<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Walter Sperger | kick-career]]></title><description><![CDATA[kick-career bietet systemisches Coaching für Trainer, Talente und Eltern im Leistungssport. Wir stärken Kompetenzen und fördern neue Perspektiven.]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 19:43:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.kick-career.com/en/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[DFB Talent Development - Sharpening the Focus Anew]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 side. In my...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/dfb-talent-development-sharpening-the-focus-anew</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa41bef267dd84f4e383808</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:24:12 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Role Does Mentality Play in Talent Development?]]></title><description><![CDATA["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 consist of three...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/what-role-does-mentality-play-in-talent-development</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa41218ebaa56d9364f2926</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:16:29 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#Inferno-Infantino Is Selling Off Our Football]]></title><description><![CDATA[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 and a slap in the...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/inferno-infantino-is-selling-off-our-football</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa404ca250c78bdeaba5346</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 14:33:31 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Probability of Becoming a Professional Footballer]]></title><description><![CDATA[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, because statistics...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/the-probability-of-becoming-a-professional-footballer</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa401baacf959d8164cfc62</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:38:46 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Player Agents – Ideally the Gatekeeper and Trailblazer to and within Professional Football, But…]]></title><description><![CDATA[…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 favor. This...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/player-agents-ideally-the-gatekeeper-and-trailblazer-to-and-within-professional-football-but</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3fd60f91b12b303bec6b9</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:25:32 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Jersey with the Federal Eagle – Joy or Burden?]]></title><description><![CDATA[This post may get a little emotional here and there, but that may be down to my enthusiasm for our nation. I ask your forgiveness for that in advance. …but actually I don't want to! Why should I apologize for emotion when it comes to my fatherland? Perhaps because one or two players wearing our federal eagle on their jersey were missing the passion that a German football fan is entitled to hope for? The match against our guests from Turkey is an excellent case for addressing, by way of a...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/the-jersey-with-the-federal-eagle-joy-or-burden</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3fb63250c78bdeaba4d62</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:06:09 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Generation Overslept, Dear DFB!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Despite outstanding successes and worldwide recognition, the German Football Association (DFB) faces challenges that are primarily due to a lack of willingness to innovate and lengthy decision-making processes. Today, despite the current, outstanding successes of our U17 national team (congratulations at this point on reaching the World Cup final), I would like to take a critical look at the development of children's football and at the aspects that impair the DFB's adaptability. Lack of...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/a-generation-overslept-dear-dfb</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3f9def91b12b303bec461</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:57:40 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexander Gebhard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[U17 World Champions – Senior Team "Nothing", How Does That Add Up?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day after our senior national team's defeat against Turkey in Berlin, I wrote my 20th post on the question of whether the jersey bearing the federal eagle generates enthusiasm or is more of a burden on the players' shoulders. The main focus of that post was to clearly show that, despite the scoreline, there were clear signs that no team had been on the pitch! A few hours later, in Vienna against the team from Austria, this impression was, in my view, confirmed: according to Markus Weise's...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/u17-world-champions-senior-team-nothing-how-does-that-add-up</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3f7bab92a5fc36cfd46c2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:52:11 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[#23: U17 World Champions – Talent Development, Tutto Bene?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome, football friends, to a new edition of "So schaut's aus"! This time, we take a look at the success of our U17 national team, who secured the World Championship title. But caution is warranted, because standing still means falling behind, especially in the field of talent development. Let's examine together which steps are necessary to keep us at the top. A look back shows that complacency has often caught up with us whenever we thought everything was perfect. But the U17 World...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/23-u17-world-champions-talent-development-tutto-bene</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3f65ff91b12b303bec22d</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:41:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_2c120c53b39a476fb6d7985f251c1faf~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Individualizing Training in Talent Development - Squaring the Circle]]></title><description><![CDATA[Die Individualisierung im DFB-Training soll Talente fördern, doch begrenzte Ressourcen erschweren die Umsetzung.]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/individualizing-training-in-talent-development-squaring-the-circle</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3f46d7161915253b39605</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:34:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_4c496842315f6d41476859~mv2_d_4868_3408_s_4_2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Happy New Year!]]></title><description><![CDATA[First of all, I don't want to miss the chance to wish you all a healthy and successful 2024! An exciting year lies ahead, with a football European Championship in our own country, and we are all full of hope and anticipation for our team! But it is also the year in which extensive and much-anticipated changes to children's football are set to begin! For all of you as well — the many talents, parents, families, coaches, officials, and advisors — another year awaits in which many conversations...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/happy-new-year</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3f2fe2cb7da2257b32db7</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:28:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_4213dd6fe5974cc2b47c17de9354d19e~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Systemic Coaching, Talent-Centered © #1]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last week I gave you a picture of a talent showing which social elements it develops alongside in the various areas. With the areas of athletic, personal, and academic development, the essential fields are covered. Unfortunately, last week's graphic did not clearly show the interplay in which the social elements stand with the talent and with one another. This occupied me so much throughout the week that I kept sitting down with an image, again and again, to make these particular...