The soft beats can be heard from afar, sounding from the Burgplatz on the banks of the Rhine into the alleys of the old town, accompanied by somewhat strange sayings. “Nice spin, nice move,” calls out the enthusiastic voice of a presenter, who may have a few kilos more on his ribs, but is dressed in a similar way to the athletes playing basketball under the tent roof.
However, only on one basket, this sport is called 3×3 basketball, in which the German championship titles for women and men are played here and which has just risen from the status of an Olympic test sport to a recognized Olympic discipline. “Magic”, calls the announcer on the sidelines when Pauline Mayer from the Freiburg team “Birdgang”, who lost in the final, sinks a shot into the basket.
