HOE WORD JE EEN COURT LEGEND: EEN OP VOETBAL GEBASEERDE AANPAK TER BEVORDERING VAN DE SOCIALE COHESIE EN HET VERSTERKEN VAN PERSOONLIJKE ONTWIKKELING.

This Belgian Red Courts programme is a football-based approach to strengthen the social cohesion between youngsters and the community in the context of recre- ational football on the Belgian Red Courts. The Belgian Red Courts are community football pitches available to children and young people close to home for free use. An exception is the Belgian Red Courts programme, which accompanies a fixed group of 12 to 16 young people over a period of 12 weeks in sports education training ses- sions. These sessions take place weekly at a fixed time on the respective Belgian Red Courts.
This manual was developed on the basis of the pro- gramme theory developed within the framework of a doc-
toral study. The creation of this programme was preced- ed by extensive literature research, which dealt with different theories linked to this topic. In addition, existing approaches from the field of sport for development were analysed as a basis for the programme theory.
In collaboration with representatives of the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA), the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB), the Hannah Arendt Institute, Kiyo, Plan Interna- tional, and the Johan Cruyff Foundation, the programme theory was translated into a football-based manual.