If you are new to our club and new to futsal, ask some of last year's parents and they will tell you that futsal works. Our players who participated in futsal training through last winter came onto the spring field with new skills, improved control, speed, and confidence.
For more information on why futsal is a key activity in youth soccer development, visit the US Futsal Federation website at:
http://www.futsal.com/index.php/top-10-reasons-to-play-futsal-
Of course, the key to any training is continued practice at home. Encourage your players to practice their new exercises on a flat surface at home like a linoleum or hardwood floor, or even your basement concrete or garage. Even as little as ten minutes of practice a day will help them improve. Each week, the coaches will be sending our players home with futsal homework, or the exercises we worked that week in training. Get involved by asking them to show you these new exercises at home. Then, if you're feeling brave, give them a try yourself. You may be surprised at how difficult it is to keep that little ball under your foot.
As we move around from facility to facility this winter, it will be helpful if your player brings both flats and turfs to each practice. This way we will not be caught off guard with the wrong shoes like many of us were this past week. Also, please remember that no black-soled shoes are allowed on the gym floors. They leave awful scuff marks that your coaches have to remove before leaving. Fortunately, this past week, our players and parents got involved and the cleaning went quickly and actually, was a fun little club bonding experience, though one we hope will be a one-time-only event.
See you next week with the right shoes :-)
