in the players the philosophy of the club. On the subject of goalkeepers, our goalkeeping coach, Guy Nachshon, also works closely with the goalkeepers.
The players show us in this strange period that they conduct themselves with very high self-discipline, the reports of their physical and mental condition are made on a daily basis through the club app so we have full control over this matter, this is how we make sure the team returns from the forced break Next ‘.
Finally, we asked Uri about his goals for the expected return and for the rest of the season: “Our goals remained the same, to prepare the players individually and as a team in the best way for the youth team. I am very happy about the work of my team, Jeffrey Yishai, the assistant coach, who has been managing the entire last period at a high level following my joining the senior team. Eliel Horowitz is the team manager and takes care of our organization that helps us as coaches to continue working with the players quietly and without interruptions. “