Headline: Forest Green Rovers Introduce Plants to Dressing Room for Stress Relief
Pressure is an everyday reality in professional football—that is nothing new. But one club has come up with a rather unusual response.
As part of “Stress Awareness Week,” Forest Green Rovers partnered with the Plants & Flowers Foundation Holland to fill their dressing room with hundreds of plants. The aim is to reduce anxiety and improve performances on the pitch, according to the ‘Mirror’.
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A multitude of potted plants has now taken residence in the dressing rooms at The New Lawn stadium.
This initiative is based on studies that indicate interacting with houseplants can calm the nervous system, lower mental fatigue, and enhance mood. Forest Green Rovers, recognized as the world’s greenest football club, implements several eco-friendly measures, including fully vegan catering, kits made from recycled materials, and a stadium in Nailsworth that runs entirely on renewable energy.
Midfielder Oliver Ewing praised the initiative in comments to the ‘Mirror’: “I’ve never seen anything like it—it’s brilliant. I think everyone loves nature and likes plants. It feels quite homely. Dressing rooms can definitely be very stressful places, especially after losing a game. I’ve sat in plenty of dressing rooms where you wished you could be anywhere but there at that moment. I know a lot of people use plants at home and in their everyday lives to reduce anxiety and things like that. Hopefully it will help us get a few wins, but I think it’s already having quite a calming effect around the ground.”
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Forest Green currently sits mid-table in the National League, the fifth tier of English football.
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This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇩🇪 here.
