If the adults still have to wait, according to a government decision, youth sport could be possible again from March 15 with restrictions.
The Weinviertel Spartans do not want to miss this chance and are planning to start the youth program in the flag football area every Wednesday from 17:30 to 19:00 from March 17th.
Warum Flagfootball?
The coaches and aspiring sports scientists at the Spartans agree that especially in the youth field, flag football is the optimal entry into the world of American football. The crucial point here is that with flag football, in contrast to tackle football, the ball carrier is not stopped by “bringing it to the ground”, but by pulling the flag from its flag belt. In addition, hard physical contact is even punishable in flag football. This is a crucial fact, especially for children who are still in the middle of developing their bodies.
Florian Kosel, Chairman of the Weinviertel Spartans, tells us the plan of the association. “It is primarily important to us to keep the range of offers for children and young people in the municipality and in the entire Weinviertel wide. Flag football is about having fun in movement and in a team, so we are convinced that we can make a good contribution to society from a sporting and social point of view with our offer. We’ll start now with children, adolescents, between the ages of 9 and 15. Here we want to focus on it and build a stable youth in flag football. Of course, they can then continue to the adult fighting teams, or later switch to tackle football. We are also concerned with the idea of building up a tackle youth from a certain age, but one step at a time. “
» To register for the Weinviertel Spartans young talent program.
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