Finck's farewell: How the North Palatinate wolves lose their trainer!

Finck's farewell: How the North Palatinate wolves lose their trainer!

The handball in the region is changing. Johannes Finck, long -time coach of the "North Palatinate Wolves", made the coaching position to Dimitri Kerber. After almost three decades on the coaching bench, Finck leaves not only a gap in the club, but also in the regional handball scene. As Rheinpfalz , Finck played an important role in handball and has shaped numerous players with his work.

The "North Palatinate Wolves" are preparing for the new season, which is subject to decrees due to corona shifts. Originally scheduled for October 31 or November 1, 2020, the season should last until May 2021. The preparations, headed by Finck, had started two weeks before he was submitted to Kerber. The squad included 16 players at the first start of training; Some had to cancel due to health or private reasons. A prominent departure is back player Marc Kuhn, who changes to Kaiserslautern, while the team is planning with three new additions, whose names will soon be announced. According to a report, this can be learned on Nordpfälzer Wölfe .

preparations and challenges

The training of the "North Palatinate Wolves" is now expanded to three to four units per week, including two training weekends. One of these weekends is intended to improve the game tactics, the other for team education. But despite the commitment to preparation, the clubs such as the "wolves" face challenges that affect the entire handball sport in Germany.

This is how an analysis shows that handball clubs in Germany have been fighting with various problems for years. Starting with the decline in the number of members, which is increasingly felt in the youth area, right up to organizational difficulties, as shown in an article on Sport . Voluntary trainers and trainers, whose commitment to sport is indispensable, are regularly faced with high requirements.

The decline in the youth area is particularly dramatic, where more than 20,000 young people left sport between 2011 and 2017. The reasons for this include demographic changes and continuing competition through other sports. In this context, the article emphasizes the need to increase the attractiveness of handball and reform the structures of the clubs in order to successfully master the challenges.

goals for the future

The "North Palatinate Wolves", as they learned under Finck, must build consistency in the performance in order to stay in the upper third of the table. The association narrowly missed the promotion to the association league last season and, despite young players and a dynamic team structure, leads the euphoria into the new season. As Finck himself noted, the mix of experience and youth gives the team a special dynamic.

It remains to be seen whether the challenges of handball in Germany also affect the “North Palatinate Wolves”. It is clear that the handover of the trainer office and the upcoming changes in the team will be important topics for the future. Johannes Finck not only handed over the coaching position to Kerber, but also left a tradition of commitment and dedication in handball.