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Jonny Wilkinson... Makes space for himself.

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Good pass out of the tackle.

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My name is Jonny Wilkinson. I'm a professional rugby player.

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I've represented my country, represented Newcastle Falcons, represented the British Lions.

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Wilkinson... Drop goal. Between the posts!

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TRANSLATED FROM FRENCH:

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Living and playing in France for me has been an amazing experience.

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It's a different, unique style of playing.

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In Toulon, we have great atmosphere amongst the supporters. A great passion for the game.

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Coming here has been incredible in terms of the rejuvenating effect it's had on my career.

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Injuries seem to have fallen to the backburner.

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I'm able to get out there and do what I love doing.

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What it's done, coming here to France, has relaxed me.

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You need to be prepared to take hits, you need to be able to make hits.

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You need to be able to move fast, change direction.

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We're training weights, we're doing fitness, we're doing skills, we're doing team sessions.

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We have a little expression, you try to train as you wish to play.

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People get carried away by the idea that practice makes perfect, when in fact it doesn't.

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I think perfect practice makes for getting towards perfect.

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I'm Carl Hayman from New Zealand. I play rugby.

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I played for the All Blacks from 2001 to 2007.

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Now I live in Toulon in France.

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HE SPEAKS IN FRENCH

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Here, in the team we'll train in French. So all the meetings and everything is done in French.

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The onus is on the player to get up to speed very quickly.

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Communicating with the other players when you first arrive is difficult.

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Just learning the rugby vocab was the first thing to really learn.

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The club provide us with two lessons a week, which is really good.

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And then the rest of it really just learning from getting out there

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and giving it a go, meeting a lot of French people.

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I learnt my French at school initially.

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Coming here and using that experience in the French environment,

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where you're forced to speak it every day, and you're forced to understand and you're forced to get by,

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really helped me bring it all together.

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If you want to really get to know people,

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really enjoy the true experience of being in a foreign country

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and working abroad, you have to be able to converse in that language.

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It's imperative, especially in rugby, that you get to know your teammates

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and you get to understand what they're saying.

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I kind of fall more in love with the French language as the days go by.

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It becomes something natural to you, being able to move around the tenses,

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being able to go from past to future and to conditional, without having to even consider it.

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When it comes to supporting, I'll always support England.

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But I will always respect France and their players

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and know what an incredible experience it's been for me here

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and how much I appreciate France and this area in particular for what it's given me.

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Hola. Bienvenidos a esta edicion especial de Partido del Dia.

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Well, I learnt Spanish when I went to Barcelona.

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I went there in 1986 and lived there for three years.

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I figured it might be beneficial if I could learn the language.

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I went to school about three times a week for approximately two years.

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It's very useful to be able to speak another language,

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especially one like Spanish which is spoken in so many parts of the world.

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All of South America, parts of North America as well.

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And of course Spain in Europe.

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There are occasions when it's been more than useful, particularly when I lived there.

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I thought it was vital. It helped me settle into life in Barcelona.

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It helped me integrate myself with my teammates.

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It was absolutely essential.

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I can't remember when I first spoke Spanish in a press conference,

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but I had a go pretty much early on to try to do something.

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I thought the fans and media might appreciate it, even though it probably didn't go that well.

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I was a bit nervous about it as well, for sure.

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But, you know, have a go. People will respect that.

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I would always encourage someone to try and learn a language.

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I think it is a great thing to have, and it's worth making the effort.

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Para! Para! Para!

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Miguele!

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Hey, Moratalia, bien. Perfecto.

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There's lots of Spanish football phrases.

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It's 20 odd years since I was there, so I'm trying to remember them.

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I used to try and translate the ones that we use, like

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estoy enfermo como un loro, which is sick as a parrot.

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Or estoy encima de la luna, which is over the moon,

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which are football cliches in our country. They didn't quite get them over there though.

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We are here today at the unveiling of our new car, the VJM05.

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It's been more than half a year from the first drawing of the car, developing it.

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It's the start of a journey.

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I'm Nico Hulkenberg, Formula One driver for Sahara Force India.

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There are only 24 of us in the world who drive these cars,

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so I think by itself is pretty exciting and a big privilege.

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In this job if you don't have a feel for a car,

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and for where to brake, what to do, how to turn in,

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then it's going to be pretty difficult to take the job.

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I am Otmar Szafnauer, technischer chef von Force India.

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I'm Otmar Szafnauer, I'm the chief operating officer of the Force India Formula One team.

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The quick drivers drive almost subconsciously.

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They need the mental capacity to be able to do more than just drive the car quickly.

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The main focus is on disziplin, discipline.

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You've got to be disciplined and harsh to yourself in this job.

