Rotherfield United Football Club
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What is Futsal
Club Coach Silvain Buche explains Futsal and the benefit of having it in your coaching kitbag.
Futsal is an indoor football game which uses smaller, heavier balls (size 4 balls for adults) for a faster more skillful type of football.
Due to our training having to be moved we have found ourselves training indoor at the Oratory and have come to use Futsal ball (thanks Trevor for giving us the first ball to try) and this has been an interesting experiment to see the difference it make for young player (under 7s).
As the ball are heavier they do not bounce (no noise indoor which is a godsend indoor), also they can not be kicked hard so the stronger player do not get such an advantage, this really oblige the kids to play a more pass and move type game.
The difference when we use a normal indoor ball is striking and the style of play changes immediately. We do not seem to have suffered on Saturdays but this may be because we play on astroturf and not on grass.
Be aware that the adult ball are the only ones available and you can not find smaller ones easily, however, they are not very far from size three balls and, therefore, work well for our age group.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask.
silvainbuche@googlemail.com
Due to our training having to be moved we have found ourselves training indoor at the Oratory and have come to use Futsal ball (thanks Trevor for giving us the first ball to try) and this has been an interesting experiment to see the difference it make for young player (under 7s).
As the ball are heavier they do not bounce (no noise indoor which is a godsend indoor), also they can not be kicked hard so the stronger player do not get such an advantage, this really oblige the kids to play a more pass and move type game.
The difference when we use a normal indoor ball is striking and the style of play changes immediately. We do not seem to have suffered on Saturdays but this may be because we play on astroturf and not on grass.
Be aware that the adult ball are the only ones available and you can not find smaller ones easily, however, they are not very far from size three balls and, therefore, work well for our age group.
If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask.
silvainbuche@googlemail.com
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