2024-01-27 03:02:00
Oane, two, three, there we go! Matthäus is an enthusiastic snacker. Here he tells us how it works.
It’s freezing cold and pretty dark. A few spotlights illuminate the wintry playing field on the sports field in Bergheim. Some adults stand on the edge and watch their children trying to make loud bangs with the “Goaßl”, a wooden handle with a hemp rope attached.
It’s training time for the Schnalzers. Since the beginning of January, nine-year-old Matthäus Feldinger and his team have been training on the Bergheim soccer field in order to do well in the Rupertigauschnalzer’s biggest competition, the annual Grand Prize Schnalzen. This competition will take place in Wals-Viehhausen on February 3rd and 4th – for the 69th time. This event is extremely important for the Schnalzer clubs in the region; it is the most important day in the Schnalzer year.
Also for Matthew. Almost his entire family is active in the Bergheimer Schnalzern. The elementary school student is the “turner” of his pass – that’s what a team is called in Schnalzer terminology. Matthäus has been training with the boys from his passport who are around the same age for a few years. To get things going, Matthäus introduces the clicking with the following words: “Hads sent? Oane, two, three, that’s it!”
And then it actually goes there and, depending on the type of competition, you have to click at the same time or one following the other in time. And the better and more precisely you can do this several times in a row, the more points you get when it comes to price gouging.
And how does the loud bang come regarding when you click, Matthew? “There is a bast tied to the end of the Goaßl and the quick change of direction from right to left and back once more causes it to bang.” It’s not that easy and some children practice for years until they can make a click left and right. Matthäus’ dad Sepp is also his trainer; he showed him how it works right from an early age. Then we can get started: “One, two, three, there we go!”
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