Futsal is a great way for children to develop modern football skills
and improve their technique through the winter months. The game helps
develop fast, quick thinking , skilful players. The game is played indoors
to touchlines not walls, making players use drag backs and other skills to
utilise space. With 4v4 outfield it is the optimum number of players to
enhance skill and technique.
Why Use Futsal in the Winter to Develop Creative Players?
Over the years Scottish football has been synonymous with exciting and
creative players who get fans on the edge of their seats. Players
developed naturally in a street environment which has now unfortunately
been lost and as a result young players now spend less time practicing
individual skills which help creative ability.
The game of futsal has been played in countries such as Brazil for years
where they have used this game format to help develop technically
competent and creative players. This workshop is designed to help
encourage coaches to utilise futsal in the winter months to develop
creative aspects of players and create more technically able performers.
Within the game at whatever age and ability level, the 1v1 situation is
central to a player's development. To enable players to master these 1v1
situations from an attacking perspective, particular focus should be
placed on individual technique training, because technical skill forms
the foundation for tactical play.
For a summary of the Rules of Futsal see the
Rules page,
or download and print
Rules of Futsal (PDF
- 149KB) or
(DOC - 436KB)
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