The forced suspension of competitive activity was also an occasion to involve the Youth Sector teams in educational activities through online video-chat training sessions. In the last few weeks, one of these has seen girls from the Women’s Under 13 squad as the protagonists.

Together with Dr Lucia Castelli, Atalanta’s psycopaedagogist, and her colleague, Dr Anna Ferrari, a sports psychologist, the young players born in 2007 have taken a training course developing the theme: “We want to become a cohesive team to play well and have fun”. The basic concept conveyed to the girls is that the team spirit must be built and learnt with patience, through the knowledge of your teammates, the ability to listen to others, to respect them and show trust in them. The development of these values increases the chances of creating a common spirit. The girls have actively taken part in discussions, doing group exercises, and everything is ending with the collective writing of their team, with a significant message: “We think that respect, trust, serenity are the foundations for feeling good in a team. Our motto is: “We become a team, all for one, one for all”.