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Futsal - The Perfect Game to Develop Soccer Skills: The Evidence and its Application - A Coach's Gui

Futsal - The Perfect Game to Develop Soccer Skills: The Evidence and its Application - A Coach's Gui

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Since its creation in South America, the popularity of futsal has exploded and is now enjoyed by -60 million participants globally. Futsal has captivated audiences around the world, becoming one of the fastest growing sports. In response to this exponential growth, futsal has become a contemporary topic for academics and practitioners alike seeking to understand the sport. Unique to futsal is the deep fascination that exists both for futsal's value as an individual sport and for its huge potential to enhance soccer player development. Powerful anecdotal stories ignite intrigue to the massive potential of futsal to support soccer player development at all ages and levels. This lightning-fast small-sided game condenses the most exciting parts of soccer into a high tempo yet incredibly strategic sport.

Futsal-The Perfect Game to Develop Soccer Skills brings together, for the first time, the scholarly, academic world and the practical applied settings in which futsal exists. Drawing on detailed research, the authors create an evidence-based argument for the inclusion of futsal in talent development programs for soccer, while exploring the nuances of its application with players in a practical setting. Futsal-The Perfect Game to Develop Soccer Skills is the perfect book to support stakeholders, technical directors and coaches, and to help educate a mixed audience from both academia and sports-practitioners at all levels.


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Pub dateJul 4, 2023
ISBN-101789633478
ISBN-139781789633474
LanguageEnglish
Last updated 2025-06-03 02:23
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