Yesterday, the members of our hotel alliance were absolutely thrilled when they visited the new youth training centre opened by FC Bayern near the Olympic shooting range. Christian Kuchlbauer, Mayor of Oberschleissheim, accompanied the hoteliers. The youth training centre is partly located in the district of Oberschleißheim. A staff of around 200 specialists look after the young talent that FC Bayern has found and, in some cases, develops from primary school age. 25 of the young athletes live in flats within the centre.
All of the centre's facilities are of the highest quality and the whole day is well thought out: the food, for example, is tasty but health-conscious. There are even psychologists on site. As the impressed guests learnt, one of their aims is to teach the youngsters that they can only achieve their major goal of becoming professional athletes through consistent performance, down-to-earthness and inner humility. On average, only three out of 300 young players achieve this goal. Many of them are therefore "sorted out" along the way - and then the fall is deep.
