Staff Writer
Jet lag is crippling for anyone who travels great distances, but now imagine that you had to prepare right away before playing in the World Cup of football.
Teams traveling to Australia and New Zealand have developed a number of strategies to try to battle the dreaded jet lag; some are unique, some less so. Even the stars of the Women’s World Cup are not immune to it.
“Time to put on the chronometer. Prior to their more than 10,000-mile (16,000-km), 22-hour journey to Australia, European champions England tweeted that they were “trying our best to beat the jet lag.” They were operating, at least.
The joyful sportsmen were spotted donning orange-lensed, futuristic-looking eyewear.
The light sunglasses were made by the Dutch company Propeaq and were intended to deceive the eyes and promote or inhibit sleep.
According to The Times, the Lionesses received a pre-tournament training on how to avoid jet lag, including what to do before flying halfway around the world to Australia.
Teams leaving for the World Cup have developed their own strategies to get their players ready for the training field.
as quickly as you can after landing.
Vera Pauw, the Dutch coach of Ireland, developed a “jet-lag protocol”.
The Irish had no time to waste because they played co-hosts Australia on the first day of the World Cup on Thursday.
According to the Irish Mirror, the Irish squad first exercised in accordance with their Irish body clocks before gradually shifting the workouts toward Australian time.
Pauw was cited as saying, “We started at 11 in the middle of our night, then 12, then 2, now at 4, and then tomorrow at 6.”
There are other light glasses, but the doctor demonstrated that there is no proof for them, so we want to keep things straightforward, she continued.
Aiming to hold on
For certain athletes, it has simply been a matter of waiting for sleep to arrive while laying in bed.
Sakina Karchaoui, a French defender, struggled for a week to get used to the eight-hour time difference between France and Australia.
“Initially, we only slept for two to three hours and had to wake up at three in the morning.
When she did manage to get some rest, she was thrilled to get 10 hours.
Prior to the World Cup, the French squad hired an expert in an effort to solve the issue.
According to Mounir Chennaoui, a sleep and fatigue specialist, “eight time zones apart is eight days of adaptation.”
One week prior to the trip, the French players were instructed to begin their preparations by going to bed and rising 15–30 minutes early.
each day sooner.
After that, they were instructed to switch to Australian time as soon as they boarded the aircraft for the protracted flight across.
One of the favorites to win the World Cup, France, was far from at full strength as they fell to Australia 1-0 in a friendly on Friday in Melbourne.
The team had been in the country for five days when its coach Herve Renard said, “I’m not looking for excuses, but there are still some sleeping problems.”
Maren Mjelde, a defender from Norway, has adopted a more conventional strategy by making an effort to avoid taking an afternoon nap as much as possible.
It involves attempting to endure, locating activities, engaging in games, reading a book, or solving problems soon after Norway’s arrival in New Zealand more than ten days ago, she remarked, “a crossword or something of that like.
Whether or not they are fully rested, Norway faces New Zealand in their opening World Cup match on Thursday in Auckland.