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And always leidenschaftlich, passionate.

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If you do something you should give your everything and throw your whole heart into it.

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At the start of the race, obviously, that's the most exciting point.

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The heartbeat goes up, the excitement.

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You're just about to start. and the 24 cars launching.

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It can be very tricky and tight. You need to find the right spots to gain some places.

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In German we say:

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That basically means we're focusing, we're in the zone.

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Every driver has his own rhythm before the race, a warm-up thing.

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Then he sits down in a corner and goes through a strategy for the race.

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And getting really focused into the tunnel.

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RADIO: We just need one or two tenths faster to be safe.

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RADIO: We're going to give you about 0.3, 0.2%. Keep going, keep pushing.

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Stay close in the next couple of laps.

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The radiocommunication we have in a Formula One car is very important.

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If you have a problem,

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and you're able to communicate that with them,

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they might fix it and tell me different settings

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which only I can adjust on the steering wheel.

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You communicate a lot about how the car feels,

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what the tyres are like, what status the tyres are,

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-whether we need to do a pit stop very soon or not.

-RADIO: Pit stop, five more laps.

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We would say pit this lap. In German it's Boxenstopp.

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We'd probably say box diese Runde.

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Boxenstopp, pit stop. Sometimes they tell us to push really hard before a pit stop.

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Battling another car, it's very important to push the inlet hard,

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to squeeze every little bit of time out.

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That is one key communication, because if you don't get that right,

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the guys are in the pit lane with the tyres, the tyres will go cold.

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You lose time and there's risk of crashing if you have cold tyres.

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We want them in their blankets as long as possible,

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which means that communication is critical.

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-Great job, keep it going.

-Sometimes I'm not sure if I'm thinking in German or in English.

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It depends, when I've been in the UK for two weeks,

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my brain starts to think English.

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When I speak to the senior Mercedes personnel that supply the engine, they will speak German.

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It's good for me to have an understanding of what they say.

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Formula One fans should come to Hockenheim to see a German Grand Prix this year.

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Hello, I'm Tonia Couch and welcome to my house.

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This photo is 2006 Commonwealth Games.

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Diver of the Year 2011.

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Two gold and two silvers. I train in Plymouth with Tom Daley.

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We all get on really well. Like a little family, really.

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So, I'll take you upstairs to my bedroom now.

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Of course, here's my Commonwealth Games jacket 2010.

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And of course 2008 Olympics, me diving.

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Making the Olympics in 2008 at the age of 18 was incredible.

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Beijing was just fantastic.

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Everybody was just so pleased to be there. It was one happy moment.

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When we go away to competitions, I like to speak a few words in another language

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because that's how you become friends.

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The few things I know in Mandarin is:

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Which is, hello, my name is Tonia, how are you?

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Peng Li is brilliant. He's our coach who's come over from China.

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I come from Beijing. I coach Li Na.

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She go to 2000 Olympic gold medal.

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China are just fantastic at what they do because they train all day.

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Our target is only gold medal.

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I am off to training now. I hope you enjoyed my house and I'll speak to you soon.

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Tonia is the best women's platform diver this country has produced.

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For the last four years she's been a world finalist.

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No-one else has ever achieved that.

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Andy and me, we sometimes coach in Chinese Mandarin to the divers.

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Peng Li is brilliant. He took a while to get used to English.

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He couldn't speak much at first. We teach him a lot of English.

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He teaches us a lot of Chinese.

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All the divers can say, ni hao ma?

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-How are you?

-Wo hen hao, I'm fine.

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Zai lai yi ge - one more time.

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"Zai lai shi ge" is ten more.

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That's too much. That was...I hate it.

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My Mandarin's coming along a little bit, OK.

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I'm not great at it, but I do try and I love it. It's really good fun.

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Yi, er, san, zou.

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The riskiest part of the dive is the take-off.

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You have to get the take-off right

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-so you don't land back on the board...

-That was good.

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You can lose where you are in the air.

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You can slip out of your tuck position, you can land flat.

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Just all different things can go wrong,

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but if the take-off's wrong, probably all of it will be wrong.

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The harder the dive, the higher the difficulty is.

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It's marked out of ten, so the harder the dive,

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the more points you'd probably get.

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Perfect dive is the one that looks easy, however difficult it was.

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The take-off is going to be good, which means

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the dive'll be finished early, even if there's a lot that's gone into it.

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It'll look good, the shapes will be nice.

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It'll be pleasing to watch,

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and it'll disappear out of sight when it hits the water.

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I do shake a little bit on a handstand.

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What goes through my mind is, "Don't come down."

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A good take-off and to spin in the air with my toes pointed

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and to get a good entry at the end of it.

