Ball children in football
Up close in the stadium: How to become a ball boy or girl
They stand on the edge and ensure that the game can continue quickly. Sometimes they even intervene in the course of the game. But how do you actually become a ball boy?
If the ball flies out at football, a ball child reacts at lightning speed and throws it to a soccer player on the edge of the field. The game continues. A task that seems easy, but concentration, quick reaction and a good feeling. Ball children are almost invisible, but indispensable. You can influence, accelerate or slow down a football game. Ball boys and girls are above all fast, attentive and sporty.
If you perceive the ball children little, this means that they almost always do their job well. You are responsible for the fact that a ball is always involved, mostly also during warming. Every now and then they even come to the center of football-like the Nation’s League game on Sunday evening. There a mentally present ball boy Joshua Kimmich threw the ball to the corner. The national player quickly performed and surprised the Italian back team, which was still busy with himself.
But how do you become a ball child?
How to get a ball boy in football
Ball children drops the time when the game has to be paused by an interruption. The German Football Association (DFB) stipulates that at least eight ball boys or girls are placed around the field. They are more ball boys than girls more often. Most of the time, they play football in the youth teams of the professional football clubs, which usually determine a minimum age that varies from association to association. Ball children are prescribed in the professional leagues.
Another way as a ball child to the edge of the field leads over sponsors. Companies like Engelbert Strauss are giving away ball child places for big games and scouts in advance potential ball children, such as the European Championship 2024. Strauss was looking for around 612 ball children as the official partner of UEFA Euro 2024, who were able to apply at three venues. Twelve ball children between the ages of 14 and 18 were deployed per game. In this way, children got the chance to take part in a football event, even if they play in no youth team of a professional club.
Source: Stern
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