"Basketball was heavily affected.”
Olle is 14 years old and lives in a suburb outside Stockholm. He started lower secondary school during the pandemic. The schools in Sweden were open for students from to 13 to 16 years, with some basic regulations.
Basketball practice is important to Olle. It represents a large part of his social life, and one day he hopes to become a professional basketball player. His biggest concern during the pandemic was the cancelling of matches and tournaments, and he worried a lot about practice being completely suspended for an extended period.
Regarding school, he found that it was more difficult to receive help with school assignments and that some of the containment measures did not make any sense. However, he found that the pandemic gave him some breathing space, taking away some of the pressure.