A lot of people already play traditional football, but if you have an interest in football why not try Futsal?
It may help you develop traditional footballing skills.
When looking at the key things that make up futsal, there is a link to how these things can transfer over to traditional football.
The most important skill that can be transferred is the technical ability that futsal gives players. The fact there is only 5 players on a team means that a shorter passing style of play is implemented. Players need to be constantly moving and creating space for technical, intricate passes to be played which promotes a ‘Tiki-taka’ style of play. This is a style of play were possession of the ball is the main tactic and teams use it so their opponents get minimal chances to score. It is proven to be successful when it is used in 11-a-side football. Both FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team heavily use this style of play and are hugely successful with Spain winning the last 3 major football tournament and Barcelona winning many Spanish league titles and domestic cups.
Sometimes there may not be the space to pass the ball into though and when this happens players tend to go 1 on 1 with their defenders using skills and ball control to dribble around them. This can be a huge help to attack minded players because if they are very skilful it will help when they play on a bigger pitch because they have more space to beat their man and in turn create chances for their team. Some of the greatest players in traditional football history have been highly skilful players such as Lionel Messi, Johan Cruyff and Diego Maradona.
Obviously not every skill used in Futsal will help traditional football teams be successful because different rules in the sports don’t allow some things to transfer well, but the landscape of football is changing and more technically gifted teams are becoming successful and THIS is an area where Futsal can help.