On Tuesday a prominent guest said hello in St. Pölten to speak in front of the players and coaches of the National Center of Womens Soccer. Austrias kickbox star Nicole Trimmel used her free afternoon to talk about her life and daily training routines. The girls where pretty much impressed by her explanations and the personality of a manifold World- and European Champion in kickboxing. After her speach they had a lot of questions and showed interested.
At the beginning Nicole was introduced into to the facilities of the center. When answering a lot of questions the girls became an insight how an individual athlete like Nicole acts and trains.Nicole also talked about the compabitility of sport and job. "The Center offers perfect conditions for the girls to combine training and education. I was very impressed and wished I could have had such things like this.", says Nicole.
"It is very interesting for our girls to get to know the strategy of individual athletes. They got very good inputs and I am sure that they can profit from such possibilities", says Dominik Thalhammer, chief of the Center. Last year Beate Schrott, hurdle sprinter, visited the Center as well. The speach of succesfull athletes should bring extra motivation and impuls for the daily training of the girls.
U17-team player Selina Mandl: "I liked the lecture very much. It is very interested to see what Nicole does in her sport and how she is training. I can take a lot out of it." Katharina Fellhofer adds: "Nicole showed the structure of her training and showed whats important beside. For young athletes like we are this information is very instructive."
A special meeting took place with ÖFB-striker Nicole Billa, who also did kickboxing on a high level and could win some EM- and WM medals in her age category. They know each other already for a long time.
