On Tuesday, 14.3.2023, the program included the twice-weekly FtK rules offer of skills lessons and soccer training. The 25 children from years 5 and 6 who were supported this school year were very committed to the program and gave an insight into their current perceptions and feelings about the program and their personal developments associated with it.
In the form of mini-interviews, we wanted to get an impression of how the children at Johann-Daniel-Preißler-Schule find their way around the program, what they particularly enjoy, what they work on individually and what they take away from the program in particular. Remarkable and at the same time unsurprising was the perceptible anticipation among all the children for the final tournament in Duisburg in June, where all the FtK groups from all over Germany will come together to play soccer for the FtK Cup and to exchange ideas. It was also noticeable that many children felt that teamwork and fair and functional group behavior, which is practiced and taught above all in soccer training, were very important.
In skills lessons, a soccer quiz was on the agenda that day to improve the children’s reading skills. This was followed as usual by the “second half” of our support program, soccer training. The focus here is on various team exercises to promote social and integrative group behavior. As a small highlight at the end of the day, the children were allowed to celebrate the goals they scored with their favorite goal celebration in front of the camera as part of a goal-scoring unit – just as true soccer professionals should.
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