Press Release – Taster Futsal Tournaments for Junior Teams.

The Grimsby Futsal League has received permission to organize junior futsal leagues.  Initial permission has been sanctioned by the Linconshire FA for the matches to be for ages 10-16, either gender.  Age 9 and under is subject to a further discussion with the LFA Development Officer as there is a conceived clash with mini soccer.  Close neighbors Sheffield & Hallam County FA and East Riding FA already embrace futsal for under nines.  Graham Dell (England Futsal Team Manager) does not foresee a world class England futsal team until the team has a production line of players that have played the game from 8 onwards.  Futsal is a completely different learning experience for young footballers.  Best played indoors (or on astro surface), futsal rules dictate a fast skillful open game.  Big or small players have no advantage on a futsal court, the only dictate and comparison is skill.  Like tennis or basketball the best team always wins. FIFA rules allow for a squad of 12 players rotating with the 5 team players allowed on court at any one time.  

Futsal is the national language for junior teams in 99% of the world.  England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales the last countries to play what is the world most played small sided sport. 50% of the Premiership players will have cut their teeth playing futsal.  Most South americans’ move to eleven aside at 16; which means they have played and practiced under stress for 8 more years than their English counter part.  In terms of touches of the ball, shots at a goal they will have treble the experience of our young players.  One ball between 22 or 1 ball between 10, it’s not rocket science to see which game is going to produce the better player.  If you want solid evidence its available in detailed research by Manchester Metropolitan University and North Carolina University USA.  The English FA are ahead of the other FA Associations, but they are all, at the instigation of UEFA, developing futsal development programmers.

Want to play in a futsal taster tournament?

Please contact Kevin Bryant 01472 235704 or 07980 286663