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/systemic-coaching-talent-centered-1</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3f1d1429402fd832eea8a</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:22:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_ebb0f6fb453041e8a51b1cd2a834b545~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Systemic Coaching, Talent-Centered © #2]]></title><description><![CDATA[Today I would like to revisit the topic of Systemic Coaching, Talent-Centered ©, and dive a bit deeper with you into a talent's fields of development. You will surely still remember last week's example, in which I illustrated the interplay between the social elements. Let me repeat the key message from that once more: Although at first glance it may not seem as though the impressions and experiences of a social element have an effect on the talent's development, a closer look reveals that...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/systemic-coaching-talent-centered-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3f0b2e2ffd4c665b174fa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:18:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_79e7e84e5dc340ddaf36fcb0cbe1d194~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. FC Bayern Munich: The Head Coach as Coach, Distinguished from the Role of a Systemic Coach]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my very first post, I already revealed my closeness to my club, which I have supported since 1974: FC Bayern München. The neutral football fan may forgive me if my lines are sometimes written in red-and-white ink, but yesterday's defeat in the top-of-the-table clash in Leverkusen, and the way it came about, is a perfect setup for a Systemic Coach. Similar to the recent matches of our national team, Thomas Tuchel's side showed a certain "bloodlessness." The WE, which in team sports must be...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/bayer-04-leverkusen-vs-fc-bayern-munich-the-head-coach-as-coach-distinguished-from-the-role-of-a</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3ec5c77b3a4fd131d3e26</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:12:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1e6465c8fa43329f896c781ba05e4b.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_639,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Systemic Coaching Talent-Centered © #3]]></title><description><![CDATA[A small glimpse into the theoretical background - curious? After last week's match between Bayer 04 Leverkusen and FC Bayern München gave me the perfect springboard for a post, today I'd like to return to a more matter-of-fact look at the concept I coined, Systemic Coaching Talent-Centered ©, and give you a small glimpse into its theoretical background. We had listed - and shown in the diagram - the relevant social elements (key reference persons) from a talent-centered perspective: parents,...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/systemic-coaching-talent-centered-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3e863a881e225fac54faa</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:43:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_ea6c9ded8b674974b7fae0147cd8fe19~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Media Vomit and Its Potential Toxic Effects]]></title><description><![CDATA[Die sensationsgierige, profitorientierte Medienlandschaft gefährdet junge Talente und erfordert sensible Begleitung.]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/media-vomit-and-its-potential-toxic-effects</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3e2fc250c78bdeaba3e72</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:19:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_cae55ac6036a46b9bc9d3792f1b3dcab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[1 in 1,000 – What Purpose Can Youth Academies Serve?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The question, "How likely is it to become a professional footballer?", occupied us last Sunday, and I had the opportunity to present a few calculations relating to the probability, at any given moment, of becoming a professional footballer. In the course of my research, I came across a scientific paper by Prof. Arne Güllich of TU Kaiserslautern, who studied talent development in Olympic sports. Then, as I searched further, I came across an interview that author Eric Scherer of the online...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/en/post/1-in-1-000-what-purpose-can-youth-academies-serve</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6aa3dfe0250c78bdeaba3cd2</guid><pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:12:23 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Alexander Gebhard</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medien-Erbrochenes und potenzielle toxische Auswirkungen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Die sensationsgierige, profitorientierte Medienlandschaft gefährdet junge Talente und erfordert sensible Begleitung.]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/post/medien-erbrochenes-und-potenzielle-toxische-auswirkungen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66ba6fc64c04090d6e43f830</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2024 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/nsplsh_cae55ac6036a46b9bc9d3792f1b3dcab~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Systemisches Coaching talentzentriert © #3]]></title><description><![CDATA[Kleiner Einblick in den theoretischen Background - neugierig? Nachdem mir vergangene Woche das Spiel von Bayer 04 Leverkusen gegen den FC Bayern München eine Steilvorlage zu einem Beitrag lieferte, möchte ich mich heute wieder sachlicher dem von mir geprägten Konzept des Systemischen Coachings talentzentriert © widmen und einen kleinen Einblick in den theoretischen Background gewähren. Die relevanten sozialen Elemente (Bezugspersonen) aus talentzentrierter Sicht hatten wir mit den Eltern,...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/post/systemisches-coaching-talentzentriert-3</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e154043b7ec5d82cad1a14</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 09:26:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/11062b_ea6c9ded8b674974b7fae0147cd8fe19~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bayer 04 Leverkusen vs. FC Bayern München, der Cheftrainer als Coach, abgegrenzt zur Rolle eines Systemischen Coaches]]></title><description><![CDATA[BELASTBARE vs. BELASTETE BEZEHUNGEN In meinem ersten Beitrag offenbarte ich bereits die Nähe zu meinem Club, den ich seit 1974 unterstütze, dem FC Bayern München. Der neutrale Fußballfan mag es mir verzeihen, wenn meine Zeilen manchmal mit rot-weißer Tinte geschrieben sind, aber die gestrige Niederlage im Spitzenspiel in Leverkusen und die Art und Weise, wie diese zustande kam, ist eine Steilvorlage für einen Systemischen Coach. Ähnlich wie in den vergangenen Spielen unserer...]]></description><link>https://www.kick-career.com/post/bayer-04-leverkusen-vs-fc-bayern-m%C3%BCnchen-der-cheftrainer-als-coach-abgegrenzt-zur-rolle-eines-sys</link><guid isPermaLink="false">66e1532343cf7996afb98f28</guid><pubDate>Sun, 11 Feb 2024 09:22:38 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fb1e6465c8fa43329f896c781ba05e4b.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_639,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Walter Sperger</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>