England's coach has a recipe for handling World Cup stress. It includes ice cream
England soccer coach Thomas Tuchel discusses his unconventional method for managing the high-pressure environment of the World Cup. He emphasizes the importance of simple pleasures, like bike rides and ice cream, to maintain his mental well-being.
Why it matters
It provides a human-interest perspective on the psychological demands placed on elite sports figures during major international tournaments.
ATLANTA -- How does England coach Thomas Tuchel handle the pressure of a run to the semifinals of the World Cup ?
Simple. A bike, a parking lot and an ice cream.
Tuchel said ahead of England’s World Cup semifinal against Lionel Messi's Argentina that he relaxes by reconnecting with his inner child.
“Sometimes you just go on a bike and then you just need a big parking lot, an ice cream in your hand for 15 minutes on a bike and then you feel like you're 15 years old,” Tuchel said Tuesday. “You enjoy your evening on a warm, summer evening for 15 minutes with the ice cream and you reconnect to the beauty of that feeling that we all have inside of us and that’s sometimes all it needs.”
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