• ‘Psychological support helped composure against Cameroon’
• ‘Games are going to get even more emotional,’ Scott adds
Sports psychologists still polarise opinion but Jill Scott is a fully subscribed believer. The veteran England midfielder is convinced that hours of work in the Lionesses’ “mind gym” paid dividends as Phil Neville’s players refused to rise to Cameroon’s extraordinary provocations in Valenciennes on Sunday.
“We do a lot of work away from the pitch about conserving emotion at certain times in games and how to always think logically,” Scott said. “In the round-of-16 win against Cameroon we saw that work actually tested on a football pitch and the girls handled it fantastically. In those moments where you might normally react we didn’t.”
Written by Louise Taylor in Deauville
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/25/jill-scott-lionesses-mentally-strong-world-cup-quarter-final-norway under the title “Jill Scott: Lionesses feeling mentally strong as World Cup hots up”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
