{"id":44628,"date":"2020-10-26T11:36:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T10:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.steinmuehle.de\/blog\/2020\/10\/26\/one-of-hesses-largest-soccer-golf-courses-is-located-on-the-steinmuehle-grounds\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T15:34:32","slug":"one-of-hesses-largest-soccer-golf-courses-is-located-on-the-steinmuehle-grounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/blog\/2020\/10\/26\/one-of-hesses-largest-soccer-golf-courses-is-located-on-the-steinmuehle-grounds\/","title":{"rendered":"One of Hesse’s largest soccer-golf courses is located on the Steinm\u00fchle grounds"},"content":{"rendered":"

School, boarding school, and strong networks enable new activities in inclusive sports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Plenty of exercise in the fresh air and lots of fun for young people with and without disabilities\u2014that\u2019s what the new soccer golf course on the Steinm\u00fchle grounds has to offer. The 12-station course is designed for use in inclusive sports. That\u2019s why the soccer team from the Kerstin-Heim and soccer-loving families from fib\u2014the association for promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities\u2014attended the opening ceremony. Together with members of the Sportfreunde Blau-Gelb and Steinm\u00fchle, they immediately set out to explore the individual challenges. <\/p>\n

“Hesse has never seen such diversity before,” said Anne Effe enthusiastically. The Special Olympics regional coordinator for Hesse had traveled there specifically for the opening ceremony. Egon Vaupel expressed his gratitude to her in his brief speech. The chairman of the Steinm\u00fchle Marburg School Association also thanked Marc Mercurio and the Hessian State Sports Federation for their financial support. He emphasized the collaboration among individual institutions on this project, noting that the partnership formed a year ago between Steinm\u00fchle and the Blau-Gelb Marburg Sports Club was a key component of it. <\/p>\n

Vaupel explained that, under normal circumstances, the course would be completed in groups of five made up of participants from all participating institutions. \u201cUnfortunately, due to pandemic-related regulations, this is not possible at the moment, so the groups of five will remain separate,\u201d he explained to the guests, among whom was Verena Gottmann from the Culture and Sports Department of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district. <\/p>\n

There are still too few Unified teams, Vaupel said. That makes it all the more wonderful to launch this initiative in Marburg. \u201cBut this can only work as a team,\u201d emphasized the school association president, whose networking skills once again came into their own in this matter. <\/p>\n

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The focus is on social skills<\/strong><\/p>\n

The idea for the soccer-golf course came from Bernd Holly, one of the two principals at Steinm\u00fchlen School: \u201cOur goal was to promote sportsmanship and teamwork, free from the pressure to perform.\u201d In inclusive sports, he explained, teaching and results take a back seat. The focus is instead on acquiring and applying social skills within a team where young people with and without disabilities participate together. The plan is for one or two Steinm\u00fchlen students to always be on hand to assist those who need support due to their disabilities as they navigate the course.<\/p>\n

“It’s wonderful that we can present this facility today,” said Michael Neirich, the school’s athletic director at Steinm\u00fchle, with delight. “We’re inaugurating 12 stations today; eventually, there will be 18.” A unique feature of the facility is that it was designed by students at Steinm\u00fchle. The future advanced sports class from 11th grade and their teacher, Mirko Radatz, invested many hours in developing and designing the course. The course elements are weather-resistant; some can be set up and taken down within ten minutes; they can also be used individually for recess sports and, for example, at the Steinm\u00fchle Bilingual Elementary School. The high school students provided a description of all the course stations and a \u201cscore card\u201d on which all participants\u2019 results can be recorded. The course details alone would provide enough material for another report. <\/p>\n

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Sascha Huhn had the hardest shot<\/strong><\/p>\n

“If everyone is having fun, diving right into the activities, and the facility can be used in a variety of ways, then we\u2019ve done something right,” Dirk Konnertz concluded. As a former active soccer player and coach, the managing director of the Schulverein Steinm\u00fchle Marburg e.V. couldn\u2019t resist taking a shot at the goal wall. The best performance at this station\u2014where shot speed can be measured electronically\u2014was achieved on the day of the inauguration by 23-year-old Sascha Huhn, with a shot speed of 118 kilometers per hour. The student is a winger for Blau-Gelb and a former Steinm\u00fchle student. <\/p>\n

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