Welsh Football Trust

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FUTSAL
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• What is Futsal?
• Its a 5-a-side game, normally played on a
  slightly larger pitch with hockey sized goals and
  a smaller ball with a reduced bounce. It is
  played to touchlines and all players are free to
  enter the penalty area and play the ball over
  head height.
• As a game it places considerable demand on
  technique, movement, tactical awareness and
  fitness. The differences to our traditional
  versions of Small Sided Football are the absence
  of rebound boards and some slight amendments in
  the laws that favour skilful, creative play above
  the physical contact that tends to be a feature
  of English five a side.

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What is Futsal?
The Basics 5-a-Side including Goalkeeper
Pitch size Length - Minimum 25m
Maxinmum 42m
Width - Minimum 15m
Maximum 25m Smaller ball
with 30 reduced bounce Thinner,taller,
Hockey sized goals (3mx2m)
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• Will Futsal improve me as a player?
• Improved co-ordination
• Closer control
• Improved technical ability
• Greater awareness of space
• Improved combination play

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• More Benefits of the Small Sided game
• Far more repeated touches of the ball
• More touches throughout all areas of the pitch
• More attacking 1v1 scenarios
• More shots on goal and technical demand on
  goalkeepers
• Repeated decision making
• Emphasis is on individuals to take more
  responsibility
• All players must defend and attack

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• Facts based around 4v4 Football against Mini
  Football
• 136,500 additional decision making opportunities
  in comparison
• to 6v6 improving skill levels and decision
  making.
• 4v4 average findings (against 8v8)
• 38 more passes
• 35 more 1v1 encounters
• 29 more dribbling opportunities (tricks/turns)
• 32 more shots
• 20 more goals

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WHATS THE DIFFERENCE?
FUTSAL TRADITIONAL ENGLISH FIVE A SIDE FOOTBALL
Five players on court rolling substitutions Five players on court limited substitutions
Played to lines. Ball is returned to play with a kick-in No by or end lines use of rebound boards. Ball constantly in play
Use of wider and longer pitch
All Players allowed to enter penalty areas Only Goalkeepers permitted to enter penalty areas
No height restriction on ball Use of restriction on height of the ball
Use of Square Goals (3m x 2m) Use of Futsal ball (30reduced bounce) Use of rectangular goals Use of Football size 5 for adults
5 Foul Limit No wall for direct free kick from ten metres after fith foul Unlimited fouls
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Some professional players start out with Futsal
to build fundamental skills. Brazilian players
Ronaldinho, Robinho, Kaka, Rivaldo, Juninho and
many more started out playing Futsal. In Brazil,
the majority of children start out with Futsal
rather than association football since it
requires less space and many schools in the
country do not have a field to play traditional
association football.
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"The young player should not be at all bothered
with tactics, defending or positional elements.
The focus should be on learning basic techniques.
It should be ball, ball and more ball."     Zico
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"It's helped me a lot because in Futsal it's all
short passes and on a football pitch it's totally
different, you have more time to think. When I
was little we always played Futsal and now it's
easy to control the ball in short spaces, that's
where it's helped me a lot." Ronaldinho Ronaldinh
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• Next Step for Developing Futsal in NEWFA

• November Approach Ysgol Morgan Llwyd School
  about pilot Scheme
• November Hold taster sessions for children in
  year 7 11 in curricular time.
• Show Presentation on Futsal including Video
  Footage
• 20min practical session
• December After school / Dinner time coaching
  sessions for 10 week block
• December/January Identify 6th form students and
  hold
• Futsal Coach Education and Futsal Referee
  Education

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Useful Websites- www.futsal.co.uk www.yourfutsa
l.org.uk www.thefa.com/england/futsal
www.thefpl.com www.youtube.com search
futsal www.nikefootball.com search joga
bonito
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