FUTSAL“Its similar to football, but not the same”

BACKGROUNGFutsal was created in Uruguay in 1930. Th first set of rules were written in1949. It was introduced to Spain in 1949 by sports associations and through exhibition matches plyed by Brazilian teams

BASIC RULES OBJETIVE: To put te ball in the goal of

the opposing team. The team that has the most goals at the end wins. In a match play 5 against 5 (4 outfield players and 1 goalkeeper)

PLAYING AREA: A futsal pitch is 40 x 20 m

EQUIPMENT: the ball has a diameter of 61-63 cm and weighs between 410 and 430 g

DURATION:Two 20 min halves, with a 10 min interval at half-time

PLAYERS:› PIVOT. The most forward player and

needs to be strong and fast› WINGERS. They play at the sides.

They are the fastest and most agile players

› DEFENDER. The last player. The most defensive player

› GOALKEEPER. The player needs to be fast and flexible to stop the shots

MAIN FOULS TECHNICAL FOULS (sanctioned with a free kick

from the location of the faul)› Kicking or trying to kick an opponent› Tripping an opponent› Grabbing and opponent from behind› Touching or guidind the ball with your hand

PERSONAL FOULS (sanctioned with an indirect free kick)› Whe the goalkeeper takes more than 5 s to play the

ball› When a player on the bench touches the ball› When a player passes the ball to the goalkeeper

PENALTY (sanctioned with a free kick from the penalty spot -6 m)

MAIN FOULS ACCUMULATIVE FOULS:

› Each team can commit five fouls per period. After the sixth foul, the team is sanctionated with a double penalty taken from 10 m away from the goal (direct free kick)

THE PITCH

SKILLS AND TACTICS ATTACKING MOVES

› STRIKING THE BALL (alone) Foot: inside, front inside, outside, sole, heel

and toe Head : front, side or top

› PASSING (between players)› SHOOTING (kicking the ball to score a

goal)› RUNNING WITH THE BALL (move the

ball without lose the control)› FEINT (move the body and the ball

passing an opponent with speed and anticipation)

SKILLS AND TACTICS

DEFENSIVE TACTICS› MARKING (to prevent the player from

overcoming the defence)› INTERCEPTING (move which interrupts a

pass)› TACKLE (moving to try to take the ball

from the opponent player)

TRAINING SYSTEMS DEFENSIVE SYSTEMS

› DIAMOND› BOX› TRACKING BACK

OFFENSIVE SYSTEMS› COUNTER-ATTACK (a rapid attacking action

wich involves reaching the opposing goal before the defender on the other team)

› ATTACKING AGAINST AREA DEFENCE (the position of the player when faced with each tipe of area defence)

ACTIVITIES… answer in your notebook

Which are the most common skills and moves in attack?

Explain the defensive tactics Write the name for the different deffensive

systems and explain the role of echa player in each one of them

What happen when a team commits the sixth accumulative foul?

Draw the picth with measures, lines and role of players (positions)