FUTSAL has arrived in Herefordshire and is being used by the Brazilian Soccer School Hereford as part of their development programme.
Futsal is FIFA's official five-a-side game with different and exciting rules to normal five-a-side that make the game faster and quicker.
It is played with a size four ball and weighted to reduce bounce, for indoor and outdoor use. It is the world and European form of small-sided football and has its own UEFA competitions and FIFA World Cup. Professional Futsal leagues exist in many countries around the world.
The Brazilian Soccer School are the first users of Futsal footballs in the county as it assists in transferring skills from the Futebol de Salao balls to the Futsal size four and on to conventional ball sizes.
FIFA used the global name for the game of Futsal, a term derived from the Spanish or Portuguese word for soccer (FUTbol or FUTebol) and the French or Spanish word for indoor (SALon or SALa)
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