What I Do To Keep Flamingos Players Fit During Lockdown - Olowookere

How I Keep Flamingos Players Fit During Lockdown - Olowookere

By Niyi Busari

Nigeria U17 Women's national team stand-in coach, Bankole olowookere has resorted to using social media to train and monitor the players so as to them keep fit during the lockdown, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

Olowookere in an exclusive interview with BSN Sports stated that he began the exercise by introducing some aerobic training they can do on their own within their home, then asked them to record and send the video of their training back to him for corrections. This, according to him is to keep them fit ahead of their world cup qualifier against Ghana.

"I monitor the players using the social media to encourage them but the lockdown persists. Olowookere told BSN Sports.

"I started by introducing some aerobic exercise they can do on their own within their home. After a while, because they are young and are still coming up, I always send exercise they can be doing to them online, ask them to record what they do and send it back to me. This is what we have been doing to keep them fit but we can not compare all that to the main training on the pitch. He added.

He said he will be glad if he leads his team to pick the world cup ticket at the expense of Ghana.

"I will be filled with joy to get the ticket for Nigeria and to re-register our name as a force to reckon with. For a long time we have not get needed glamour in women football, so, i hope to make my mark as a coach and rejuvenate female football in Nigeria." Bankole concluded.

Flamingos demolished Guinea U17 Women National team 11-2 on aggregate. The win qualify Nigeria to face Ghana in the last round of the 2021 FIFA U17 Women's World Cup which will be hosted by India.