At Contiki we have a lot of fun. Both with programming and other things. One of the activities we do a lot of is fußball (aka. table football). Fußball has become such an integrated part of almost everyone's day that if someone don't play at least once during the day, something got to be wrong. It's a really a nice game for breaks. One game takes from 5-10 minutes.

Programmers (and others too I guess) often tend to work for long periods of time in front of the computer, without taking a break. Research has showed that taking frequent breaks improves productivity and lessens the risk of injuries. There's probably a lot of writing about this topic, but one interesting article I found was this: Take a Break and Refresh Your Productivity. Fußball is a great way of having this small break once in a while. So that was the excuses, now to the fun stuff!

Last week we finished a 10 month long league. Torbjørn (our Web lead) has created a great app for entering and keeping track of scores. During these 10 months I've played 350 games, some played more others less. Take a look at Torbjørn's blog for more about the app (in Norwegian). Now however, he's extended the app to support a Contiki league and I'm looking forward to a great season of fußball!

I don't know how big fußball is in Bergen or Norway in general, but I would really like to know. Do your company have a fußball table? Let me know! I like to think we've been quite good at it and it would be fun to challenge another company in a game. Anyone up for it? I also have a plan to do some fußball stuff through NNUG, but I'll blog about that later.

Our table

THE table we would kill to get

Our glass fußball room in the middle of the working place

Worlds biggest fußball table

And to end this off, here are some inspiring fußball videos: