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Serious game: racism in football
One of the Anne Frank Foundation's missions is to get young people to talk openly about racism in football. What better way to engage this group than by playing a game?
"It is extraordinary to see how a concise plan on paper is developed into a playable, educational and exciting game for young people in a few months."
Joram Verhoeven
Project Officer
How the game against racism was born
Individuals in a team
Football is a team sport. But each player has their own position and role during the match and therefore comes up against different situations. And in those moments, you have to make decisions independent of your teammates.
But what if you can’t or don’t want to make those decisions on your own and you need input from your team? How do you react to opponents who discriminate, for example? What do you do when spectators become aggressive or threaten your teammate?
A good team always acts together. The first step is to recognise these kinds of situations and agree on how to deal with them.
How to make choices under time pressure?
The game is based on a school football tournament. During, before and after the tournament, the team encounters various difficult situations, in which the players have to make choices under time pressure. Each choice is made together based on a particular scenario. For each scenario, the players are asked: ‘What would you do?’
They can vote using their smartphone or tablet. The results of the votes are presented to the team and the players decide together how to deal with the various difficult situations. They discover, in a fun and entertaining way, what they think about and how they react to topics such as respect, discrimination and prejudice.
KNVB and football clubs
The game can be played entirely online, but also in football canteens and schools. The Anne Frank House hopes to reach as many young people as possible to talk about these themes, and is collaborating with the KNVB and various clubs such as Excelsior and ADO Den Haag.
Individuals in a team
Football is a team sport. But each player has their own position and role during the match and therefore comes up against different situations. And in those moments, you have to make decisions independent of your teammates.
But what if you can’t or don’t want to make those decisions on your own and you need input from your team? How do you react to opponents who discriminate, for example? What do you do when spectators become aggressive or threaten your teammate?
A good team always acts together. The first step is to recognise these kinds of situations and agree on how to deal with them.
How to make choices under time pressure?
The game is based on a school football tournament. During, before and after the tournament, the team encounters various difficult situations, in which the players have to make choices under time pressure. Each choice is made together based on a particular scenario. For each scenario, the players are asked: ‘What would you do?’
They can vote using their smartphone or tablet. The results of the votes are presented to the team and the players decide together how to deal with the various difficult situations. They discover, in a fun and entertaining way, what they think about and how they react to topics such as respect, discrimination and prejudice.
KNVB and football clubs
The game can be played entirely online, but also in football canteens and schools. The Anne Frank House hopes to reach as many young people as possible to talk about these themes, and is collaborating with the KNVB and various clubs such as Excelsior and ADO Den Haag.