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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Disagree about the stamina---Futsal is an all our sprint the entire time you are in their---much like basketball. 10 minutes of hard futsal is intense. Big field---watch Messi play.. (you have to see him in person to note this) ...he is walking a majority of the game...but when he makes the run or sprint---all bets are off. I have seen him play in person several times and the first thing I thought was 'wow, he is walking a lot'. Midfielders outdoors have the most endurance/running.

Well, all I know is that my son is usually a lot more winded after soccer games than futsal games, but he is a holding midfielder in soccer, so he runs a lot.

A lot of Futsal teams have a full-set of subs. 10 players.

My kid's team carried 7 and often there was only 1 sub or none. That is intense 40 minutes of all out sprinting.

But, I agree, I am peeved my sons' teams both carry large Futsal rosters because even though they are subbed out fairly---the total time is small.

Agree, a roster of 10 is too big most of the time - though we did have two players get hurt in our last game, so it was ok then, but that is rare.[/quote]

That being said, though, last season my son wound up on three separate futsal teams and had three games most Sundays, relatively close in time.  He handled it fine.  One of the teams had 7 players, one had 9, and one had 10.  There is no way he could play three full field soccer games in a day without feeling exhausted, but he is the primary kid on his team that plays the defensive midfielder position.  He does not get subbed out much.[/quote]

Well, yeah, my kids soccer games---he plays 90 full minutes.  Futsal is 40 min. total per game.

He does play two full 90-minute games in tournaments.

It is a different type of conditioning.  I am a marathon runner and can barely swim a few laps.  A sprinter does not have the same muscle type or endurance as a distance runner.  I don't think cross-training is a bad thing---be it basketball or Futsal...the court is different than the field.[/quote]

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