Almost all of the youth games in ice hockey are suspended, and there is no end in sight.
This development is of great concern to the junior managers.
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- dead silence is currently in the Tölzer and Geretsrieder ice rink.
Apart from the professionals of the Tölzer Löwen, nobody is allowed to step onto the ice.
Almost all of the youth games are at a standstill and there is no end in sight.
A development that is of great concern to the junior managers.
They fear that many talents will end their careers and migrate to individual sports.
The Geretsried junior board member Markus Gregor predicts: “You will only really feel the consequences in three, four or five years.” His colleague Klaus Kathan from Tölz appeals to enable club sport in the youth sector as soon as possible: “It can't the goal should be that the youngsters just sit at home, play Playstation and eat chips. "
Expensive hygiene concepts in Tölz and Geretsried were in vain
The responsible persons at ESC Geretsried and in Bad Tölz had developed a hygiene concept in a month-long process.
Spectators, coaches and players should register digitally and on an analogue list when entering the ice rink.
Nobody should come to the ice rinks undetected.
All in vain.
On November 1st, the Wee-Arena and the Heinz Schneider ice rink were closed to the public.
“We started the season late and were then immediately slowed down to zero.
In this phase of the season it is a complete disaster ”, says the Geretsried junior coordinator Sebastian Fottner.
The situation is worst for the little ones: “Parents will wonder whether it is worthwhile for their children to start playing ice hockey again.
And some players will wonder whether it is nicer to put your feet up instead of dragging yourself to the stadium three or four times a week. "Junior executive Markus Gregor agrees:" The Olympic silver medal gave ice hockey a boost.
I hope that ice hockey will not disappear into its niche existence again. "
Junior coach Klaus Kathan creates a training plan for each player
Kathan complains that the clubs are currently completely tied.
He gave every player plans for training at home - as with the first lockdown in spring.
Whether the players implement this is up to them: “We can't control it, we don't have any professional teams.” However, experience has shown that very few of them adhere to the guidelines: “I did random checks at the first lockdown.
And some of them didn't even know what kind of documents they got their hands on. "Sebastian Fottner reports something similar:" I assume that at most half of the players train individually at home.
The players, who have the biggest weaker self during the season, sit lazily at home even during such a break. "
But it is also “not so important” that his players train at home, says Kathan, “because we don't have to train them to become professionals.
It is crucial that the children train with their team, that they get out, do something, have social contacts and have fun.
And we have to get back there. ”The Reichersbeur youth leader Wolfgang Kiening also sees it this way:“ Sport is part of life.
You can't sit in front of the TV or stare at your cell phone all day.
The children should go out and do something. "
A hard lockdown would have been necessary, not a four-week Larifari lockdown. "
Sebastian Fottner, junior manager at ESC Geretsried
The junior coaches assume that the mandatory break will last longer.
"The number of corona cases has not decreased in the last few weeks, and I cannot imagine that anything will change dramatically in the next few weeks," says Sebastian Fottner.
In his opinion, a hard lockdown would have been necessary at the beginning of November, "and not a four-week Larifari lockdown".
Wolfgang Kiening also believes that the schedule can be “thrown in the bin”.
He hopes that the youth teams can play at least a few more games this season.
Klaus Kathan assesses the situation in a similarly pessimistic manner: "I assume that they will be completely closed by February."
Wolfgang Kiening (SC Reichersbeuern) expects "more sensitivity"
What ways out of the dilemma could there be?
“I don't have a solution,” says Kathan.
"I understand that we have to reduce the number of contacts, but so far we have managed to do well with the hygiene concept during training." It is conceivable that the hygiene rules will be tightened again, the teams only train twice a week and the size of groups is reduced.
The Bavarian State Sports Association should seek dialogue with politicians again, the Tölzer youth leader wishes.
Wolfgang Kiening expects "a little more sensitivity" from politics.
At the same time he admits: "I can scold me easily, I don't have to hold my head out."
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Hard-working even in lockdown: the Geretsried youngsters Lena and Bene practice at home.
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Sebastian Fottner, junior manager in Geretsried
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Markus Gregor, junior board member at ESC
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