“When I started to train in a [football] club I had really advanced fundamentals. I started by playing futsal, that in my opinion is where all players should begin, because you learn so much with reduced space, you learn to manipulate the ball, close control, interaction with other players…” said Ronaldo on his Instagram. “I want to implement it here …
Junior futsal balls – what size?
There are no international standard regulations for the size of a junior futsal ball and even in Spain until recently, they only used sizes 3 & 4. They are also hard to get hold of, so in developing futsal countries, people revert to using the common size 4, even for children aged 5. While all balls can be useful for …
Trial: Advice for a futsal trialist
Attending a trial for a new team can be a daunting experience for a player and as a coach, it’s not something I’ve thought much about to be truthful – how are the players thinking, what are they feeling etc. But during my most recent trial as a coach/selector, I was thinking about the things that stood out to me …
2020 vision
Clichéd title I know, but it works and I want to note down my vision for the next 12 months and maybe a bit beyond. This way I can refer back to it in a year’s time and see if I was true to my word… New Year’s resolutions are mostly successful if they are a habit. So for me …
Message of the decade
I’d been thinking about writing something profound but was probably just gonna let my #10YearChallenge do the talking until I received this on twitter on Monday. Random one too – do you remember those handball sessions you put on at SRC after Ldn 2012? Those actually helped fuel my love of the sport since there was no local club – now 7 …
Futsal team of the decade
At the end of 2019, I wrote a series of tweets to summarise my decade. I started in futsal in 2003. I can’t forget the experiences of the first 7 years, but it wasn’t until around 2007-2008 that things started to get serious. In 2010, I was managing Boro in the FA National Futsal League and Teesside University went on …