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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Soccer played correctly is a "contact sport" but almost every game I go to moms and dads are screaming "that's pushing"... so most people don't really understand soccer.

I've never heard parents act like that, but I remember another kid getting so pissed when my son correctly defended in a futsal game with a minor and acceptable amount of pushing. It was sort of funny - the ref just told him to calm down.

I have definitely seen that on the soccer field - people don't understand that a lot of physical contact is well within the bounds of the game (a little like properly reffed basketball). In futsal, at least in the US, there is supposed to be less physical contact than in soccer - it is far easier to draw a foul in futsal than in soccer (and the consequences can be severe if you get enough in a half). But abroad, the sport is apparently a lot more permissibly physical. So the reverse of basketball, where international refs will call every touch fall in basketball. Let the kids play unless it really hinders forward progress. Shoulders are fine, hands are not, and you would expect a little pushing without having to blow the whistle.[/quote]

Yeah, when we were in vacation on Belize two years ago, my son joined in a few outdoor pickup futsal games (they had courts) and it was crazy how much physicality was involved.[/quote]

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