Futsal: the secret behind playing beautiful Football

Futsal: the secret behind playing beautiful Football

What does Ronaldinho, Zidane, Messi, Kaka, Fabregas and Cristian Ronaldo, all together? Have a great ball skills. Even great players that are not about what to do with the ball, it is natural to them. This is the result of lots of touches on the ball and a lot of practice. You know what else these great players have together? All of them played futsal.

Futsal is the official FIFA indoor version 5 a side football. The sport is played on a hard floor Court about the size of a basketball court with a ball that is smaller and heavier than a soccer ball. Substitutions are made "on the fly" and a fast tempo is maintained by limiting kick-ins, goal kicks and corners for four seconds. Although still in early stages of development in North America, is extremely popular futsal in countries like Italy, Brazil, Spain and Argentina.

The rapid flow of futsal allows vectors be innovative, creative, and use individual skills such as ball control and feints. Do not allow for regular "kick and run, as the playing area is very small and very crowded. Requires players to think and act quickly many times over the Court, having only futsal often enough time for one touch. Players must resourceful with a touch and to use all portions of the leg to move, redirect, flick and shoot the ball.

Futsal places continuously players in difficult situations, which forces players with the ball can use proper technique to make fast passages. Players without the ball are encouraged to make their way in and create passing options. The Futsal fast moving environment is one of the best teachers of the fast pass and move, or "give and go". Never saw how FC Barcelona Messi and his colleagues attack effortlessly responds to quick short passages? All of them played futsal.

Playing beautiful Football developed from playing futsal.

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