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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Futsal is not Soccer

Field of play is smaller
Ball is smaller, heavier
the goal is smaller and sized very differently
the amount of players is 5 versus 11 per team
The surface must be a hard surface not a soft grass or turf surface

now that we have established that a soccer field is not an appropriate field for futsal maybe it will make sense to you when i suggest you and your tennis racket go play tennis on a ping pong table or badminton court.  Plenty of those around and based on your premise they should suit your tennis game as well as a soccer field will suit a futsal game.

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This is funny. I was told by my kids coach that futsal was used to improve my kids soccer game when my DC couldn’t get out on the soccer field. Now that I think about it, that is in accurate. If my golf pro told me that for $500 I should play mini-golf next to an empty golf course I would have laughed her out of the room. If my tennis pro said  (for $500) I should play table tennis next to an empty tennis court to improve my tennis game, she wouldn’t be my tennis coach. So now I ask myself, if my DC’s soccer coach is saying I should pay extra to play futsal instead of playing soccer in order to improve my DC’s soccer game, should I be listening to this guy? None of this is about developing my DC’s soccer playing skills, just about me paying more money. Can someone give me recommendations on where to move to to find a club that is more focused on soccer player development and less so on money-making ancillary activities?[/quote]

You certainly have some good points and some of them have been discussed on this forum before.  Such as...when does futsal stop being a benefit for the outdoor game.  That in itself is it's own thread.  I remember when my son was smaller, his futsal coach would teach him different rotations and stuff during practice and I would be upset because I didn't care about those things.  I just wanted him to get more touches.  Futsal is so much faster than outdoor.  It exposes kids who can't dribble, shield the ball, make accurate passes, pass and move, etc.  But I, personally, don't care about futsal tactics.  However, my son came to really enjoy futsal so he wanted to play on better and better teams so, in order to do that, you need to learn the tactics and rotations.  Anyway...lots of people praise the benefits of futsal but the jury is still out how much is helps if you don't play year round and only play it in the winter.  Also, my son is in this futsal league but they don't train futsal AT ALL.  They just play games...so how much is this really helping his outdoor game? Probably none but he loves it.  My son does NOT play for Alexandria but I am glad that they put on a futsal tournament each year and are running this outdoor league this winter, otherwise, my son wouldn't have played at all this winter.  Just like basketball and that's sad.  Thank you to all the adults out there being understanding and letting the kids play for a few weeks and I also agree that these courts should be better/cleaner than they found them after each futsal session.[/quote]

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