Considering her nationality, Brattset Dale had plenty of role models to look up to close to home — and those are precisely who she names as being the biggest inspiration.
“I was watching the Norwegian pivots for sure. Watching Marit Malm Frafjord and Heidi Løke, how they were playing. Also on the men's side, I was watching Bjarte Myrhol for the Norwegian national team. I tried to take inspiration from them.”
Løke is one of the most decorated players in handball, so it is little surprise that she was a role model for Brattset Dale. However, the two are different kinds of line players, which brings to light how inspiration from another involves taking certain parts and not necessarily others.
“I didn't try to play like her, but I tried to take what she's really good at and also to put this into my game. She's really good to go in spaces and she has an amazing ability to catch the ball in a different position. This is something I really admired from her, and I also tried to put in my game. Even though I'm more screening and doing different stuff, I also try to move in the spaces sometimes — not only being static and staying, so I try to take something from her.”
* The interview with Kari Bratsett Dale took place before the EHF FINAL4 Women 2025, where she was named the MVP and won the EHF Champions League title with Györi Audi ETO KC.