Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

FPYCparent wrote:

{Have} you noticed the skill level of your DD and/or her teammates improve after 2 seasons of futsal? I am thinking about having my DD join a futsal team too.

To my **untrained** eye, I haven't seen any improvement in my DD that I can directly attribute to futsal alone. (DD barely looks at a soccer ball at home and would rather sit on the coach watching TV or playing video games. So, she needs any and all structured soccer "time" to show any kind of improvement.)

After the U9 fall NCSL season, the coach decided to direct lots of energy and practice time into individual foot skills during the winter, potentially sacrificing "whole team" development. I'm sure that each girl on the team benefitted from that intense focus on foot skills, some more than others. The team did win the "championships" in each of their futsal seasons, so that gave them some confidence that could be carried over into the subsequent spring.

This is a different subject, but if a kid "barely looks at a soccer ball at home" why do you have her in a competitive level of soccer? I feel like there ought to be a passion for soccer in the kids in the higher levels.

Are you implying that all travel players are passionate about soccer? Do you think all travel soccer players work on their own at home? Not even close! My son is on a U12 DA program and the kids aren't passionate or work at home. Most are naturally gifted and play at this level because they can to be frank. In all fairness, why not, because maybe the passion will come. No sense sitting in rec getting no quality training in general and then at 13 or 14 the kid does become passionate and it's too late.

Anonymous wrote:

FPYCparent wrote:

{Have} you noticed the skill level of your DD and/or her teammates improve after 2 seasons of futsal? I am thinking about having my DD join a futsal team too.

To my **untrained** eye, I haven't seen any improvement in my DD that I can directly attribute to futsal alone. (DD barely looks at a soccer ball at home and would rather sit on the coach watching TV or playing video games. So, she needs any and all structured soccer "time" to show any kind of improvement.)

After the U9 fall NCSL season, the coach decided to direct lots of energy and practice time into individual foot skills during the winter, potentially sacrificing "whole team" development. I'm sure that each girl on the team benefitted from that intense focus on foot skills, some more than others. The team did win the "championships" in each of their futsal seasons, so that gave them some confidence that could be carried over into the subsequent spring.

This is a different subject, but if a kid "barely looks at a soccer ball at home" why do you have her in a competitive level of soccer? I feel like there ought to be a passion for soccer in the kids in the higher levels.

Anonymous wrote:I thought NCSL was defunct with all the top teams moving to ECNL, DS and EDP. Is it now a league for select or rec teams?

FPYCparent wrote:

{Have} you noticed the skill level of your DD and/or her teammates improve after 2 seasons of futsal? I am thinking about having my DD join a futsal team too.

To my **untrained** eye, I haven't seen any improvement in my DD that I can directly attribute to futsal alone. (DD barely looks at a soccer ball at home and would rather sit on the coach watching TV or playing video games. So, she needs any and all structured soccer "time" to show any kind of improvement.)

After the U9 fall NCSL season, the coach decided to direct lots of energy and practice time into individual foot skills during the winter, potentially sacrificing "whole team" development. I'm sure that each girl on the team benefitted from that intense focus on foot skills, some more than others. The team did win the "championships" in each of their futsal seasons, so that gave them some confidence that could be carried over into the subsequent spring.

Anonymous wrote:My DS (14) would like to play futsal - how do I get him on a team? He plays travel soccer now and has played futsal where we used to live but it seems a lot of people form their own team?

FPYCparent wrote:The FPYC 2008 girls have played in the following leagues for their U9 and U10 years:

Conquerors League (Herndon, VA): http://www.conquerorsleague.org/ | http://www.conquerorsleague.org/youth-futsal.html

First Touch Futsal (Springfield/Annandale, VA): https://www.ftfutsal.com/

The team also played in the United Futsal League's President Cup (Manassas, VA): http://www.unitedfutsalleague.net/tournaments/presidents-cup/ | http://www.unitedfutsalleague.net/

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Virginia Futsal: http://www.virginiafutsal.com/

U. S. Futsal: http://futsal.com/