Can the beautiful game be saved by Futsal?

31st January 2008

How did English football reach one of its lowest ebbs – is it merely a case of no home grown talent? Are our children technically inferior and not learning the skills enjoyed by the rest of the foreign players playing the in the Premiership?

What to do now?............every week all over the country the future England players may be training maybe without ever knowing what is feel like to hit the back of the net. And because the season runs from August to April – some months they may even have no alternative to training in near darkness!!!!!! Thereby lies the crisis with youth football – where are the skills?

Futsal is the word which is now coming up time and again. It should not come as a surprise that the countries that excel at Futsal – Brazil, Spain, Italy and Portugal – are also the stars of the FIFA rankings.

Futsal is all about creativity and technique – it is a 5 a-side games played on a basketball-sized pitch with weighted ball. Ronaldo and Ronaldinho both say that playing Futsal as youngsters made them the players they are today.

With the future in mind it is no surprise that The FA are now rolling out a Futsal programme to selected Schools across the Country. Dermot Collins who is National Development Manager believes that Futsal is an excellent Small Sided Game that teaches quick and skilful play that can contribute to the technical development of young players.

Redyset are therefore delighted to introduce a Futsal IGOAL to their range of portable goals. The 3m x 2m goal will be available in mid-January and branded goals will be rolled out to the designated County’s by The FA – others available via the online shop.