‘I started to enjoy life again’: Walking soccer a runaway success

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Clubs are springing up all over Melbourne for Walking Football, a modified form of soccer, which helps seniors exercise and socialise.

aimed at seniors, with smaller teams, no running, the ball kept is below hip height and the focus is on fun and friendship.

In November, two Whittlesea U3A teams will compete in the Pan Pacific Masters Games on the Gold Coast., including in Bendigo, Beechworth and suburbs across Melbourne, with three more due to open soon. He said that during the pandemic, when training was cancelled for months at a time, “I was getting lots of emails from players saying ‘when can we start up again’.”

The following day, many of the clubs will play in a social tournament at Keilor stadium to mark Women’s Health Week and hold clinics for new participants.

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