![]() Roughly speaking that means kids aged 5-9 will have the chance to play Funiño, with those from 10 upwards moving onto a game with two goals and a goalkeeper. It will be offered not as a replacement to the current format but as an alternative. STUBBORNESS COMES A PRICE If this approach is introduced, and the signs look good, it will be in place for the start of next season. ![]() It removes the fixation on positions and removes the over, and sometimes damaging, influence of coaches on kids that young. Fewer kids drop out due to a lack of playing time or a lack of fun. Best of all though, it gives all players a chance to do what everyone who plays football at that age wants to do - score goals. With no offsides, corners or throw-ins there are far more moments where players are forced to decide how to move the ball around. ![]() Young kids play more often, they're exposed to one-on-one situations more often and naturally get more touches of the ball. The positives of the format are plentiful. After three years of testing, Lochmann's idea is set to change German football completely. Matthias Lochmann, the sports scientist behind the implementation of Funiño in Germany. The game can of course gradually be expanded to four on four and then five on five, but there's a strong argument to be made that the three-on-three format is where the game truly shines. Instead of leagues, games would be played at festivals' where teams compete against each other on the day. Goals can only be scored inside an attacking area and there are always three balls waiting on the side of the field to be used for the restart. MORE GOALS, MORE FUN The base concept is two teams of three trying to attack and defend two mini goals on a small pitch (eight to nine of these games can be played on one standard football pitch).Ģ Each team has one sub and every time a team scores the sub must replace a teammate. The project that started with 56 kids in a village is set to be played by two million kids across Germany this summer. Lochmann's work at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen- Nürnberg (FAU) has enhanced the idea of Horst Wein, one of the great football minds who sadly passed in 2016 aged 75. Professor Matthias Lochmann, a Fußball-Lehrer (Germany's highest coaching badge) and a man with two PhDs, is at the forefront of this change. Funiño, or as the DFB are keen to call it "Mini-Fußball" could revolutionize the way youth football is played, increasing the enjoyment of all young players as well as improving the likelihood of more individual talents reaching the top. A solution is set to be put into place, but the concept has already been met with resistance. After a shocking World Cup in Russia and a surge in the transfer market towards foreign players who possess strong dribbling ability, Germany has finally recognized the time to act. Next week, the DFB's committee will decide on reforms across the country, with a particular focus being put on the issues at the youth level of football. There is an approach that could revolutionize the country's approach to youth football. Next week, a decision will be made on the reforms that could be suggested. 1 Funino Fußball Kinder German football has an issue at youth level.
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