Police officer Thomas Dennerby in his youth does not shout when players make mistakes

Indian women’s football team coach Thomas Dennerby does not believe in making mistakes when shouting at players and attributes this feature to his practice as a policeman in Sweden, where he learned what is most valuable in life.

Dennerby, who is leading the 2022 Indian team at the AFC Women’s Asian Cup in the country in February-March, believes that shouting at players doesn’t work all the time.

“If you’re a coach who shouts at players in every game during the break, over a period of time, the players also become aware of that and stop having the desired effect,” Dennerby said.

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“But if you do it at the required times, it hits them when you do. Only if you have a very good reason to get angry do it, otherwise don’t do it. That’s my opinion,” he said. In a note published by the All India Football Federation (AIFF).

But he never feels angry or angry with his players.

“I can get angry once or twice a year. That’s when I see people not trying hard. As long as you try, as long as you try and act passionately, I’ll never get angry even if you do. A mistake.

“When I see someone being lazy, or not following a plan, or not caring, it bothers me. “said the 62-year-old Swede.

Dennerby, who also coached the Swedish and Nigerian national teams before taking up the Indian position, played for Stockholm’s first Hammarby IF club for eight years from 1977 onwards. He then played for Sparvagens IF before making his coaching career.

While acting as a semi-professional player, he also worked as a police officer in a simulated manner.

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“When I was young I was in the Police Academy … I played football for the first seven years, we were semi-professionals. We were police officers, firefighters, someone was driving an ambulance, and so on.

“You had to have education and work because the money you would earn from football wasn’t enough. You could live there, but it was on the edge.

“I was riding in my patrol car, which gave me a different perspective on life. It taught me things that are important in life and things that aren’t.”

He said that caring for people who have suffered or sometimes preventing suicide as a police officer has taught them to “better value the most important things in life” as part of their job.

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“Sometimes when I started training, I could go on patrol all night, maybe to fix a very bad family problem. When you see what you see on nights like this, you can’t go back (in the morning) and start yelling at people. because you get a different feeling.

I’ve also taken care of myself, so I’ve had to deal with the worst criminals in Sweden, which changes my outlook on life. You realize what’s really important and what’s not. ‘

The AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2022, which will compete between 12 teams in Mumbai and Pune, is a qualifying event for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup from 20 January to 4 February.

India will play its first match on January 20 against Iran, followed by China’s Taipei (January 23) and China (January 26). The team is training in Kochin.