What is futsal?
Futebol de salao
How many players are in futsal?
At that time the number of players we had varied: they could have five, six and even seven players. In Brazil futsal arrived around 1935, after professors João Lotufo and Asdrubal Monteiro graduated from the Technical Institute of the South American Federation of YMCAs. When they returned to Brazil, they then introduced the sport and called it “Futebol de Salão”. Later, more specifically on July 28, 1954, the Metropolitan Federation of Indoor Soccer was founded in Brazil, which today is known as the Futebol de Salão Federation of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
What about Futsal competitions?
Futsal has its own World Cup organized by FIFA, the first edition of which was in 1989. The selection of Brazil has become champion on four occasions. The next World Cup will take place in Lituânai in 2020. In its various variants, futsal is one of the most practiced sports at an amateur level, since its essence is similar to that of football although it does not require as much physical capacity and can be played with fewer players. futsal is much more than a physical activity: it involves creativity, quick thinking, skill, and competitiveness. It is a “game of technical disputes and tactical articulations, which stimulate the player’s intelligence and arouse the passion of those who watch.
Futsal Basic fundamentals
The basic foundations of futsal refer to the movements of players that necessarily occur in an environment of high unpredictability. In other words, they require a good and refined decision making. Considering that the game is collective and the teams may or may not be in possession of the ball, it is important to say that the fundamentals follow this logic and concern the players too, with and without possession of the ball. Some of them are: First touch Loose your defender Passing Marking Dribble, among others It is also worth saying that futsal is a sport that requires skill and speed. That’s because the space on the court is short and the ball is heavier (compared to football).
