Walking football is a game now played by many people across the UK and there are almost nine hundred venues in England alone.
Walking football is very much aimed at people over fifty, who want to rediscover their old footballing days. The reason that this sport is aimed at people of that age is the rules mean you can only walk, which is better suited for the muscles of people over fifty because as you would expect it’s hard to run if you’re that age.
The rules are, obviously, you can’t run, the ball cannot travel above hip height, in some clubs and some games they do not have goalkeepers and lastly, you can’t slide tackle. Now those are the main rule differences between the regular game, but there are other minor changes.
The game has been encouraged by the BBC, Sky Sports and most famously Barclays bank who made an advert advertising themselves, but in the proccess talked about walking football.
I think this is a brilliant game and a very good idea, so I would recommend it for many people.
very true