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Futsal

Posted on 11 March 2007

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3 stars

Futsal Today, I participated in a futsal competition organized by my company, and it was real tiring. As a matter of fact, it's the first time I played futsal. Huh? What? Playing futsal for the first time but in a competition, am I nuts? I had no choice, my team didn't have enough people to form a team, so I was dragged to make up the headcount. Duh!

The moment I reached the venue, quickly I went around to get a futsal ball and started kicking it. Let me practise and get myself familiarized with the ball and environment, 'cause I don't wanna embarass myself in front of the crowd during the game. Well, to my surprise, the futsal ball is harder than a soccer ball, and of course it's smaller. It's played between two teams of 5 players, one of whom is the goalkeeper.

Futsal is indeed an indoor version of soccer, just that the rules are slightly different from soccer (I don't play soccer but I watch). Some rules really puzzled me, for e.g
I) You cannot hold a ball in your possession for more than 4 seconds
II) If your team's goalkeeper pass you the ball, you cannot pass it back to him again
III)There's no throw-in if the ball crosses the touch line, a kick-in is rewarded instead
IV) If the ball hits the ceiling, your opponent team will then be rewarded the possession

In total, I played 5 matches. After the first match, which only lasted for 14 minutes, I sweat a lot, I mean, a hell lot. Thus, you can imagine how tired I was for the rest of the matches. Although our team did not manage to score a goal, it was indeed a job well done, there's team spirit and team work among the team and I really love this feeling. Big applause. This serves the purpose of sports.

Futsal is indeed a very good sports and exercise, it's very easy to play but it requires good stamina. It helps football or futsal player build the fundamental skills and stamina, you might not know that Brazilian soccer players like Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ronaldinho started out playing futsal. It made me feel stronger and healthier after the matches, and I think I'm going to play futsal as often as possible 'cause I think I fell in love with the game. You should try futsal.

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