Football (Soccer) vocabulary · Club, Coaching & Training

Walking football

Meaning in football (soccer), with examples

nounCommon term

In football (soccer), walking football means: An adapted form of football in which players walk rather than run.

In Turkish: yürüyerek futbol

How it is used

Use for the organised format; other adaptations depend on the rules used by the group or competition.

Example sentences

  1. Our club started a walking football session for people returning to the game.

    The adapted format offers a different way to participate.

  2. The walking football group reviewed its local rules before the festival.

    The group checks the rules for the particular setting.

Common collocations

  • walking football session
  • walking football club
  • play walking football

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