Funino

Rediscover football with Funino!

This resurgent form of play, which Horst Wein in the year 2000 has been delighting children and adults worldwide for over 20 years. In Germany, Funino has been 2010 increasing popularity and is being German Football Association (DFB) has been actively promoting this, especially since 2021. The DFB Federal Youth Day voted unanimously in favor of the mandatory implementation of the new forms of play in children's football. The regulation is to come into force nationwide at the start of the 2024/2025 season.

The game philosophy: more ball contacts, more success

The focus of Funino is the Fun at the game and the individual support of each individual player, because children want to be in action all the time. Due to the small playing fields and the small number of players per team, each player lots of space and time to control the ball, make decisions and score goals.

These are the Funino rules and recommendations

  • G-Youth:
    • 2 vs 2 or 3 vs 3
    • on a playing field of 16m x 20m or 25m x 20m
  • F-Youth:
    • 3 vs 3 or 5 vs 5 (optional with goalkeeper)
    • on a playing field of 25m x 20m or 40m x 25m
  • E-Youth:
    • 5 vs 5 or 7 vs 7 (optional with goalkeeper)
    • on a playing field of 40m x 25m on mini goals or small field goals
  • Goals: Four mini goals with 6-meter goal-scoring zones
  • Playing time: 3 minutes per game period
  • No offside rule
  • Fast game with lots of ball contacts

The advantages of Funino:

  • Promotes playful thinking and action, as up to 280% more feints, tricks and dribbling are performed than in 8 vs 8.
  • Improves technique and ball control, as players, for example, make up to 135% more passes.
  • Creates a sense of achievement for all players, as up to 500% more goals are scored than in 8 vs 8

(Study: Dr. Rick Fenoglio - 15 games of Manchester United's U9 examined)

Optimize the benefits of Funino even further with RESWITCH

Our innovative training system RESWITCH helps coaches to make Funino units even more effective. With RESWITCH, coaches can change the team constellation in the small game formats. This has a special sporting impact on the sporting development of perception and decision-making speed. In addition, there are two other special effects:

  1. Thanks to the 4 different team constellations, there are no longer any discussions about who plays with whom in a team.
  2. The players talk to each other much more to request balls or to support each other in the form of the game.

RESWITCH and Funino: The perfect team for the future of football

With RESWITCH and Funino we are creating the ideal conditions to promote young football talents and shape the football of tomorrow.

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