So schauts aus!

A reporter called it the "Danube Derby," and it was an exciting match in the third division, FC Ingolstadt 04 vs. SSV Jahn Regensburg — which is what kept me from publishing another post under my column "So schaut's aus" last Sunday. Michael Köllner's team lost 2:4 against the club from my hometown. The match was fairly even over long stretches, though the guests from Regensburg, particularly in the second half, knew how to exploit Ingolstadt's defensive weakness on the left

"NONE!" it screams inside me. Or is this topic simply being neglected? In the BFV/DFB coaching education, it is mentioned, and no opportunity is missed to emphasize its importance.But how does it look in reality? What are the associations actually doing? Are players/talents mentally supported? Does this happen professionally? First, I'd like to briefly address the content on the topic of psychology in coaching education. In our fundamentals, the House of Football is said to c

We all thought that after Sepp Blatter and the QATAR World Cup he initiated, nothing worse could happen. Far from it! #Inferno-Infantino is giving us a new superlative in marketing and, with the approach of the 2030 World Cup in six countries across three continents, is paving the way for Saudi Arabia as the next World Cup host in 2034 (SPORT1 report: Infantino confirms World Cup host). FIFA's declaration of interest regarding the hosting of these two World Cups is a farce an

How high is the probability of becoming a professional footballer? How high is the probability of becoming a professional footballer? This is certainly a question many talents ask themselves, and the answer — or rather its statistical derivation — should always be viewed critically. "Projections predict the future, provided everything stays the same." (Alexander Eilers, aphorist, born 1976 in Fulda). I definitely want to place this sentence at the very start of my article, be

…a bad reputation precedes them, and not without reason. Insanely inflated transfer commissions, virtually no professional qualification required (just €500 deposited with the DFB and an adequate police clearance certificate, and you're in), and many well-known industry figures who publicly demonstrate their poor manners. And if national laws don't suit them, they simply relocate their business to the Netherlands and are able to structure contracts even more in their own favo