Amy Andrews tells us how she prepares for a big game through the week…
Monday
Monday is all about of recovery. I eat lots of pasta and things like that and make sure I watch our game from the day before back. I watch the highlights on The FA Player and then our full game. I’ll speak to people – family, friends – and see what they thought of the game and get their feedback.
Tuesday
We’re back in training on Tuesday and do some analysis on the game that’s just gone. It’s usually a light training day with some small games at the end. When I’m home I’ll watch Match of the Day again because I feel like the mental part of preparing for the game is important and I watch football all week.
Wednesday
Wednesday is the most high intensity day and we have to hit a certain amount of distance covered, so I need to make sure I fuel properly on a Tuesday night. We go in the gym and lift too. I’ll watch football when I get home and start to manifest ahead of the game at the weekend.
Thursday
This is our day off and I love to use it to play on my Xbox! I play Call of Duty and Fortnite because I think it’s a great escape. I’ll call my friends, family and partner and try and relax and take my mind off football – which is pretty impossible for me! I go to the Raddison Blu in Durham and use their facilities to recover too.
Friday
This is when we start to look at our opposition and analyse them, looking at their build-up and defensive shape as well as training. When I’m home I watch even more football – I’ll watch strikers on YouTube like Mbappe, Haaland and Ronaldo just to prepare and envision me in those scenarios. It’s a lot of mental rehearsal.
Saturday
We have a team meeting on Saturday morning where we know the starting eleven and then we get ourselves prepared before a session. I really manifest hard on this day and sometimes record it so I’m speaking it out into the universe. It works – I can show you a recording of me saying I was going to score against Southampton when I came on!
