Sandra Toft takes up a lot both on and off the field in the Danish håndboldlandshold at the WORLD cup in Japan.
When Sandra Toft is at the top, it is sometimes best to close your ears.
The Danish håndboldmålvogter is emerging as one of the WORLD’s very best, and it is not going quiet, when Toft is running on a gasoline of high pulse and adrenaline.
the Opponents know that the more aggressive and assertive keeper act, the better she plays.
– She demands something, and it is also her way of gearing oneself up, says co-star Anne Mette Hansen, who often stands in the defense and receive clear directives of the vociferous keeper.
– When she is good, she can for my sake shout all she wants. We get a bollocking once in a while, and so one must just have selective hearing, says Hansen with a laugh.
Also Mie Højlund has become acquainted with the Tofts infamous skideballer, when the defense is not just moving, as the keeper had imagined.
– Sandra can well guys a lot of in the course of a battle and shouting much of the rest of us. Then take it to themselves, which you can use, and then you let the other fizzle out.
– You must be ready to hear a little of each. But it is we, for we know her and know how she is when she is best, says derk-jan.
Målvogteren from the French club Brest Bretagne is in four of Denmark’s seven WORLD cup matches has been named for the line’s best player.
She is almost ukendelig in relation to EM last year, where both the team and the Toft even disappointed.
I switched to French handball, where there is another træningskultur, and it is healthy to get new eyes on me. In addition, I have worked on the mental part.
– After the european championships last year I was very far down in the kulkælderen, and I did not have such a right to host the event again. I’ve worked a lot with myself, ” says Sandra Toft.
The 30-year-old goalie also has off the track been given a greater role than in the past.
– It is natural, because I have been with for a long time and is the oldest on the team.
– I will say more at our meetings at this championship, than I have done before, says Sandra Toft, that does not put the hide on, that she gives the opponents a clear message in the fighting.
– they want to have, that I do. So it gets the. I also know that if I’m not completely up and running, so I take nor the balls. I think it is good that I don’t have a microphone on my shirt when I play, says Sandra Toft.
the national Coach Klavs Bruun Jørgensen points out that Sandra Toft was named as EM’s best goalie in 2016, so it is not something new, that she excels on the biggest scenes.
– When she hits the level, we know that she is one of the world’s very best. It’s all about confidence, and it’s running good for her, says the national coach.
In the past year, the team worked to demonstrate greater ferocity on the field, and målvogteren have obviously taken it.
– She takes up much of his own way, and it she must also. She is an important voice on this team. The other looks very up to Sandra. She is a gifted girl and fills in a positive way, says Klavs Bruun Jørgensen.
After seven WORLD cup matches are Sandra Toft with a total save percentage of 41.
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