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Futsal Basics

Futsal is an indoor version of football or soccer. It is a great team sport that is growing in popularity around the world.

There are many benefits of playing Futsal over regular soccer, including:

• games are usually played on weekdays freeing up your weekends
• you only need five players including the goalkeeper to start a team, so you can easily put together a team with your friends or workmates
• games are played indoors - rain, hail or shine. And you won't get muddy.
• the seasons are shorter and more frequent, you can usually play any time of the year
• It is a very physically demanding sport so it is a great way to get and keep fit

Related Pages

• the Basics of Soccer
• see also soccer terms