Goal wall
A goal wall is a device for a specific skill exercise in soccer training . A vertical wall has a hole in each of two corners (one at the bottom right, the other at the top left) through which the ball is to be shot.
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The goal wall is known from the TV program “ das current sportstudio ”, which was first broadcast in 1963 . Here the holes have a diameter of 55 centimeters and shooting is carried out from a distance of seven meters, with three shots each being fired at the two holes (initially lower left and upper right). So far, no shooter has managed to hit six times. On May 18, 1974 Günter Netzer scored five hits for the first time. He was followed with five goals by Rudi Völler , Günter Hermann , Reinhard Saftig , Matthias Becker , Rolf Fringer , Frank Pagelsdorf , Frank Rost and Inka Grings . On April 1, 1967, the ZDF and Lothar Ulsaß allowed themselves to joke with the audience. Six hits were shown, but they were recorded before the broadcast.
The goal walls similar to the ZDF goal wall were used outside of the “current sports studio” before 1964. a. 1960 at the festival of the West German Sports Press by the hall engineer and technical operations manager Heinrich Klein . During training at 1. FC Kaiserslautern , a forerunner of today's goal wall was shown for the first time on German television. The educational football film "The nailed-up goal" moderated by Rudi Michel showed in May 1957 a wall divided into eight fields, which was firmly attached to a goal housing.
Individual evidence
- ^ Mourning for Heinrich Klein. The inventor of the goal wall is dead. In: sueddeutsche.de from August 2, 2011, accessed on September 15, 2019.
- ^ A. Westhoff: Heinrich Klein. Goal wall inventor died. In: FAZ.net of August 3, 2011.
- ↑ The FCK Museum visits the Theodor-Zink-Museum on fck.de, accessed on November 15, 2014.
- ↑ Potz Blitz, the gate was boarded up! - TV cameras reveal the training secrets on the Betzenberg. In: Reutlinger General-Anzeiger of May 13, 1957, p. 4.
