With the world of Futsal ever growing in the UK, the FA have released some great supportive resources to help support this expansion and also showcase how easily accessible Futsal can be within your local community/college.
Please find these resources below:
Futsal is the format of Small Sided Football that is recognised and supported by FIFA and UEFA with World and European Championships for club and National Teams with many of Footballs top players beginning the footballing career within Futsal.
World Cup winner Pele: “Futsal was important in helping to develop my ball control, quick thinking, passing… also for dribbling, balance, concentration…Futsal was very, very important, no doubt.”
4 Time World Player of the Year Lionel Messi: “In Argentina, when I was a young boy, I used to play a lot of Futsal on the street and with Newell’s Old Boys. It was a really fun game that’s helped me a great deal.”
Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo: “In Portugal, all we played growing up was Futsal. The smaller court helped my footwork skills, the nature of the game made me feel so free when I played. If it wasn’t for Futsal, I would definitely not be the player I am today.”
The name ‘Futsal’
simply combines the Spanish words for ‘Hall’ – Sala and ‘Football’ – Futbol into Futsal. It is a five-a-side game, played with hockey sized goals and a smaller ball with a reduced bounce.
As a small-sided game players are constantly placed in situations where they must receive or play whilst under pressure or in confined spaces and it places considerable demand on technique, movement, tactical awareness and fitness.