Goalkeeper aims to strike right balance
COLM CALLANAN avoided an awkward All-Ireland final buildup when Waterford beat Cork. His wife, Jennifer, is from Ballincollig. ‘We averted a conflict of interests,’ he smiles.
The couple have a two-year-old daughter, Ciara, and he admits synching family life with elite hurling is a challenge. Consider, then, that he runs his own business as a fitness instructor and an idea of his schedule becomes apparent.
Refreshingly, though, in a time when it is routine to hear about the sacrifices made by players, Callanan has no complaints.
‘It is a bit different,’ he acknowledges. ‘It takes different management. At the end of the day you know what you are signing up for so my mantra is that you can’t be complaining about it. If you are, then leave it for somebody else to do it.
‘I am lucky that I’m selfemployed. I have a gym in Kinvara and I’m my own boss. But my time is my own so it’s not bad in that regard. It allows me a lot of flexibility I suppose to get training right and to prepare right for training and games.’
He intended working with clients right up to this weekend, preferring being busy to thinking about today’s game.
‘I will pull back a couple of hours here and there but not too much. I find if you are at home all day, you would be thinking about it too much.
‘Physical preparation is important but mental preparation is important too and I find it better to keep busy.’