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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Futsal sucks[/quote]

YES!! Let's pay money to play soccer on a BASKETBALL court. Learning a lot. A lot about money collecting.[/quote]

Yeah, look at all those fools in Brazil playing futsal!  All that money, so little progress in soccer!  The only suckers in this world are wealthy American parents shelling out tons of dollars to play absolutely horrendous soccer and exhibiting demonstrable ignorance about soccer and futsal.  If your team and club does not play out of the back or develop combination play in tight spaces up and down the field, then I can understand why all of the learning that others do in futsal may be lost on your kids.  In the winter, you can have your kid practice field goals instead and the skilled kids on your child's team can sigh over and over again whenever the ball heads your kid's way for another missed or lumbering touch.  Enjoy![/quote]

Why do you think kids in Brazil started playing futsal, and where do you think they play mostly (indoor or outdoor on asphalt courts)?  Hint, it didn’t start out near the Amazon nor in gyms.

Anyhow, futsal can be a great way to develop foot skills, quickness and small space passing skills. However, most of the futsal I’ve seen around here is a poor excuse for that and is simply a way for some coaches to rake in some more dough over the winter. A question I’d have is if outdoor tennis courts and b-ball courts were converted to futsal courts would kids go play on them, or continue to sit inside and play video games instead … and would doing this in inner cities vs. suburbs make a difference?[/quote]

Mine would!  I have driven them around looking for outdoor Futsal courts in Arlington.  I only know of two---but the fact they can't bike there or walk to them defeats the purpose.  They end up just doing pick up at the high school field or local park they can get to on their own by bike or foot.  But, my older son is a diehard Futsal fanatic and we also take him to the outdoor courts in DC (you can see from 395)--my husband got wrecked on them going up for a header last week when the old man court needed another player.

I loved all of the 'cages' in Liverpool and Amsterdam when we visited.  My kids played pick up in them when we were over there.  There are enough kids in the area that play--mine are also always on the basketball court--that I think they would get used much more than you think.  [/quote]

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