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Futsal terminology: Community project

As part of my mission to educate through futsal, I’ve always envisaged a unified online dictionary of futsal terms. I have started a google sheets document with futsal terminology in Spanish, English and other languages added as auto translations by google translate. Obviously there will be errors in the auto translation so we need the community to join in and …

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Individual tactics in futsal: Why do you move in futsal?

Players need to be able to read the game and react depending on what the see. In this example, I analyse what the options are for when an attacker makes a forward run, or cuts, against a man to man defence or a zonal defence. Player intelligence is key and we can coach this, by correcting the players in training, …

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Vamar Formación course passed!

Six months of online classes (20 modules) and a piece of work to submit and I passed the course with a mark of 4.09/5. When I signed my contract with Perak FA, I treated myself to the online “Specialisation in high performance futsal training” organised by Vamar Formación, which consists of Jose Valle (who you may know from Ejercicios de …

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Shred fat and tone up in 6 weeks

Okay, so I’ve been threatening to share my training programme for a while, but it’s quite a big piece of work to write up and present properly for you to make use of and I also wanted to make sure I had something to show from it. Basically, I’ve managed to get fit while still enjoying eating and drinking. Below …

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Futsal Laws of the Game Updated

Today I received the FIFA circular from my club about the changes to the Futsal Laws of the Game. I previously wrote about them here and what is important for coaches. This article will have a look at the new changes and how it might affect coaching! You can read the full circular below for the exact details and here …

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Intermittent fasting after 1 week

I’ve been fasting now for 1 week and here are my early results and conclusions. Just today I came across this article by James Clear, which is another good resource for people wanting to give it a go. I was looking for the benefits of fasting longer than the common 16:8, as I am currently on 18 hours. My conclusions …