Competitive sports representative Karl Schwarzenbrunner from the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (DEB), took the traditional one Deutschland Cup 2017 in the Curt Frenzel Stadium to mark this year's Trainer A training course again in Augsburg.
In addition to topics such as nutrition, athletics and sports psychology, the topic of “integration in ice hockey” was once again on the seminar schedule. In this area, the participants were pleased to meet Mr. Marius Dietrich (working staff of the Federal Government Commissioner for Migration, Refugees and Integration), who was specially invited Berlin came to Augsburg to give a lecture as an expert on the topic of “integration and diversity in sport” to the participants in the Trainer A training course.
“Sport has the power to change the world. He has the power to inspire. It has the power to unite people like little else can. Sport can awaken hope where there was previously only despair.” Mr. Dietrich opened his lecture on the integration potential in sport with this quote from Nelson Mandela. The aim was to create awareness about the large target group of migrants, who are still underrepresented in organized sport. Approximately 18,6 million people with a migrant background live in Germany, 36,4% of whom are children and young people under the age of 15.
Together with the 30 seminar participants (from Germany, Slovakia, Canada and the Czech Republic, among others), the question "How can integration in sport succeed?" was explored. In addition to their own experiences, the trainers also described the problems and hurdles in the individual clubs. In addition to conceptual and financial arguments, the question of how best to target the target group was repeatedly raised.
For this purpose the DEB As part of the “Integration in Ice Hockey” project, in addition to conceptual and personnel support, an extensive network consisting of a wide variety of institutions, such as migrant organizations, is available. “We are happy to support the clubs in their existing or newly planned integration work and show them funding opportunities and strategies to enable successful cooperation under the motto “diversity” in ice hockey,” says Julia Eisenrieder, Project Office “Integration in Ice Hockey” at DEB.
