00:02The beautiful game for all to play.
00:07After I came back after the first session, I couldn't wipe the smile off my face.
00:12They say there's about 50 different rules, but the main ones, the title suggests walking football.
00:17So you've always got to have one foot on the ground at all times.
00:21The game is also on a smaller pitch with fewer players.
00:24No contact. We keep the ball down below waist height. No hitting of the ball. You can't tackle from behind.
00:32And while the aim remains to score, there are bigger goals.
00:36I don't get hurt here. In 11th side, in normal soccer, you're allowed to push and shove and all that.
00:43I'm a very gentle person.
00:46Walking football was the first aerobic style exercise I've done in over 20 years.
00:51Around the world, they do it for all ages, people with disabilities.
00:56Robert Johnson has had four strokes.
01:00It's wide ranging in terms of health. I reckon a lot of it is when you're playing, you're always looking
01:05for that next pass.
01:06So your brain's trying to work out the angles for it. And it's helped.
01:11This game is actually kind of fast paced, a lot of high level passing, but it doesn't have to be
01:16this way.
01:16There are different divisions that can go at a slower pace as well.
01:19Walking or not though, teamwork and triumph feels the same.
01:23Yeah!
01:25It's just made a huge difference.
01:28I always thought at my age, what can I compete in? You know, but yeah, I found something.
01:33The feeling of kicking a goal is still the same when you're 74 as it was when you were 15.
01:37The feeling of fighting.
01:39Great.
01:40The feeling of feeling of better than you are 14 years old and when you're just the whatever-for-for
01:42-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for-for.
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