Best youth futsal leagues for winter?

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most serious keepers hate the game. floor and ball are hard so it radically changes the game for them. no keeper likes being wailed upon from point blank range and that is basically the game. if you don't have serious keepers you might as well just do a competitive passing game. same effect.

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The other thing about Futsal is that is simply a great game to play. It is fast, requires quite a bit of skill, technique, and speed. The well played games are great to play and to watch. In and of itself, it is a great game.
Does it alone make great outdoor soccer players? No!! Does it help? Yes!!
When my boy plays it and has a blast doing so, do I really care how much it is helping his outdoor game??? No!!!

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in essence, go out and have fun playing a game.. just dont turn it into a science project

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You do fail to appreciate the concept of 'cross training' within a sport. You also fail to have vision or imagination into what games constitute soccer. As for the former, many realize that soccer is played on a 100-120 yd x 50-60 yd field, however, fewer realize that about 30-50% of the game is actually played on smaller sections (20-30% of the larger field) with 4-8 players characterized by ball handling, quick moves, quick passes, and quick shots. The best coaches can take these small sided games and move them in and out of the bigger field. There are few that argue the benefit of small sided games for both training and as part of the full sided game.

In support of your opinion, all have to appreciate the fact that a great Futsal player does not translate to a great 11 v 11 soccer player. However, I suspect that any professional player would doubt the benefit of Futsal and other small sided games at any age group for a component of their training. For those who hate such games, I submit that their children, or themselves, are just not good at them and fail to appreciate how much better they could have been on the bigger field if they were more accomplished. They are more likely to be long-ball players who play in a kick and run style team.

On another realm, indoor soccer and Futsal will slowly (or perhaps more quickly) gain a foot-hold in sports and constitute a small, but significant, spot as an individual sport. Although there are restarts in Futsal, the rules dictate that they happen very quickly (3-5 seconds) otherwise the team turns the ball over. Futsal in Massachusetts has grown significantly over the last several years as evidenced by the significant growth of the Park school program.

Again, I don't doubt that the fact that Futsal does not always translate 100% to the bigger game, but I also don't doubt how more skill a player can learn and how much of a better soccer player they can be by learning and playing such small sided games.

Actually, my son is very good at futsal - made the state U12 last year (which did not materialize for other reasons) and top in scoring and assists in his team last winter. He loves soccer more. We are focusing on soccer training this season as soccer is where he wants to focus.

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most serious keepers hate the game. floor and ball are hard so it radically changes the game for them. no keeper likes being wailed upon from point blank range and that is basically the game. if you don't have serious keepers you might as well just do a competitive passing game. same effect.

I can second this opinion. Neither of mine cared for Futsal for exactly these reasons.

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considering NEFC or Abbey Villa for futsal this winter (u10)--anyone have experience with either program?

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considering NEFC or Abbey Villa for futsal this winter (u10)--anyone have experience with either program?

Why not Stars at the Fieldhouse in Sudbury?

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for younger players who are wanting to learn the game, you should consider finding an option that teaches and plays without the burden of scores and standings. Bill Sampaio at forekicks in Norfolk provides both. Revere (almost entirely boys) does this as well.

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Any futsal happening on the south shore?

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Why not Stars at the Fieldhouse in Sudbury?

When? Are these scrimmages/games? Open to non-stars players?