Good-looking men with a lot of feel for the ball

 

Running is forbidden in this sport! There is a well-known sport in a new form: “Football while walking” in the Elsdorf stadium. The health-promoting alternative was invented in England in 2011. The sport, recognized by the DFB, is now also available in Elsdorf.

Elsdorf (me). The city's senior citizens' advisory board and the SC 08 club have been offering this new trend sport since last summer. For the first time, many former active footballers and interested laypeople met to train and play together.

The rules are very simple, the game is played 6 against 6, on small goals, one leg always remains on the ground, so you walk quickly. Balls are only played at waist height. It is important that direct physical contact should be avoided. There are no goalkeepers. Participants who have joint or meniscus problems or who have already had hip or knee operations can practice the sport.

It is important to move around in a community and have fun and enjoy the game. The instruction “Please don’t run” is heard again and again on the square. Konny Cremer, the team's player, describes the whole thing like this: "Damn good-looking men who can also handle the ball well."

The aim of the members of the senior citizens' advisory board is to promote exercise in old age, integration into the community and reintegration into club life so that the topic of loneliness does not even come up.

There are currently over 29 interested parties, including 4 inactive and 25 active in weekly training.

The participants take part in a Football Experience tournament in Cologne as part of EURO 2024 - and can already field two teams.

The founder of the group is Erich Wirkes. Interested parties can contact him on (0160) 68 51 280.