Title: Elegant and on the Offense - Women's Football in Europe
Abstract:Football Science Vol.3, 21-28, 2006 http://www.jssf.net/home.html 21 FIFA president Sepp Blatter predicted in 1995: Women will be the future of football, because women play football just the way we wo...Football Science Vol.3, 21-28, 2006 http://www.jssf.net/home.html 21 FIFA president Sepp Blatter predicted in 1995: Women will be the future of football, because women play football just the way we would like to see it played, elegant, technical, high level and offensive. This prediction was made 10 years ago. The following report will discuss whether Joseph Blatter’s statement really remained a desirable vision or if his prediction was correct. The question thus concerns how far women’s football has developed in Europe, and how successful women’s football has been, especially in a men’s dominate sport. First of all, we’d like to describe the present situation of European women football, German women football in particular. Then it will be discussed, what barriers the women players face nowadays, and following chances will be indicated how they will participate in football, according to their request. Finally, suggestion and strategy are discussed in order to obtain more girls and women, who integrate and get involved in football.Read More
Publication Year: 2006
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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