Football

Sports Facilities

Equipment

Only sportswear, grass shoes in summer and indoor shoes in winter are required.

Course Cancellations and Sports Facility Closures

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Particularities

The variant American Football is offered in cooperation with the AFC Aachen Vampires e. V.

Target Group and Requirements

This course is designed for those interested in a preliminary introduction to the varied game of football and who would like to avoid physical contact. Flag football is the non-contact version of American football. Both genders are encouraged and the game is played in mixed teams.

Contents and Goals

The course Flag-Football teaches the basics of offense and defense. This includes especially the correct throwing and catching of the "egg" as well as running routes. On defense, the main focus is on man/woman defense as well as stopping the opponent by pulling the flag. At the end of the course, participants should be able to run plays independently with play announcing.

Target Group and Prerequisites

This course is targeted towards experienced players who possess the technical skills from Level 1 and only have a little or occasional playing or training experience.

Content and Objectives

This offer builds on the general introduction in this sport of level 1 since its content focusses more on the gameplay to practive individual techniques. Examples:

• Defense: Backpaddling and turns, reading of the throwers (quarterbacks), Spy and Blitz
• Offense: Receiver-, Runningback- and Snapper-Stance, Shotgun- and Under Center-Snap, quick changes of direction (cuts) and hand-offs.

Altogether this course focusses on complex moves for both defense and offense.

Other Activities

If you are interested in the competitive flag football team, please contact the chairperson for the sport.

Target Group and Requirements

This course is for all interested people, men and women, who want to get involved in sports and have a basic introduction to the sport of American Football or just want to have fun playing a varied game. It doesn't matter how young or old you are, if you are motivated to try new sports or maybe you already had plans to try the sport of football, this course is just right for you. This course is suitable for beginners, but also for people who have already tried football and want to expand their knowledge.

Contents and Goals

The Football Level 1 course teaches the basics of the rules of football as well as basic techniques for offense and defense in the respective positions. The goal of the course is to strengthen the team spirit, to build a community and above all to have fun with the sport itself. This course helps to understand the Superbowl a little better through comprehension of the rulebook.

Particularities

The American-Football course is offered in cooperation with the AFC Aachen Vampires e. V..