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    Futsal/Indoor thread

    An interesting conversation on futsal and indoor soccer got started on the 05 Boys thread. Since this topic is important to more than that age group, I'm starting this thread here.

    Have at it. One... two... three...

    #2
    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
    An interesting conversation on futsal and indoor soccer got started on the 05 Boys thread. Since this topic is important to more than that age group, I'm starting this thread here.

    Have at it. One... two... three...


    Both ROCK!

    Enjoy playing.

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      #3
      Kids that have great skills but are slow on a big field seem to love Futsal and parents of before mentioned kids also are big fans of Futsal but hate indoor soccer. Why?

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        #4
        Can't wait to see the new westside Rose City facility when it opens!

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          #5
          Love them both and outdoor too.

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            #6
            both are tons of fun. the rub on indoor is that poor shots, passes, etc often result in goals. indoor also rewards physicality, bootball, and player speed over team collaboration and building an attack. walls can be very dangerous as well.

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              #7
              Futsal on a hard wood or rubberized surface is best and agree with everything above.

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                #8
                Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                both are tons of fun. the rub on indoor is that poor shots, passes, etc often result in goals. indoor also rewards physicality, bootball, and player speed over team collaboration and building an attack. walls can be very dangerous as well.
                Every type of surface and dimension plays to a different skill set and athlete.. as an example Tennis clay courts, grass courts & hard courts dont suit everyone the same see Serena Williams.

                Futsal in its purest form is street soccer much like street basketball.

                Except tha actual soccer is played 11 v11 which requires stud athletes and technicans blended together.

                For each there own.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                  Every type of surface and dimension plays to a different skill set and athlete.. as an example Tennis clay courts, grass courts & hard courts dont suit everyone the same see Serena Williams.

                  Futsal in its purest form is street soccer much like street basketball.

                  Except tha actual soccer is played 11 v11 which requires stud athletes and technicans blended together.

                  For each there own.
                  Street basketball is frequently less than 5-on-5, and is played on pavement rather than a wooden floor, so yes. The tactical challenges of 2-on-2 or 3-on-3 are far less than 5-on-5.

                  Indoor soccer, because of play off the walls, may well venture too far afield from outdoor soccer to be useful as a teaching technique. Many of the skills needed in indoor are useless in futsal or outdoor. (It's fine as a sport on its own merits). To think of the issue in the opposite direction, imagine if the boards were out of bounds in ice hockey, and striking them with the puck was a turnover. Would be a completely different game (and so-called "pond hockey", which is typically played outdoors on frozen lakes, is indeed a very different game from ice hockey).

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                    Street basketball is frequently less than 5-on-5, and is played on pavement rather than a wooden floor, so yes. The tactical challenges of 2-on-2 or 3-on-3 are far less than 5-on-5.

                    Indoor soccer, because of play off the walls, may well venture too far afield from outdoor soccer to be useful as a teaching technique. Many of the skills needed in indoor are useless in futsal or outdoor. (It's fine as a sport on its own merits). To think of the issue in the opposite direction, imagine if the boards were out of bounds in ice hockey, and striking them with the puck was a turnover. Would be a completely different game (and so-called "pond hockey", which is typically played outdoors on frozen lakes, is indeed a very different game from ice hockey).
                    Sorry, but last time I checked Indoor Soccer is played with the same soccer ball used in outdoor soccer. So all of the techniques used on the ball are the same. Unlike Futsal which uses a heavier (medicine) like ball, certain techniques used on the ball in passing and shooting in Futsal really don't translate well or very often to the outdoor game much. It's called a trade off. In indoor soccer The walls can be used for inventive passes and the ability to get a true wall pass to oneself. Which is very impressive to witness when performed by highly skilled 'ballers'. The walls keep the ball in ball for the average player in the states, which the majority of the adult and youth players fall into this category. The reality in Oregon is we live in area that is cold and rainy during the late fall, winter and early spring grass fields turn into mud pits, (which highight other skills not found in Futsal or Indoor Soccer or even the outdoor game played on turf). Understanding that playing the beautiful game on any platform is all that really matters be it Indoor, Futsal, Outdoor 1v1 to 11 v11 the more opportunities to play the better and express oneself. In the end you want to be relevant in the full sided game with your own unique skill and athletic abilities. Enjoy.

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                      Kids that have great skills but are slow on a big field seem to love Futsal and parents of before mentioned kids also are big fans of Futsal but hate indoor soccer. Why?
                      Slow out of shape kids are not good for indoor because there are no stoppages of play. They have to keep moving on a relatively large field. Although the walls make up for their lack of skills.

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                        #12
                        Indoor teaches too many bad habits. Just watch, if your team has kids playing indoor, when they return to full field outdoor they will take three games to adjust.

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                          #13
                          Indoor is fairly worthless in my book, learning to pound the ball off the wall and play rebounds doesn't translate well into the real game. Futsal is much more beneficial, players learn touch, control, and how to play in tight spaces.

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                            #14
                            The big advantage of futsal is it results in so many touches to the ball for the individual player. However, it doesn't always translate well to outdoor soccer. More and more I see kids in outdoor "sit on the ball" and try to get fancy instead of passing or moving the ball. Not sure if this is futsal or the rising popularity of private training, but it is probably a combination of both.

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                              #15
                              Originally posted by Unregistered View Post
                              The big advantage of futsal is it results in so many touches to the ball for the individual player. However, it doesn't always translate well to outdoor soccer. More and more I see kids in outdoor "sit on the ball" and try to get fancy instead of passing or moving the ball. Not sure if this is futsal or the rising popularity of private training, but it is probably a combination of both.
                              That can happen if a coach isn't a good coach and doesn't address the issue. Players who take too many touches should be taken out and coached. It's good to have ball skills so that a player can take on a defender and create space, but at that point, they either dribble the ball forward into space or play the ball to another player. I can't stand the four and five touch mid fielders who want to show everyone how great their skills are only to constantly loose the ball.

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