This Saturday, Vesoul RC will organize a walking football tournament on the occasion of the fifth edition of Vrai Foot Day, the day of tribute and promotion of amateur football organized by So Foot. The winners will have the chance to play a match against the French walking football team for over 60s, world vice-champion in 2023. The opportunity to look back on this practice, its development and its many benefits.
It’s almost an ode to the football of yesteryear which takes place more and more regularly on these pitches of around forty meters. A walking sport, without contact, where the ball cannot be lifted more than 1.80 meters and where only placement and technique make the difference. Born in 2011 in England, walking football has made older players put on their crampons, no longer able to run for 90 minutes. The practice made its mark across the Channel, before gradually conquering the continent. Including France…
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Author: The Walking Football
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