Players need to have confidence on how well they have prepared - Cawanibuka

The players need to have confidence on how well they have prepared for this Olympics and they also need to understand how good they really are.

This was highlighted by former Fiji 7s Strength and Conditioning Coach and current Swire Shipping Fijian Drua Head of Athletic Performance Naca Cawanibuka while speaking on fijivillage Straight Talk with Vijay Narayan.

Cawanibuka says looking at the amount of time that a 7s tournament is played for one team, it is less than an hour, and the only thing that is required from the players is to bring the best out of them during that playing period.

He says the past and the future are irrelevant and the players have no entitlement going into Paris thinking that Fiji has won gold in Rio and Tokyo and they can win gold in Paris again.

He adds that the players need to go in with the mindset that this tournament is anybody’s and they need to do all they can.

Cawanibuka says being part of the present is what they are doing off the field, which is important.

Fiji will face Uruguay at 3am Thursday in their first match, they will then take on the USA at 6.30am on the same day, before playing hosts France at 1.30am Friday in their final pool match.

The Men’s quarter finals will kick off at 7am Friday.

There will be a break on Saturday for the official opening of the Paris Olympics 2024 before the competition resumes on Sunday.

The semi finals will kick off at 1.30am Sunday, and the final will be at 5.45am Sunday.