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When I get onto the board

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and my name's been announced and everyone's cheering me,

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that's when you start to get nervous.

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Nerves get you going.

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Nerves seem to, like, get you moving and it makes you dive better.

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Without nerves, sometimes you feel like you're just in training

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and it'll just be average, whereas nerves can make you score higher

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and make you want it even more.

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I just think to myself, "Come on, Sonia. You can do it."

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Then I just think about the dive.

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WHISTLE SCREECHES

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Best supported team in the Premier League.

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The most exciting team, the most unpredictable team.

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I really like Gutierrez, I think he's very hard-working.

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Obertan. Yeah, he's very good.

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I'm Gabriel Obertan.

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I play for Newcastle and I play on the right wing.

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I'm French, so obviously, I speak French.

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Jonas Gutierrez is our left winger from Argentina.

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He obviously speaks Spanish.

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I'm Sam Tweddle, first team fitness coach here at Newcastle United.

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My job involves the physical preparation of players,

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making sure they're at peak physical condition when we play games

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at a weekend or midweek.

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There's players from all over the world.

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It's always useful to speak a lot of languages.

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Gabriel, he understand a few words of English, French and Spanish.

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I learned Spanish cos my mum is from Spain.

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I used to go on holiday over in summer, because I wanted to learn.

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We're lucky cos we've got a number of players

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who speak both English and their native language,

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so we're able to use those as translators.

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We try to speak a lot on the pitch.

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We are trained all the days and we know each other from a long time.

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I think the communication is more important.

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I try to speak Spanish with him.

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It's not perfect, but it's always great when you help the team.

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You do, along the way, pick up snapshots,

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little words and stuff that you can use with the lads,

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to encourage them as they go along.

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So we use "Vamos," which is "Come on."

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Uno mas.

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Dos mas. One more, two more.

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Otra vez...

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which is to repeat or do again.

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Listo, which is ready.

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Pasala, which is to pass the ball.

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You've got to be like a proper athlete.

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It's not only the legs or not only the upper body.

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You've got to work out, especially in England, cos it's quite physical.

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We work dynamically. It's working the muscles through

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a complete range of movement, but on a dynamic basis.

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Largely around the hip, the hamstring, the glutes,

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make sure those areas are working through full ranges of movement.

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So we'll go through some fast foot drills and some sprints.

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Make sure that everything's going nice and quickly.

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I think we have a good relationship, all the team mates.

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We are a very good group of lads.

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We've got players from Senegal,

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France,

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Ivory Coast,

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Argentina...

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England as well.

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I would go abroad, especially if they were playing Real Madrid.

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Cuatro, isn't it? I don't know, I don't know.

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I think it's a plus if you go abroad and you already speak the language.

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I've been to Italy and France to watch Newcastle play before,

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and there was thousands of fans, you know, young and old.

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And they just had such an amazing time.

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Well, of course they can go all the way.

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Definitely. Yeah, definitely Europa League. Definitely.

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Well, Champions League.

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You just never know what's going to happen.

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My name is Francesco Molinari.

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I'm a professional golfer playing on a European tour.

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I'm originally from Torino, Italy.

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-Ciao, Dennis.

-Ciao, Francesco.

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My name's Dennis Pugh,

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I'm a professional golf coach who specialises

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in working with top end players, professionals who play for a living.

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I think that gym-work's going to

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give you a little more zip on the ball.

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Dennis Pugh is one of the top golf coaches in Europe.

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We've been working together for a long time now.

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He's become a friend and he comes out on tour with me as well.

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There, what we have learned

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is if you just use your body now to take it to the top...

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The secret of any relationship is that you trust each other.

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You can have fun times, but behind it all is this desire,

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this need to get better.

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Now I'm going to nag you about your golf swing.

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We have an Italian lesson as well.

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-And don't forget, what do I always nag?

-Piede destro.

-Piede destro.

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It's good to have a coach that you trust 100%.

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He's the one watching you play

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and he's seeing a lot more than we do when we're playing.

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When Francesco's practising, every session is a fresh start,

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a clean canvas where I'm saying to myself, "How's he gripping it today?

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How's he set up today?" And I look at those things,

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and little variations can mean big things in the swing,

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so we'll start by looking at grip and set-up.

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He's just hitting balls. I'm doing my job, he's doing his.

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Even though you're only hitting the wedges,

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are you starting to feel what we've been working on with balance?

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Well, the key to a good golf swing for me

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is the blend of the fundamentals.

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Those three fundamentals are balance, plane and leverage

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that every golfer uses.

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It's how well they flow them together

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and how well they complement each other.

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Some players specialise in being able to use their body well,

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but don't get a good swish. Others seem able to swish the club well,

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but they don't use their body. It's blending together, but for me,

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that's what makes a golf swing, the blend.

