{"id":1375,"date":"2026-05-10T03:21:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1375"},"modified":"2026-05-10T03:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T03:21:02","slug":"if-the-player-thinks-well-he-is-faster-and-more-precise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razak.com.ng\/?p=1375","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If the player thinks well, he is faster and more precise&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container ue-c-article--first-letter-highlighted\">He <strong>Ex-footballer and coach Ibai G\u00f3mez<\/strong> has gone through <strong>&#8216;The Game Inside&#8217;, MARCA&#8217;s mental and emotional well-being video podcast<\/strong>and has left one of the most powerful reflections that have been heard in this space: &#8220;If the player thinks well, he is faster, jumps more and is more precise. <strong>When we talk about confidence, we talk about thinking well.&#8221;<\/strong>. The Basque, who has trained <strong>Arenas de Getxo, to the Dominican Republic under 23 team at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games <\/strong>and more recently to <strong>Andorra <\/strong>in the Second Division, he defends that <strong>mental work<\/strong> It is not a complement but the center of everything: &#8220;The mental issue is the most important, without a doubt.&#8221; And it goes further: &#8220;Happiness is not external, no matter how much we believe it is. <strong>Happiness is within, and to find it you have to know yourself<\/strong>&#8220;.<span class=\"xai-icon\" contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"user-select: none; pointer-events: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">G\u00f3mez has also spoken without reservation about his friend <strong>Marcos Llorente,<\/strong> with whom he coincided <strong>Alav\u00e9s<\/strong>: &#8220;It changed my life on all levels. In his adolescence he deprived himself of things that I don&#8217;t know anyone who has done. <strong>No one has given Marcos anything.<\/strong>&#8220;. And about ego, another of the episode&#8217;s themes, he is just as direct: &#8220;I put ego aside a long time ago. <strong>The excessive ego kills you<\/strong>&#8220;.<span class=\"xai-icon\" contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"user-select: none; pointer-events: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">In terms of current events, <strong>Ibai G\u00f3mez<\/strong> has revealed the details of his visit to three of the Premier League&#8217;s most in-form clubs: <strong>Aston Villa, Arsenal y Bournemouth. <\/strong>Of the <strong>Arsenal <\/strong>of <strong>Arteta<\/strong>one word: &#8220;<strong>It was NASA<\/strong>. A spectacular work group, very prepared people.&#8221; <strong>Emery<\/strong>speaks of emotional contagion: &#8220;From his passion and his energy, he is a leader who infects the staff and the players.&#8221; and of <strong>forever<\/strong>highlights the ability to perform &#8220;from simplicity, with much less work group.&#8221; His conclusion: &#8220;There are three totally different ways of working and all three successful. <strong>There is no exact formula for success<\/strong>&#8220;.<span class=\"xai-icon\" contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"user-select: none; pointer-events: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">About him <strong>Athletic Club <\/strong>and the arrival of <strong>Terzic <\/strong>He also said: &#8220;I am sorry that <strong>Ernesto Valverde <\/strong>&#8220;If he leaves, he is an absolute example of what Athletic and its culture are.&#8221; Although he believes that the change can be positive: &#8220;Whoever comes will fall in love with the culture of Athletic, as happened to <strong>Bielsa<\/strong>&#8220;. And about <strong>Xabi Alonso and Real Madrid <\/strong>He has been equally clear: &#8220;What he did in Leverkusen is of a very high level. It is a shame that Real Madrid did not take advantage of a coach like that.&#8221;<span class=\"xai-icon\" contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"user-select: none; pointer-events: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">As to <strong>your next project,<\/strong> He is clear about what he is looking for: a club with a social mass, competitive culture and demands. &#8220;The team he takes is going to have a clear identity. If we can make a demanding social mass feel identified with the team, that makes it unstoppable.&#8221; A conversation that goes far beyond football.<span class=\"xai-icon\" contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"user-select: none; pointer-events: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"ue-c-article__subheadline\">Your sports and well-being podcast<br \/><\/h2>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\"><strong>The game inside<\/strong>the video podcast on mental and emotional well-being in sports, is now available on the main podcast platforms (Spotify, Ivoox, Apple Podcast, Omny&#8230;) and also on MARCA.com and Radio MARCA. <strong>Subscribe for free on your usual platform <\/strong>so you don&#8217;t miss any episode. <span class=\"xai-icon\" contenteditable=\"false\" tabindex=\"-1\" style=\"user-select: none; pointer-events: auto;\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-mrf-recirculation=\"Links P\u00e1rrafos\" class=\"ue-c-article__paragraph paragraph xai-icon-container\">It maintains a biweekly periodicity, with new episodes every two weeks in which d<strong>athletes, former athletes, psychologists and performance experts <\/strong>They share their experience on mindset, emotional management, pressure, leadership and personal growth. 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