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So we look at the grip and the stance as being, literally, basics.

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I check that my grip doesn't change

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and that my posture is always the same.

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You been enjoying the gym-work this winter.

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Whether I'm teaching a complete beginner or Francesco,

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every time I look, I start by looking at the grip and the stance,

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and the reason I do that is I want to see how it affects the swing.

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It's a sporting action, so you need to consider your balance,

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how you're going to move your body.

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It's a question of getting the right alignment,

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so as you set up there, Francesco, now we want shoulders square.

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Spalle dritte.

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-Hips square.

-Fianchi dritti.

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Perfect.

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-Knees square.

-Ginocchia dritte.

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-Ginocchia dritte.

-Yeah.

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And feet square.

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-Piedi dritti.

-Piedi dritti.

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Your Italian is improving every day, Dennis.

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-Ready to hit.

-Ready to go, let's see.

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The other fundamentals are leverage.

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Leva.

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The way in which you use the levers of your arms, wrists and club.

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The third and final one

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is technically called the "swing plane."

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We swing the club around and above ourselves.

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And that's the angle of the swing.

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Being relaxed together is really the key to it all. It's my job

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not only to show him how to swing a club,

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he's getting pretty good at that,

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it's being able to stay in the right frame of mind,

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the right mood to perform.

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Hi, I'm Bryony Shaw, I'm a professional windsurfer,

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and we're here in South Spain to get some quality training in.

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We're here at the Puerto Sherry Marina in the Bay of Cadiz,

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and this is where we keep our equipment. This is where

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all the international windsurfers are kept.

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We all come down here and rig up and head out on the water.

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Bryony, from an early age, round about 18,

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started moving up into the international rankings.

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From thereon she's never really been out of the top eight in the world.

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I train a lot with the foreign girls,

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including the Spanish sailor, Marina Alabau.

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-Hola, Bryony!

-Hola, Marina.

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Marina is one of the best in the world.

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She was World Champion in 2009,

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has never really been out of the top three since then.

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One of Bryony's main competitors,

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but also one of her best friends.

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-Yo tambien.

-Ah, perfecto!

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Normally when I am here, I speak in Spanish with Bryony Shaw,

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and when we are in England we speak in English.

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Being a windsurfer on the world tour,

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you're surrounded by a lot of foreign windsurfers.

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I learned French at school, but actually surround myself

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with training partners and things with Spanish.

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You pick up little phrases and ways to be polite and friendly.

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This week, we have the teams from Hong Kong arriving.

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We have teams from Ukraine arriving.

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We've got the Spanish team that we train with regularly,

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we've got the French team here.

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It's like the tour has arrived in Cadiz early.

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Here I used to train with Bryony Shaw.

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We trained together for Beijing,

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and in the Olympics we were fighting for the medal

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until the last day, but finally she get third and me fourth.

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But we're still really good friends and we're still training together.

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Olympic windsurfing is about a fleet of windsurfers,

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you're all trying to hit the start line on the gun.

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And then you race upwind to a mark,

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using your sort of wind strategy and tactics

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and you sail around the course, and it's first past the finish.

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When we go training on the water,

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my coach will set up little training drills.

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We position ourselves very close alongside each other

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and we do speed testing, and that close proximity is very important.

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You're kind of adding pressure like you would in a race scenario.

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Also, he might drop some buoys in the water

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and set up a little course area for us,

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and we're introducing the tactics as you would in a race.

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From the lighthouse towards me!

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Bryony, she's a really good athlete.

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She's really a strong girl, she push a lot in the water.

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I often compare windsurfing to the heptathlon because it is so varied.

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It might be that we have a light wind day where you have to be

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strong and powerful, a bit like throwing the shot put.

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Another day, it might be stronger winds

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and therefore you need your endurance part of your athleticism,

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maybe, like the hurdles.

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There's a lot of technique involved,

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or you're holding onto the boom and you can directly feel

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where the wind is shifting around and twitching the sail.

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It's not one-dimensional in terms of what the conditions are going to do.

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The conditions can change minute-by-minute,

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and you need to know what mode to go into at that moment.

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The board is skipping over the water and you're almost trying to jump it

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over every wave to make sure that it's tracking as fast as you can

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in a straight line. The manoeuvres are really quite tricky.

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We do a lot of practice with the gibing and tacking.

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You're trying to get through the eye of the wind

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as quickly as you can and often accelerate the other side,

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so it's a big part of trying to get

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as fast as you can round the race track.

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Quite often, the wind and the weather isn't always in your advantage.

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It might be that it was too windy that day,

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so you might have a fantastic second day

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and your balance might be a lot better, so always keep trying.

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